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Leaders

The 2018 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	Patrick Mahomes	KC	0.37	606	5097	50	4.47
2	Drew Brees	NO	0.31	508	3992	32	6.49
3	Philip Rivers	LAC	0.26	547	4308	32	3.61
4	Ryan Fitzpatrick	TB	0.23	261	2366	17	5.25
5	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	0.21	701	5129	34	1.68
6	Jared Goff	LA	0.20	595	4688	32	1.52
7	Matt Ryan	ATL	0.19	655	4924	35	4.35
8	Andrew Luck	IND	0.17	658	4593	39	0.85
9	Tom Brady	NE	0.16	590	4355	29	1.03
10	Russell Wilson	SEA	0.14	471	3448	35	7.46
11	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	0.12	461	3223	24	2.00
12	Nick Mullens	SF	0.11	288	2277	13	1.94
13	Jameis Winston	TB	0.11	407	2992	19	2.20
14	Deshaun Watson	HOU	0.11	562	4165	26	4.61
15	Carson Wentz	PHI	0.09	431	3074	21	5.10
16	Aaron Rodgers	GB	0.08	647	4442	25	-0.59
17	Nick Foles	PHI	0.08	203	1413	7	5.72
18	Andy Dalton	CIN	0.07	384	2566	21	-3.04
19	Baker Mayfield	CLE	0.07	515	3725	27	1.32
20	Cam Newton	CAR	0.07	501	3395	24	3.04
21	Eli Manning	NYG	0.05	627	4299	21	0.46
22	Joe Flacco	BAL	0.04	394	2465	12	-2.61
23	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.04	582	3885	22	1.11
24	Marcus Mariota	TEN	0.02	374	2528	11	3.45
25	Matthew Stafford	DET	0.01	597	3777	21	-2.11

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Cam Newton	CAR	0.10	101	488	4	4.83
2	Gus Edwards	BAL	0.09	137	718	2	5.24
3	Todd Gurley	LA	0.08	256	1251	17	4.89
4	Austin Ekeler	LAC	0.08	106	554	3	5.23
5	Melvin Gordon	LAC	0.06	175	885	10	5.06
6	Alvin Kamara	NO	0.06	194	883	14	4.55
7	Derrick Henry	TEN	0.05	215	1059	12	4.93
8	Aaron Jones	GB	0.05	133	728	8	5.47
9	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	0.03	219	1098	7	5.01
10	Marlon Mack	IND	0.03	195	908	9	4.66
11	Phillip Lindsay	DEN	0.03	192	1037	9	5.40
12	Mike Davis	SEA	0.02	112	514	4	4.59
13	Matt Breida	SF	0.02	153	814	3	5.32
14	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.01	147	695	5	4.73
15	Nick Chubb	CLE	0.01	192	996	8	5.19
16	Kareem Hunt	KC	0.01	181	824	7	4.55
17	Chris Carson	SEA	-0.00	247	1151	9	4.66
18	Sony Michel	NE	-0.01	209	931	6	4.45
19	Kerryon Johnson	DET	-0.02	118	641	3	5.43
20	James Conner	PIT	-0.02	215	973	12	4.53
21	Frank Gore	MIA	-0.03	156	722	0	4.63
22	Saquon Barkley	NYG	-0.03	261	1307	11	5.01
23	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	-0.03	304	1434	6	4.72
24	Joe Mixon	CIN	-0.05	237	1168	8	4.93
25	Lamar Miller	HOU	-0.06	210	973	5	4.63

