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Leaders

The 2017 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	0.23	618	4577	32	3.74
2	Carson Wentz	PHI	0.21	471	3296	33	0.41
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	0.20	592	4515	28	1.02
4	Jared Goff	LA	0.19	500	3804	28	-0.91
5	Drew Brees	NO	0.19	553	4334	23	4.68
6	Alex Smith	KC	0.17	540	4042	26	4.99
7	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	0.15	582	4259	28	2.91
8	Matt Ryan	ATL	0.13	550	4095	20	2.97
9	Case Keenum	MIN	0.12	504	3547	22	3.58
10	Deshaun Watson	HOU	0.11	223	1699	19	2.26
11	Jameis Winston	TB	0.10	474	3504	19	4.93
12	Aaron Rodgers	GB	0.08	261	1675	16	0.85
13	Matthew Stafford	DET	0.06	615	4446	29	0.63
14	Blake Bortles	JAX	0.06	550	3687	21	-2.88
15	Derek Carr	LV	0.05	537	3496	22	-0.32
16	Russell Wilson	SEA	0.04	597	3983	34	4.62
17	Josh McCown	NYJ	0.03	432	2926	18	5.53
18	Kirk Cousins	WAS	0.03	581	4093	27	0.84
19	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	0.01	466	2799	14	1.26
20	Cam Newton	CAR	-0.01	527	3302	22	-2.32
21	Carson Palmer	ARI	-0.01	290	1978	9	-0.03
22	Marcus Mariota	TEN	-0.02	479	3232	13	0.69
23	Jay Cutler	MIA	-0.05	449	2666	19	-0.39
24	Andy Dalton	CIN	-0.06	534	3320	25	-1.68
25	Dak Prescott	DAL	-0.06	523	3324	22	-0.24

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Alvin Kamara	NO	0.25	120	728	8	6.07
2	Dion Lewis	NE	0.10	180	896	6	4.98
3	Cam Newton	CAR	0.08	139	754	6	5.42
4	Kareem Hunt	KC	0.01	272	1327	8	4.88
5	Alfred Morris	DAL	0.01	115	547	1	4.76
6	Matt Breida	SF	0.00	105	465	2	4.43
7	Alex Collins	BAL	-0.01	212	973	6	4.59
8	Jamaal Williams	GB	-0.01	153	556	4	3.63
9	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	-0.02	242	983	7	4.06
10	Mark Ingram	NO	-0.03	230	1124	12	4.89
11	Peyton Barber	TB	-0.03	108	423	3	3.92
12	Todd Gurley	LA	-0.04	279	1305	13	4.68
13	Wayne Gallman	NYG	-0.05	111	476	0	4.29
14	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	-0.05	321	1291	9	4.02
15	Jordan Howard	CHI	-0.05	276	1122	9	4.07
16	Orleans Darkwa	NYG	-0.06	171	751	5	4.39
17	Devonta Freeman	ATL	-0.06	196	865	7	4.41
18	Leonard Fournette	JAX	-0.06	268	1040	9	3.88
19	Javorius Allen	BAL	-0.07	153	591	4	3.86
20	Marshawn Lynch	LV	-0.07	207	891	7	4.30
21	Derrick Henry	TEN	-0.08	176	744	5	4.23
22	Melvin Gordon	LAC	-0.08	284	1105	8	3.89
23	Latavius Murray	MIN	-0.09	216	842	8	3.90
24	Frank Gore	IND	-0.09	261	961	3	3.68
25	Giovani Bernard	CIN	-0.09	105	458	2	4.36

