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The 2019 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	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.34	423	3127	36	3.81
2	Patrick Mahomes	KC	0.28	502	4031	26	2.46
3	Drew Brees	NO	0.24	386	2979	27	6.06
4	Matthew Stafford	DET	0.22	308	2499	19	2.09
5	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	0.20	315	2742	22	7.74
6	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.20	620	4902	30	0.97
7	Kirk Cousins	MIN	0.18	475	3603	26	4.38
8	Derek Carr	LV	0.18	541	4054	21	5.69
9	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	0.16	514	3978	27	2.39
10	Russell Wilson	SEA	0.16	563	4110	31	6.98
11	Deshaun Watson	HOU	0.14	538	3852	26	1.99
12	Teddy Bridgewater	NO	0.12	208	1384	9	0.41
13	Philip Rivers	LAC	0.11	623	4615	23	3.72
14	Aaron Rodgers	GB	0.10	606	4002	26	0.66
15	Jared Goff	LA	0.09	649	4638	22	-1.79
16	Carson Wentz	PHI	0.07	645	4039	27	-0.64
17	Jameis Winston	TB	0.07	674	5109	33	0.67
18	Tom Brady	NE	0.05	642	4057	24	-2.10
19	Ryan Fitzpatrick	MIA	0.04	543	3529	20	-0.55
20	Matt Ryan	ATL	0.03	668	4466	26	1.80
21	Jacoby Brissett	IND	0.03	472	2942	18	-3.26
22	Kyler Murray	ARI	0.01	589	3722	20	-1.52
23	Case Keenum	WAS	-0.02	262	1707	11	-1.09
24	Baker Mayfield	CLE	-0.02	574	3827	22	-2.96
25	Josh Allen	BUF	-0.02	498	3089	20	-1.62

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.32	176	1206	7	6.85
2	Josh Allen	BUF	0.17	109	510	9	4.68
3	Mark Ingram	BAL	0.07	202	1018	10	5.04
4	Gus Edwards	BAL	0.06	133	711	2	5.35
5	Raheem Mostert	SF	0.05	137	772	8	5.64
6	Dalvin Cook	MIN	0.02	250	1135	13	4.54
7	Devin Singletary	BUF	0.02	151	775	2	5.13
8	Kenyan Drake	ARI	0.01	170	817	8	4.81
9	Marlon Mack	IND	0.00	247	1091	8	4.42
10	Jordan Howard	PHI	-0.00	119	525	6	4.41
11	Aaron Jones	GB	-0.01	236	1084	16	4.59
12	Derrick Henry	TEN	-0.01	303	1540	16	5.08
13	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	-0.02	301	1357	12	4.51
14	Latavius Murray	NO	-0.03	146	637	5	4.36
15	Josh Jacobs	LV	-0.04	242	1150	7	4.75
16	Phillip Lindsay	DEN	-0.05	224	1011	7	4.51
17	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	-0.05	287	1387	15	4.83
18	Carlos Hyde	HOU	-0.06	245	1070	6	4.37
19	Jamaal Williams	GB	-0.06	107	460	1	4.30
20	LeSean McCoy	KC	-0.06	101	465	4	4.60
21	Leonard Fournette	JAX	-0.07	265	1152	3	4.35
22	Nick Chubb	CLE	-0.08	298	1494	8	5.01
23	Austin Ekeler	LAC	-0.08	132	557	3	4.22
24	Joe Mixon	CIN	-0.08	278	1137	5	4.09
25	Miles Sanders	PHI	-0.08	179	818	3	4.57

