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The 2022 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	0.29	677	5250	41	3.57
2	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	0.23	326	2437	16	-1.05
3	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	0.23	421	3548	25	1.43
4	Josh Allen	BUF	0.17	600	4283	35	1.00
5	Jared Goff	DET	0.17	610	4438	29	-1.48
6	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.14	499	3701	22	2.72
7	Joe Burrow	CIN	0.14	651	4475	35	2.73
8	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	0.14	615	4113	25	1.43
9	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.10	414	2860	23	0.02
10	Tom Brady	TB	0.08	758	4694	25	0.51
11	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	0.06	358	2536	13	0.54
12	Derek Carr	LV	0.05	532	3522	24	-2.87
13	Jacoby Brissett	CLE	0.05	391	2608	12	2.89
14	Andy Dalton	NO	0.05	404	2871	18	0.62
15	Geno Smith	SEA	0.04	619	4282	30	5.62
16	Daniel Jones	NYG	0.04	514	3205	15	2.33
17	Justin Herbert	LAC	0.03	736	4739	25	1.32
18	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.03	352	2242	17	-0.62
19	Kirk Cousins	MIN	0.03	690	4547	29	1.30
20	Marcus Mariota	ATL	0.02	326	2219	15	-0.65
21	Aaron Rodgers	GB	-0.01	575	3695	26	0.55
22	Kenny Pickett	PIT	-0.02	417	2404	7	0.82
23	Kyler Murray	ARI	-0.04	418	2368	14	-0.81
24	Taylor Heinicke	WAS	-0.05	276	1859	12	1.70
25	Matt Ryan	IND	-0.06	502	3057	14	-0.10

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Justin Fields	CHI	0.41	160	1143	8	7.14
2	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.36	112	764	3	6.82
3	Daniel Jones	NYG	0.33	120	708	7	5.90
4	Josh Allen	BUF	0.32	124	762	7	6.15
5	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.29	165	760	13	4.61
6	Aaron Jones	GB	0.06	213	1121	2	5.26
7	Miles Sanders	PHI	0.05	259	1269	11	4.90
8	Tyler Allgeier	ATL	0.05	210	1035	3	4.93
9	Nick Chubb	CLE	0.04	302	1525	12	5.05
10	Jeff Wilson	MIA	0.04	176	860	5	4.89
11	Tony Pollard	DAL	0.02	193	1007	9	5.22
12	Christian McCaffrey	SF	0.02	244	1139	8	4.67
13	D'Onta Foreman	CAR	0.01	203	914	5	4.50
14	AJ Dillon	GB	0.01	186	770	7	4.14
15	Khalil Herbert	CHI	0.01	129	731	4	5.67
16	Cordarrelle Patterson	ATL	-0.00	144	695	8	4.83
17	Josh Jacobs	LV	-0.00	340	1653	12	4.86
18	Raheem Mostert	MIA	-0.01	181	891	3	4.92
19	Austin Ekeler	LAC	-0.01	204	915	13	4.49
20	James Conner	ARI	-0.01	183	782	7	4.27
21	Isiah Pacheco	KC	-0.02	170	830	5	4.88
22	Brian Robinson	WAS	-0.03	205	797	2	3.89
23	Latavius Murray	DEN	-0.03	171	760	6	4.44
24	Damien Harris	NE	-0.04	106	462	3	4.36
25	Travis Etienne	JAX	-0.04	220	1125	5	5.11

