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Leaders

The 2021 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	0.23	559	4115	37	5.77
2	Patrick Mahomes	KC	0.20	687	4839	37	2.67
3	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	0.20	469	3810	20	2.62
4	Tom Brady	TB	0.20	740	5316	43	1.69
5	Matthew Stafford	LA	0.19	634	4886	41	-0.12
6	Joe Burrow	CIN	0.17	571	4611	34	6.64
7	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.17	631	4449	37	2.31
8	Justin Herbert	LAC	0.17	709	5014	38	-0.62
9	Kyler Murray	ARI	0.13	514	3787	24	4.21
10	Teddy Bridgewater	DEN	0.12	460	3052	18	3.91
11	Josh Allen	BUF	0.12	675	4407	36	2.10
12	Kirk Cousins	MIN	0.12	587	4221	33	1.35
13	Mac Jones	NE	0.10	550	3801	22	2.38
14	Derek Carr	LV	0.06	666	4804	23	2.20
15	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	0.05	409	2653	16	1.93
16	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.05	421	2882	16	0.68
17	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	0.04	578	3734	21	2.36
18	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.04	459	3144	16	0.12
19	Russell Wilson	SEA	0.04	435	3113	25	3.20
20	Carson Wentz	IND	0.02	552	3563	27	-2.12
21	Matt Ryan	ATL	0.01	601	3968	20	1.76
22	Baker Mayfield	CLE	-0.01	462	3010	17	-2.72
23	Daniel Jones	NYG	-0.03	383	2428	10	-0.84
24	Jared Goff	DET	-0.05	529	3245	19	0.55
25	Trevor Siemian	NO	-0.05	201	1154	11	-4.72

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Josh Allen	BUF	0.46	122	763	6	6.25
2	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.29	139	784	10	5.64
3	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.12	133	767	2	5.77
4	Jonathan Taylor	IND	0.10	332	1811	18	5.45
5	Chase Edmonds	ARI	0.10	116	592	2	5.10
6	Tony Pollard	DAL	0.10	130	719	2	5.53
7	Rashaad Penny	SEA	0.09	119	749	6	6.29
8	D'Ernest Johnson	CLE	0.06	100	534	3	5.34
9	Leonard Fournette	TB	0.05	180	812	8	4.51
10	Nick Chubb	CLE	0.05	228	1259	8	5.52
11	Darrel Williams	KC	0.03	144	558	6	3.88
12	AJ Dillon	GB	0.03	187	803	5	4.29
13	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	0.02	133	606	5	4.56
14	Damien Harris	NE	0.02	202	929	15	4.60
15	Aaron Jones	GB	0.01	171	799	4	4.67
16	Miles Sanders	PHI	0.00	137	754	0	5.50
17	Austin Ekeler	LAC	-0.00	206	911	12	4.42
18	Darrell Henderson	LA	-0.01	149	688	5	4.62
19	James Conner	ARI	-0.02	202	752	15	3.72
20	Jamaal Williams	DET	-0.02	153	601	3	3.93
21	Devin Singletary	BUF	-0.02	188	870	7	4.63
22	Devonta Freeman	BAL	-0.02	133	576	5	4.33
23	Derrick Henry	TEN	-0.03	219	937	10	4.28
24	Khalil Herbert	CHI	-0.03	103	433	2	4.20
25	Michael Carter	NYJ	-0.04	147	639	4	4.35

