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Leaders

The 2016 regular season, ranked by the efficiency metrics that hold up. Every board states its sample minimum.

Passing efficiency

EPA per dropback, regular season. Minimum 200 dropbacks.

#	Player	Team	EPA per dropback	Dropbacks	Pass yds	TD	CPOE
1	Tom Brady	NE	0.33	447	3554	28	3.65
2	Matt Ryan	ATL	0.30	575	4944	38	6.92
3	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.25	484	3667	23	4.25
4	Aaron Rodgers	GB	0.20	645	4428	40	3.51
5	Kirk Cousins	WAS	0.18	628	4917	25	4.97
6	Brian Hoyer	CHI	0.17	202	1445	6	3.40
7	Drew Brees	NO	0.16	695	5208	37	4.20
8	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	0.16	532	3819	29	1.95
9	Derek Carr	LV	0.13	579	3937	28	-0.03
10	Marcus Mariota	TEN	0.12	475	3426	26	1.37
11	Matthew Stafford	DET	0.12	630	4327	24	0.12
12	Andy Dalton	CIN	0.11	602	4206	18	2.81
13	Andrew Luck	IND	0.10	586	4240	31	1.22
14	Cody Kessler	CLE	0.10	217	1380	6	4.70
15	Jameis Winston	TB	0.09	607	4090	28	1.66
16	Alex Smith	KC	0.09	518	3502	15	1.95
17	Russell Wilson	SEA	0.09	587	4219	21	4.50
18	Philip Rivers	LAC	0.08	615	4386	33	0.21
19	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	0.07	478	3023	17	2.22
20	Sam Bradford	MIN	0.06	590	3877	20	4.52
21	Carson Palmer	ARI	0.05	639	4233	26	0.39
22	Trevor Siemian	DEN	0.03	518	3401	18	-0.52
23	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	0.03	418	2995	19	5.31
24	Carson Wentz	PHI	0.01	641	3782	16	-0.86
25	Matt Barkley	CHI	-0.01	222	1611	8	-0.87

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Mike Gillislee	BUF	0.23	101	577	8	5.71
2	Bilal Powell	NYJ	0.06	131	714	3	5.45
3	LeSean McCoy	BUF	0.06	234	1267	13	5.41
4	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	0.04	322	1631	15	5.07
5	Jay Ajayi	MIA	0.03	260	1272	8	4.89
6	Devonta Freeman	ATL	0.02	227	1079	11	4.75
7	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	0.02	261	1268	7	4.86
8	Tevin Coleman	ATL	0.01	118	520	8	4.41
9	Derrick Henry	TEN	-0.00	110	490	5	4.45
10	Jordan Howard	CHI	-0.00	252	1313	6	5.21
11	Tim Hightower	NO	-0.02	133	548	4	4.12
12	Mark Ingram	NO	-0.03	205	1043	6	5.09
13	Latavius Murray	LV	-0.03	195	788	12	4.04
14	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	-0.03	129	560	2	4.34
15	Jeremy Hill	CIN	-0.03	222	839	9	3.78
16	Rob Kelley	WAS	-0.04	168	704	6	4.19
17	DeMarco Murray	TEN	-0.04	293	1287	9	4.39
18	LeGarrette Blount	NE	-0.06	299	1161	18	3.88
19	Paul Perkins	NYG	-0.06	112	456	0	4.07
20	David Johnson	ARI	-0.06	293	1239	16	4.23
21	Ryan Mathews	PHI	-0.07	155	661	8	4.26
22	Christine Michael	GB	-0.08	148	583	7	3.94
23	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	-0.08	218	824	9	3.78
24	Melvin Gordon	LAC	-0.08	254	997	10	3.93
25	Carlos Hyde	SF	-0.08	217	988	6	4.55