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	0.66	117	75	1356	8
2	Dallas Goedert	PHI	0.65	69	55	702	3
3	George Pickens	PIT	0.53	84	52	801	4
4	Darius Slayton	NYG	0.50	71	46	724	2
5	JuJu Smith-Schuster	KC	0.49	101	78	933	3
6	Tee Higgins	CIN	0.49	109	74	1029	7
7	Stefon Diggs	BUF	0.49	154	108	1429	11
8	Jerry Jeudy	DEN	0.47	100	67	972	6
9	Christian Watson	GB	0.47	66	41	611	7
10	George Kittle	SF	0.46	86	60	765	11
11	Randall Cobb	GB	0.45	50	34	417	1
12	DeVonta Smith	PHI	0.45	136	95	1210	7
13	Austin Hooper	TEN	0.44	60	41	444	2
14	Travis Kelce	KC	0.43	152	110	1338	12
15	DJ Chark	DET	0.41	52	30	502	3
16	Terry McLaurin	WAS	0.41	120	77	1191	5
17	Amari Cooper	CLE	0.41	132	78	1160	9
18	Justin Jefferson	MIN	0.40	184	128	1809	8
19	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	0.40	156	107	1359	9
20	Jordan Akins	HOU	0.40	54	37	495	5
21	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	0.39	146	106	1161	6
22	Olamide Zaccheaus	ATL	0.39	61	40	533	3
23	A.J. Brown	PHI	0.39	145	88	1496	11
24	Jakobi Meyers	NE	0.38	96	67	804	6
25	Tyreek Hill	MIA	0.38	170	119	1710	7

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	KC	0.18	0.51	6.23	496
2	BUF	0.11	0.49	6.04	455
3	PHI	0.10	0.48	5.77	477
4	SF	0.08	0.46	5.77	450
5	CIN	0.08	0.48	5.37	418
6	DET	0.08	0.46	5.75	453
7	MIA	0.05	0.44	5.96	397
8	JAX	0.05	0.47	5.51	404
9	NYG	0.03	0.45	5.09	365
10	DAL	0.03	0.45	5.27	467
11	GB	0.02	0.46	5.36	370
12	PIT	0.01	0.45	4.79	308
13	CLE	0.01	0.44	5.16	361
14	SEA	0.01	0.45	5.55	407
15	LAC	0.01	0.44	5.23	391
16	BAL	0.01	0.45	5.42	350
17	MIN	0.01	0.46	5.33	424
18	LV	0.01	0.43	5.47	395
19	ATL	0.00	0.46	5.25	365
20	TB	-0.03	0.44	4.93	313
21	NO	-0.03	0.46	5.50	330
22	CAR	-0.04	0.41	5.17	347
23	CHI	-0.04	0.41	5.15	326
24	NE	-0.05	0.41	5.27	364
25	TEN	-0.06	0.41	4.97	298
26	WAS	-0.07	0.41	4.79	321
27	DEN	-0.08	0.39	4.93	287
28	ARI	-0.08	0.41	4.62	340
29	LA	-0.08	0.41	4.74	307
30	NYJ	-0.09	0.39	4.92	296
31	IND	-0.16	0.40	4.66	289
32	HOU	-0.17	0.38	4.59	289

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	SF	-0.11	0.41	4.85	277
2	DAL	-0.09	0.41	4.97	342
3	NE	-0.09	0.42	4.94	347
4	PHI	-0.06	0.43	4.69	344
5	WAS	-0.06	0.40	5.06	343
6	BUF	-0.05	0.44	4.90	286
7	NYJ	-0.05	0.41	4.73	316
8	CIN	-0.04	0.42	5.26	322
9	DEN	-0.04	0.42	4.84	359
10	NO	-0.03	0.42	4.79	345
11	TB	-0.03	0.42	5.00	358
12	JAX	-0.02	0.44	5.25	350
13	IND	-0.02	0.45	5.09	427
14	BAL	-0.00	0.44	5.12	315
15	KC	-0.00	0.43	4.93	369
16	MIN	0.00	0.45	5.75	427
17	CAR	0.01	0.44	5.26	374
18	HOU	0.01	0.46	5.65	420
19	LAC	0.01	0.44	5.71	384
20	ARI	0.01	0.48	5.42	449
21	TEN	0.01	0.43	5.23	359
22	LA	0.02	0.45	5.41	384
23	PIT	0.02	0.43	5.39	346
24	MIA	0.02	0.44	5.19	399
25	CLE	0.03	0.45	5.30	381
26	GB	0.03	0.46	5.63	371
27	SEA	0.04	0.42	5.43	401
28	NYG	0.05	0.44	5.47	371
29	ATL	0.07	0.48	5.57	386
30	LV	0.07	0.48	5.64	418
31	DET	0.08	0.47	5.99	427
32	CHI	0.13	0.48	6.05	463

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