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Leaders

The 2020 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	Aaron Rodgers	GB	0.34	543	4299	48	7.19
2	Patrick Mahomes	KC	0.30	612	4740	38	2.83
3	Josh Allen	BUF	0.28	599	4544	37	6.59
4	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	0.25	507	3819	33	2.66
5	Deshaun Watson	HOU	0.22	595	4823	33	6.52
6	Tom Brady	TB	0.21	629	4633	40	3.56
7	Philip Rivers	IND	0.19	561	4169	24	0.74
8	Baker Mayfield	CLE	0.18	508	3563	26	2.80
9	Drew Brees	NO	0.17	402	2942	24	1.60
10	Ryan Fitzpatrick	MIA	0.17	282	2091	13	3.41
11	Kirk Cousins	MIN	0.17	558	4265	35	4.58
12	Justin Herbert	LAC	0.14	626	4336	31	0.01
13	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.14	403	2757	26	1.03
14	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.14	233	1856	9	0.30
15	Russell Wilson	SEA	0.13	606	4212	40	6.85
16	Joe Burrow	CIN	0.11	433	2688	13	2.10
17	Derek Carr	LV	0.11	540	4103	27	2.57
18	Matt Ryan	ATL	0.10	669	4581	26	1.23
19	Matthew Stafford	DET	0.10	563	4084	26	-1.02
20	Mitchell Trubisky	CHI	0.09	316	2055	16	1.10
21	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	0.09	625	3803	33	-1.06
22	Teddy Bridgewater	CAR	0.06	523	3733	15	4.04
23	Kyler Murray	ARI	0.05	579	3971	26	2.22
24	Gardner Minshew	JAX	0.05	357	2259	16	4.27
25	Jared Goff	LA	0.04	574	3952	20	0.92

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Kyler Murray	ARI	0.33	133	819	11	6.16
2	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.25	159	1005	7	6.32
3	J.K. Dobbins	BAL	0.19	134	805	9	6.01
4	Cam Newton	NE	0.15	137	592	12	4.32
5	Gus Edwards	BAL	0.12	144	723	6	5.02
6	Chris Carson	SEA	0.12	141	681	5	4.83
7	Nick Chubb	CLE	0.09	190	1065	12	5.61
8	Derrick Henry	TEN	0.09	378	2027	17	5.36
9	Aaron Jones	GB	0.07	201	1104	9	5.49
10	Jonathan Taylor	IND	0.06	232	1169	11	5.04
11	Alvin Kamara	NO	0.05	187	932	16	4.98
12	Damien Harris	NE	0.04	137	691	2	5.04
13	Dalvin Cook	MIN	0.04	312	1557	16	4.99
14	Antonio Gibson	WAS	0.03	170	795	11	4.68
15	Ronald Jones	TB	0.03	192	978	7	5.09
16	Latavius Murray	NO	0.02	146	656	4	4.49
17	Darrell Henderson	LA	0.02	138	624	5	4.52
18	Wayne Gallman	NYG	0.02	147	682	6	4.64
19	Jamaal Williams	GB	0.01	119	505	2	4.24
20	James Conner	PIT	0.01	169	721	6	4.27
21	Josh Allen	BUF	0.00	102	421	8	4.13
22	Miles Sanders	PHI	-0.01	164	867	6	5.29
23	David Johnson	HOU	-0.02	147	691	6	4.70
24	Tony Pollard	DAL	-0.03	101	435	4	4.31
25	Kenyan Drake	ARI	-0.03	239	955	10	4.00