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	0.70	121	86	1333	9
2	A.J. Brown	TEN	0.59	84	52	1051	8
3	Tyreek Hill	KC	0.56	89	58	860	7
4	Jared Cook	NO	0.56	65	43	705	9
5	Allen Lazard	GB	0.55	52	35	477	3
6	George Kittle	SF	0.54	107	85	1053	5
7	Michael Thomas	NO	0.54	185	149	1725	9
8	Kenny Stills	HOU	0.53	55	40	561	4
9	Terry McLaurin	WAS	0.52	93	58	919	7
10	Tyler Lockett	SEA	0.51	110	82	1057	8
11	Hunter Renfrow	LV	0.50	71	49	605	4
12	Cooper Kupp	LA	0.50	134	94	1161	10
13	Calvin Ridley	ATL	0.50	93	63	866	7
14	Corey Davis	TEN	0.50	69	43	601	2
15	Stefon Diggs	MIN	0.50	94	63	1126	6
16	Mark Andrews	BAL	0.47	98	64	852	10
17	Travis Kelce	KC	0.46	136	97	1229	5
18	DeVante Parker	MIA	0.45	128	72	1202	9
19	Tyrell Williams	LV	0.45	64	42	651	6
20	Dalvin Cook	MIN	0.45	63	53	519	0
21	Amari Cooper	DAL	0.44	119	79	1189	8
22	John Brown	BUF	0.44	115	72	1060	6
23	Chris Conley	JAX	0.43	90	47	775	5
24	Breshad Perriman	TB	0.43	69	36	645	6
25	Julio Jones	ATL	0.42	157	99	1394	6

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	BAL	0.20	0.48	6.07	531
2	KC	0.13	0.47	5.93	451
3	DAL	0.11	0.49	6.25	434
4	NO	0.08	0.47	5.77	458
5	SF	0.08	0.45	5.88	479
6	TEN	0.06	0.46	6.01	402
7	GB	0.06	0.44	5.28	376
8	HOU	0.06	0.46	5.52	378
9	MIN	0.06	0.42	5.64	407
10	LAC	0.04	0.47	5.63	337
11	LV	0.04	0.45	5.77	313
12	ARI	0.02	0.43	5.30	361
13	SEA	0.02	0.46	5.53	405
14	ATL	0.01	0.44	5.31	381
15	NE	0.01	0.43	5.03	420
16	IND	0.01	0.45	4.98	361
17	PHI	0.00	0.45	5.02	385
18	TB	0.00	0.44	5.71	458
19	LA	-0.00	0.44	5.48	394
20	BUF	-0.02	0.42	5.08	314
21	CLE	-0.03	0.41	5.31	335
22	DET	-0.04	0.41	5.22	341
23	DEN	-0.05	0.40	4.80	282
24	JAX	-0.06	0.39	5.11	300
25	NYG	-0.06	0.42	5.12	341
26	MIA	-0.08	0.41	4.66	306
27	CHI	-0.08	0.41	4.50	280
28	CAR	-0.08	0.43	4.95	340
29	CIN	-0.10	0.40	4.79	279
30	WAS	-0.13	0.39	4.75	266
31	PIT	-0.14	0.38	4.51	289
32	NYJ	-0.15	0.37	4.39	276

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	NE	-0.22	0.38	4.45	225
2	SF	-0.14	0.41	4.42	310
3	PIT	-0.12	0.40	4.54	303
4	BAL	-0.09	0.42	4.98	282
5	BUF	-0.08	0.41	4.69	259
6	MIN	-0.07	0.44	5.03	303
7	TB	-0.06	0.40	4.93	449
8	CHI	-0.05	0.41	4.91	298
9	LA	-0.04	0.42	5.02	364
10	NO	-0.04	0.42	5.08	341
11	GB	-0.03	0.43	5.49	313
12	PHI	-0.03	0.41	5.30	354
13	DAL	-0.03	0.45	4.95	321
14	NYJ	-0.02	0.40	4.81	359
15	TEN	-0.02	0.43	5.25	331
16	DEN	-0.00	0.43	5.19	316
17	IND	-0.00	0.43	5.50	373
18	KC	-0.00	0.45	5.12	308
19	SEA	0.02	0.46	5.80	398
20	LAC	0.04	0.44	5.24	345
21	ATL	0.04	0.45	5.60	399
22	CLE	0.05	0.45	5.59	393
23	CAR	0.06	0.45	5.58	470
24	HOU	0.06	0.44	5.87	385
25	DET	0.07	0.45	5.74	423
26	NYG	0.07	0.43	5.55	451
27	JAX	0.07	0.46	5.86	397
28	WAS	0.08	0.45	5.53	435
29	ARI	0.09	0.46	5.75	442
30	CIN	0.10	0.44	6.11	420
31	LV	0.12	0.47	5.57	419
32	MIA	0.13	0.46	5.82	494

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