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Tyler Lockett	SEA	1.05	70	57	965	10
2	Mark Andrews	BAL	0.78	50	34	552	3
3	Mike Williams	LAC	0.73	66	43	664	10
4	Tyler Boyd	CIN	0.68	108	76	1028	7
5	Cooper Kupp	LA	0.65	55	40	566	6
6	Tyreek Hill	KC	0.60	137	87	1479	12
7	Michael Thomas	NO	0.59	147	125	1405	9
8	Sammy Watkins	KC	0.57	55	40	519	3
9	Rashard Higgins	CLE	0.55	53	39	572	4
10	T.Y. Hilton	IND	0.53	120	76	1270	6
11	Cole Beasley	DAL	0.52	87	65	672	3
12	Alshon Jeffery	PHI	0.50	92	65	840	6
13	Doug Baldwin	SEA	0.50	73	50	618	5
14	Josh Gordon	NE	0.50	71	41	737	4
15	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	0.49	94	66	838	4
16	Brandin Cooks	LA	0.49	117	80	1204	5
17	George Kittle	SF	0.48	136	88	1377	5
18	Davante Adams	GB	0.48	169	111	1386	13
19	Robert Woods	LA	0.47	130	86	1219	6
20	Travis Kelce	KC	0.47	150	103	1336	10
21	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	0.47	163	115	1572	11
22	Kenny Golladay	DET	0.44	119	70	1063	5
23	Mike Evans	TB	0.44	138	86	1524	8
24	Kenny Stills	MIA	0.43	64	37	553	7
25	Rob Gronkowski	NE	0.43	72	47	682	3

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	KC	0.24	0.50	6.63	565
2	NO	0.16	0.50	5.94	504
3	LA	0.15	0.51	6.27	527
4	LAC	0.13	0.47	6.12	428
5	PIT	0.10	0.48	5.89	428
6	SEA	0.09	0.44	5.43	428
7	NE	0.09	0.47	5.77	436
8	ATL	0.08	0.47	5.93	414
9	CAR	0.07	0.48	5.76	376
10	IND	0.06	0.48	5.60	433
11	GB	0.06	0.46	5.57	376
12	TB	0.04	0.45	6.02	396
13	CHI	0.04	0.47	5.23	421
14	PHI	0.04	0.46	5.45	367
15	BAL	0.03	0.46	5.16	389
16	HOU	0.03	0.44	5.41	402
17	NYG	0.02	0.40	5.59	369
18	CIN	0.01	0.43	5.03	368
19	DAL	0.01	0.44	5.20	339
20	CLE	-0.01	0.43	5.54	359
21	SF	-0.02	0.45	5.55	342
22	DEN	-0.03	0.43	5.28	329
23	DET	-0.03	0.41	4.94	324
24	TEN	-0.03	0.43	5.14	310
25	LV	-0.06	0.45	5.28	290
26	WAS	-0.07	0.42	4.76	281
27	MIN	-0.07	0.43	5.34	360
28	MIA	-0.11	0.40	5.14	319
29	NYJ	-0.13	0.37	4.85	333
30	JAX	-0.13	0.40	4.68	245
31	BUF	-0.14	0.38	4.52	269
32	ARI	-0.24	0.36	4.16	225

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	CHI	-0.13	0.40	4.58	283
2	MIN	-0.09	0.43	4.83	341
3	BUF	-0.08	0.43	4.76	374
4	BAL	-0.07	0.39	4.57	287
5	HOU	-0.06	0.41	5.19	316
6	NE	-0.04	0.43	5.56	325
7	JAX	-0.03	0.39	4.98	316
8	DAL	-0.03	0.44	5.22	324
9	IND	-0.03	0.46	5.27	344
10	LAC	-0.02	0.44	5.19	329
11	TEN	-0.01	0.43	5.17	303
12	LA	-0.01	0.44	5.73	384
13	SEA	0.00	0.46	5.77	347
14	DEN	0.01	0.45	5.54	349
15	CLE	0.01	0.46	5.43	392
16	NO	0.02	0.44	5.51	353
17	PHI	0.02	0.44	5.67	348
18	NYJ	0.03	0.44	5.56	441
19	PIT	0.03	0.43	5.08	360
20	ARI	0.03	0.47	5.24	425
21	WAS	0.03	0.46	5.59	359
22	DET	0.04	0.44	5.53	360
23	CAR	0.06	0.43	5.78	382
24	GB	0.06	0.44	5.42	400
25	MIA	0.07	0.46	5.91	433
26	SF	0.07	0.44	5.32	435
27	NYG	0.07	0.45	5.58	412
28	KC	0.07	0.49	5.57	421
29	ATL	0.08	0.47	5.72	423
30	TB	0.10	0.49	6.03	464
31	CIN	0.11	0.50	6.00	455
32	LV	0.14	0.45	6.11	467

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