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Rob Gronkowski	NE	0.70	105	69	1084	8
2	JuJu Smith-Schuster	PIT	0.67	79	58	917	7
3	Hunter Henry	LAC	0.63	62	45	579	4
4	Marvin Jones	DET	0.55	107	61	1101	9
5	Tyreek Hill	KC	0.53	105	75	1183	7
6	Robert Woods	LA	0.50	85	56	781	5
7	Stefon Diggs	MIN	0.50	95	64	849	8
8	Danny Amendola	NE	0.47	86	61	659	2
9	Chris Thompson	WAS	0.46	54	39	510	4
10	Davante Adams	GB	0.46	117	74	885	10
11	Cooper Kupp	LA	0.44	94	62	869	5
12	Travis Kelce	KC	0.43	122	83	1038	8
13	Sammy Watkins	LA	0.43	70	39	593	8
14	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	0.42	55	34	525	1
15	Michael Thomas	NO	0.42	149	104	1245	5
16	Nelson Agholor	PHI	0.41	95	62	768	8
17	Ted Ginn	NO	0.40	70	53	787	4
18	Ryan Grant	WAS	0.39	65	45	573	4
19	Allen Hurns	JAX	0.39	56	39	484	2
20	Albert Wilson	KC	0.39	62	42	554	3
21	Julio Jones	ATL	0.39	148	88	1444	3
22	Keenan Allen	LAC	0.39	159	102	1393	6
23	Alvin Kamara	NO	0.38	100	81	826	5
24	Tyrell Williams	LAC	0.38	69	43	728	4
25	Doug Baldwin	SEA	0.37	116	75	991	8

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	NE	0.14	0.49	5.63	458
2	NO	0.09	0.45	6.20	448
3	LAC	0.08	0.45	5.80	355
4	KC	0.08	0.44	5.93	415
5	PIT	0.08	0.46	5.63	406
6	LA	0.05	0.43	5.73	478
7	PHI	0.05	0.44	5.29	457
8	ATL	0.05	0.45	5.79	353
9	MIN	0.03	0.43	5.25	382
10	JAX	0.02	0.42	5.28	417
11	DAL	0.00	0.44	5.05	354
12	TB	0.00	0.44	5.41	335
13	CAR	-0.02	0.41	4.97	363
14	GB	-0.02	0.45	4.73	320
15	SEA	-0.02	0.41	5.07	366
16	SF	-0.04	0.41	5.16	331
17	LV	-0.04	0.41	5.20	301
18	DET	-0.05	0.41	5.24	410
19	WAS	-0.05	0.41	5.19	342
20	HOU	-0.05	0.40	4.71	338
21	BAL	-0.05	0.43	4.59	395
22	TEN	-0.07	0.43	5.00	334
23	BUF	-0.07	0.39	4.69	302
24	NYJ	-0.07	0.38	4.82	298
25	CIN	-0.09	0.39	4.78	290
26	IND	-0.11	0.39	4.49	263
27	NYG	-0.11	0.41	4.68	246
28	CHI	-0.11	0.39	4.70	264
29	DEN	-0.12	0.38	4.67	289
30	MIA	-0.12	0.39	4.80	281
31	ARI	-0.13	0.39	4.57	295
32	CLE	-0.14	0.38	4.65	234

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	JAX	-0.19	0.39	4.50	268
2	MIN	-0.13	0.38	4.52	252
3	BAL	-0.11	0.41	4.81	303
4	PHI	-0.11	0.40	4.80	295
5	ARI	-0.09	0.39	4.75	361
6	DEN	-0.09	0.40	4.79	382
7	LA	-0.07	0.39	5.11	329
8	LAC	-0.07	0.42	5.04	272
9	CAR	-0.06	0.43	5.20	327
10	SEA	-0.06	0.40	4.80	332
11	DET	-0.05	0.43	5.32	376
12	CHI	-0.05	0.42	4.92	320
13	PIT	-0.04	0.41	5.07	308
14	WAS	-0.04	0.41	5.16	388
15	TEN	-0.03	0.42	4.88	356
16	NO	-0.03	0.42	5.15	326
17	CIN	-0.02	0.42	4.78	349
18	ATL	-0.01	0.44	4.95	315
19	NYJ	0.01	0.40	5.10	382
20	NYG	0.01	0.41	5.55	388
21	BUF	0.01	0.44	5.25	359
22	CLE	0.02	0.43	5.04	410
23	DAL	0.02	0.45	4.95	332
24	KC	0.03	0.45	5.39	339
25	NE	0.03	0.45	5.62	296
26	SF	0.03	0.44	5.13	383
27	HOU	0.03	0.41	5.55	436
28	MIA	0.03	0.42	5.26	393
29	TB	0.04	0.44	5.80	382
30	GB	0.04	0.43	5.41	384
31	LV	0.05	0.44	5.48	373
32	IND	0.07	0.42	5.57	404

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