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Julio Jones	ATL	0.79	68	51	771	3
2	Will Fuller	HOU	0.78	75	53	879	8
3	Robert Tonyan	GB	0.74	59	52	586	11
4	Rashard Higgins	CLE	0.69	52	37	599	4
5	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	0.66	84	65	840	7
6	A.J. Brown	TEN	0.62	106	70	1075	11
7	Corey Davis	TEN	0.61	92	65	984	5
8	George Kittle	SF	0.59	63	48	634	2
9	Tyler Higbee	LA	0.57	60	44	521	5
10	Cole Beasley	BUF	0.56	107	82	967	4
11	Tyler Lockett	SEA	0.56	132	100	1054	10
12	Tyreek Hill	KC	0.56	135	87	1276	15
13	John Brown	BUF	0.53	52	33	458	3
14	Justin Jefferson	MIN	0.52	125	88	1400	7
15	Davante Adams	GB	0.52	149	115	1374	18
16	Travis Kelce	KC	0.51	145	105	1416	11
17	Stefon Diggs	BUF	0.51	166	127	1535	8
18	Mecole Hardman	KC	0.49	62	41	560	4
19	Tee Higgins	CIN	0.49	108	67	908	6
20	Tre'Quan Smith	NO	0.49	50	34	448	4
21	Jarvis Landry	CLE	0.48	101	72	840	3
22	Jared Cook	NO	0.48	60	37	504	7
23	Mike Evans	TB	0.48	109	70	1006	13
24	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	GB	0.46	63	33	690	6
25	DK Metcalf	SEA	0.46	129	83	1303	10

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	GB	0.22	0.51	6.18	509
2	TEN	0.19	0.51	6.01	491
3	KC	0.18	0.50	6.16	473
4	BUF	0.17	0.50	6.02	501
5	TB	0.15	0.47	5.90	492
6	BAL	0.11	0.45	5.76	468
7	SEA	0.10	0.49	5.66	459
8	NO	0.09	0.48	5.74	482
9	CLE	0.09	0.47	5.68	408
10	MIN	0.09	0.49	5.89	430
11	HOU	0.09	0.48	6.21	384
12	IND	0.08	0.47	5.71	451
13	LV	0.07	0.47	5.75	434
14	ARI	0.05	0.46	5.56	410
15	LAC	0.04	0.44	5.29	384
16	ATL	0.04	0.44	5.32	396
17	PIT	0.03	0.44	5.01	416
18	MIA	0.03	0.47	5.18	404
19	CAR	0.02	0.46	5.50	350
20	DET	0.01	0.46	5.44	377
21	SF	0.01	0.46	5.47	376
22	NE	0.00	0.46	5.27	326
23	LA	-0.01	0.45	5.51	372
24	CHI	-0.02	0.44	5.02	372
25	DAL	-0.03	0.46	5.22	395
26	CIN	-0.04	0.44	4.80	311
27	JAX	-0.05	0.42	5.06	306
28	WAS	-0.06	0.42	4.75	335
29	PHI	-0.06	0.42	4.79	334
30	NYG	-0.06	0.42	4.85	280
31	DEN	-0.07	0.40	5.08	323
32	NYJ	-0.12	0.41	4.58	243

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	LA	-0.16	0.39	4.46	296
2	PIT	-0.10	0.39	4.79	312
3	WAS	-0.08	0.42	4.75	329
4	NO	-0.04	0.43	4.82	337
5	TB	-0.04	0.42	4.99	355
6	BAL	-0.03	0.44	4.99	303
7	MIA	-0.02	0.46	5.81	338
8	SF	-0.02	0.44	5.01	390
9	IND	-0.01	0.46	5.23	362
10	CHI	0.02	0.43	5.27	370
11	PHI	0.02	0.43	5.41	418
12	ARI	0.03	0.46	5.15	367
13	LAC	0.03	0.45	5.40	426
14	GB	0.03	0.47	5.24	369
15	NYG	0.03	0.46	5.21	357
16	BUF	0.04	0.48	5.32	375
17	DEN	0.04	0.44	5.51	446
18	SEA	0.04	0.46	5.37	371
19	KC	0.06	0.47	5.41	362
20	ATL	0.07	0.48	6.00	414
21	DAL	0.07	0.46	5.68	473
22	NE	0.08	0.49	5.68	353
23	CLE	0.08	0.47	5.42	419
24	CAR	0.09	0.48	5.58	402
25	MIN	0.09	0.50	6.00	475
26	CIN	0.09	0.46	5.99	424
27	NYJ	0.10	0.47	5.58	457
28	TEN	0.13	0.48	5.74	439
29	LV	0.14	0.46	5.82	478
30	JAX	0.17	0.49	6.15	492
31	HOU	0.17	0.50	6.16	464
32	DET	0.21	0.51	6.15	519

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