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Hunter Henry	LAC	0.67	53	36	478	8
2	Cole Beasley	DAL	0.63	98	75	833	5
3	Travis Kelce	KC	0.60	117	85	1125	4
4	Taylor Gabriel	ATL	0.59	50	35	579	6
5	Adam Thielen	MIN	0.55	92	69	967	5
6	Martellus Bennett	NE	0.53	73	55	701	7
7	Cameron Brate	TB	0.50	81	57	660	8
8	A.J. Green	CIN	0.49	100	66	964	4
9	Terrance Williams	DAL	0.48	61	44	594	4
10	Chris Hogan	NE	0.48	58	38	680	4
11	Julio Jones	ATL	0.48	129	83	1409	6
12	Doug Baldwin	SEA	0.48	125	94	1128	7
13	Jordy Nelson	GB	0.48	152	97	1257	14
14	Brandin Cooks	NO	0.47	117	78	1173	8
15	Pierre Garcon	WAS	0.47	114	79	1041	3
16	Dwayne Allen	IND	0.46	52	35	406	6
17	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	0.43	81	59	653	4
18	Marvin Jones	DET	0.42	103	55	930	4
19	Stefon Diggs	MIN	0.41	112	84	903	3
20	Jimmy Graham	SEA	0.39	95	65	923	6
21	T.Y. Hilton	IND	0.39	155	91	1448	6
22	Eli Rogers	PIT	0.39	66	48	594	3
23	Eric Ebron	DET	0.39	85	61	711	1
24	Willie Snead	NO	0.36	104	72	895	4
25	Steve Smith	BAL	0.36	101	70	799	5

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	ATL	0.19	0.49	6.49	540
2	NE	0.13	0.44	5.65	441
3	GB	0.13	0.46	5.58	432
4	DAL	0.12	0.49	5.82	421
5	WAS	0.11	0.48	6.19	396
6	NO	0.10	0.48	6.05	469
7	PIT	0.08	0.46	5.62	399
8	BUF	0.06	0.45	5.38	399
9	DET	0.05	0.45	5.30	346
10	CIN	0.05	0.45	5.32	325
11	LV	0.05	0.44	5.49	416
12	IND	0.05	0.46	5.45	411
13	TEN	0.03	0.45	5.48	381
14	SEA	0.02	0.44	5.51	354
15	KC	0.01	0.43	5.51	389
16	LAC	0.01	0.43	5.40	410
17	MIA	-0.00	0.42	5.68	363
18	TB	-0.00	0.44	4.98	354
19	ARI	-0.01	0.45	5.15	418
20	PHI	-0.01	0.44	4.84	367
21	CHI	-0.04	0.44	5.71	279
22	MIN	-0.04	0.42	4.88	327
23	CAR	-0.05	0.41	5.03	369
24	CLE	-0.05	0.39	4.87	264
25	BAL	-0.06	0.41	5.00	343
26	JAX	-0.06	0.41	4.86	318
27	DEN	-0.06	0.41	4.90	333
28	NYJ	-0.07	0.41	5.09	275
29	NYG	-0.07	0.41	5.10	310
30	HOU	-0.08	0.42	4.58	279
31	SF	-0.09	0.40	4.81	309
32	LA	-0.20	0.37	4.23	224

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	DEN	-0.12	0.39	4.51	297
2	ARI	-0.09	0.41	4.60	362
3	MIN	-0.09	0.42	4.91	307
4	NYG	-0.09	0.38	4.98	284
5	HOU	-0.05	0.41	4.85	328
6	SEA	-0.05	0.41	4.80	292
7	NE	-0.04	0.43	5.04	250
8	BAL	-0.04	0.42	5.01	321
9	PHI	-0.03	0.41	5.50	331
10	KC	-0.03	0.46	5.36	311
11	LAC	-0.02	0.45	5.29	423
12	JAX	-0.01	0.41	4.90	400
13	CAR	-0.00	0.43	5.48	402
14	TB	0.00	0.45	5.62	369
15	DAL	0.01	0.46	5.25	306
16	PIT	0.01	0.43	5.27	327
17	MIA	0.02	0.45	5.42	380
18	CIN	0.02	0.43	5.24	315
19	LA	0.02	0.41	5.05	394
20	BUF	0.02	0.43	5.42	378
21	TEN	0.03	0.43	5.32	378
22	LV	0.04	0.44	5.81	385
23	NYJ	0.05	0.42	5.45	409
24	ATL	0.05	0.46	5.45	406
25	GB	0.06	0.45	5.74	388
26	CHI	0.07	0.45	5.29	399
27	WAS	0.07	0.47	5.54	383
28	IND	0.07	0.48	5.78	392
29	NO	0.09	0.47	5.84	454
30	SF	0.09	0.45	5.78	480
31	DET	0.11	0.49	5.65	358
32	CLE	0.14	0.46	5.73	452

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