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Dallas Goedert	PHI	0.69	76	56	830	4
2	DeAndre Hopkins	ARI	0.66	64	42	572	8
3	Byron Pringle	KC	0.61	60	42	568	5
4	Allen Lazard	GB	0.61	60	40	513	8
5	Kendrick Bourne	NE	0.61	70	55	800	5
6	Cooper Kupp	LA	0.59	191	145	1947	16
7	Mike Evans	TB	0.58	114	74	1035	14
8	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	DAL	0.57	61	45	602	6
9	Antonio Brown	TB	0.55	62	42	545	4
10	Tee Higgins	CIN	0.52	110	74	1091	6
11	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	0.51	128	81	1455	13
12	Mike Williams	LAC	0.51	129	76	1146	9
13	Christian Kirk	ARI	0.50	103	77	982	5
14	Tyler Lockett	SEA	0.49	107	73	1175	8
15	Brandon Aiyuk	SF	0.48	84	56	826	5
16	Justin Jefferson	MIN	0.48	167	108	1616	10
17	Quez Watkins	PHI	0.48	62	43	647	1
18	Dawson Knox	BUF	0.47	71	49	587	9
19	Amari Cooper	DAL	0.46	104	68	865	8
20	Hunter Henry	NE	0.46	75	50	603	9
21	Deebo Samuel Sr.	SF	0.46	121	77	1397	6
22	Laquon Treadwell	JAX	0.45	51	33	434	1
23	Donovan Peoples-Jones	CLE	0.45	58	34	597	3
24	Dalton Schultz	DAL	0.44	104	78	808	8
25	Tim Patrick	DEN	0.44	85	53	734	5

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	TB	0.14	0.50	5.97	511
2	KC	0.14	0.51	5.77	480
3	GB	0.14	0.49	5.71	450
4	BUF	0.09	0.47	5.58	483
5	LAC	0.09	0.48	5.65	474
6	SF	0.09	0.46	5.97	427
7	DAL	0.08	0.47	5.77	530
8	LA	0.08	0.47	5.91	460
9	ARI	0.08	0.47	5.52	449
10	NE	0.07	0.49	5.58	462
11	PHI	0.06	0.47	5.55	444
12	CIN	0.06	0.44	5.69	460
13	IND	0.06	0.45	5.40	451
14	SEA	0.04	0.44	5.62	395
15	TEN	0.03	0.45	5.00	419
16	DEN	0.02	0.45	5.25	335
17	CLE	0.02	0.44	5.31	349
18	MIN	0.01	0.41	5.49	425
19	BAL	0.01	0.46	5.27	387
20	LV	-0.00	0.45	5.50	374
21	WAS	-0.04	0.45	4.96	335
22	MIA	-0.05	0.42	4.60	341
23	PIT	-0.05	0.40	4.67	343
24	DET	-0.06	0.42	5	325
25	NO	-0.07	0.41	4.83	364
26	NYJ	-0.07	0.42	4.85	310
27	ATL	-0.08	0.41	4.99	313
28	JAX	-0.08	0.44	4.85	253
29	CHI	-0.08	0.41	4.74	311
30	CAR	-0.13	0.41	4.48	304
31	HOU	-0.13	0.38	4.47	280
32	NYG	-0.14	0.40	4.50	258

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	BUF	-0.11	0.40	4.38	289
2	NO	-0.10	0.40	4.89	335
3	DAL	-0.09	0.41	5.28	358
4	NE	-0.07	0.42	4.97	303
5	TB	-0.06	0.43	4.97	353
6	ARI	-0.06	0.44	5.18	366
7	CAR	-0.04	0.41	4.94	404
8	MIA	-0.03	0.43	5.21	373
9	LA	-0.02	0.45	5.11	372
10	TEN	-0.02	0.43	5.15	354
11	CIN	-0.01	0.44	5.37	376
12	MIN	-0.00	0.46	5.47	426
13	IND	0.00	0.46	5.42	365
14	PIT	0.00	0.43	5.31	398
15	SF	0.01	0.42	4.92	365
16	DEN	0.01	0.45	5.22	322
17	PHI	0.01	0.46	5.08	385
18	CLE	0.01	0.42	4.82	371
19	GB	0.02	0.47	5.26	371
20	SEA	0.03	0.47	5.18	366
21	NYG	0.03	0.46	5.22	416
22	CHI	0.03	0.45	5.22	407
23	KC	0.04	0.47	5.68	364
24	LAC	0.05	0.47	5.36	459
25	LV	0.06	0.45	5.02	439
26	BAL	0.08	0.43	5.79	392
27	WAS	0.08	0.45	5.61	434
28	HOU	0.08	0.48	5.81	452
29	ATL	0.08	0.48	5.41	459
30	DET	0.10	0.46	5.84	467
31	JAX	0.11	0.47	5.51	457
32	NYJ	0.14	0.48	5.82	504

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