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The 2023 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	Brock Purdy	SF	0.31	469	4280	31	5.38
2	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	0.21	589	4624	29	4.50
3	Dak Prescott	DAL	0.19	631	4516	36	3.93
4	Josh Allen	BUF	0.15	604	4306	29	5.02
5	Jordan Love	GB	0.14	609	4159	32	1.14
6	Jared Goff	DET	0.13	636	4575	30	1.27
7	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.12	494	3678	24	3.48
8	C.J. Stroud	HOU	0.12	534	4108	23	0.21
9	Kirk Cousins	MIN	0.11	326	2331	18	4.29
10	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.11	575	3858	23	3.79
11	Matthew Stafford	LA	0.10	551	3965	24	-2.56
12	Jake Browning	CIN	0.09	268	1936	12	3.87
13	Baker Mayfield	TB	0.08	609	4044	28	0.24
14	Patrick Mahomes	KC	0.08	622	4183	27	2.75
15	Geno Smith	SEA	0.06	528	3624	20	2.44
16	Justin Herbert	LAC	0.06	486	3134	20	-0.31
17	Derek Carr	NO	0.05	581	3878	25	3.03
18	Joe Burrow	CIN	0.02	388	2309	15	1.23
19	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	-0.00	602	4016	21	0.90
20	Joe Flacco	CLE	-0.00	213	1616	13	-2.88
21	Gardner Minshew	IND	-0.01	527	3305	15	-3.28
22	Russell Wilson	DEN	-0.03	491	3070	26	4.85
23	Will Levis	TEN	-0.05	282	1808	8	-0.38
24	Aidan O'Connell	LV	-0.05	367	2218	12	-3.90
25	Kyler Murray	ARI	-0.06	289	1799	10	-2.28

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Josh Allen	BUF	0.49	111	524	15	4.72
2	De'Von Achane	MIA	0.32	103	800	8	7.77
3	Justin Fields	CHI	0.21	124	657	4	5.30
4	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.14	157	605	15	3.85
5	Kyren Williams	LA	0.10	228	1144	12	5.02
6	Raheem Mostert	MIA	0.08	209	1012	18	4.84
7	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.07	148	821	5	5.55
8	James Conner	ARI	0.07	208	1040	7	5
9	Christian McCaffrey	SF	0.05	272	1459	14	5.36
10	David Montgomery	DET	0.05	219	1015	13	4.63
11	Aaron Jones	GB	0.02	142	656	2	4.62
12	D'Andre Swift	PHI	0.01	229	1049	5	4.58
13	Ty Chandler	MIN	0.01	102	461	3	4.52
14	Tyjae Spears	TEN	-0.01	100	453	2	4.53
15	Derrick Henry	TEN	-0.01	280	1167	12	4.17
16	Alvin Kamara	NO	-0.02	180	694	5	3.86
17	Isiah Pacheco	KC	-0.02	205	935	7	4.56
18	Khalil Herbert	CHI	-0.02	132	611	2	4.63
19	Jaylen Warren	PIT	-0.03	149	784	4	5.26
20	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	-0.03	182	945	10	5.19
21	James Cook	BUF	-0.03	237	1122	2	4.73
22	Kareem Hunt	CLE	-0.04	135	411	9	3.04
23	D'Onta Foreman	CHI	-0.04	109	425	4	3.90
24	Kenneth Walker III	SEA	-0.04	219	905	8	4.13
25	Jonathan Taylor	IND	-0.06	169	741	7	4.38

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Brandon Aiyuk	SF	0.78	105	75	1342	7
2	George Kittle	SF	0.66	90	65	1020	6
3	Nico Collins	HOU	0.65	109	80	1297	8
4	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	0.57	181	135	1749	12
5	Mark Andrews	BAL	0.54	61	45	544	6
6	Tyreek Hill	MIA	0.54	171	119	1799	13
7	Dontayvion Wicks	GB	0.50	58	39	581	4
8	DJ Moore	CHI	0.49	136	96	1364	8
9	Deebo Samuel Sr.	SF	0.46	89	60	892	7
10	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	0.44	104	72	1014	4
11	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	0.44	164	119	1515	10
12	Adam Thielen	CAR	0.44	137	103	1014	4
13	Brandin Cooks	DAL	0.43	81	54	657	8
14	Justin Jefferson	MIN	0.43	100	68	1074	5
15	Puka Nacua	LA	0.42	160	105	1486	6
16	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	0.42	145	100	1216	7
17	A.J. Brown	PHI	0.42	158	106	1456	7
18	Tank Dell	HOU	0.41	75	47	709	7
19	Keenan Allen	LAC	0.41	150	108	1243	7
20	Mike Evans	TB	0.40	136	79	1255	13
21	Travis Kelce	KC	0.40	121	93	984	5
22	Noah Brown	HOU	0.40	55	33	567	2
23	Rashee Rice	KC	0.39	102	79	938	7
24	Darius Slayton	NYG	0.37	79	50	770	4
25	Cole Kmet	CHI	0.36	90	73	719	6

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	SF	0.18	0.52	6.55	491
2	DAL	0.12	0.48	5.47	509
3	BUF	0.10	0.48	5.62	451
4	MIA	0.09	0.47	6.34	496
5	GB	0.07	0.45	5.46	383
6	BAL	0.07	0.47	5.69	483
7	PHI	0.06	0.46	5.31	433
8	DET	0.06	0.46	5.84	461
9	LA	0.04	0.45	5.39	404
10	SEA	0.03	0.45	5.36	364
11	KC	0.02	0.44	5.44	371
12	TB	0.01	0.41	4.95	348
13	CIN	0.00	0.44	5.08	366
14	NO	-0.01	0.42	5.09	402
15	TEN	-0.02	0.41	4.77	305
16	IND	-0.02	0.42	5.06	396
17	MIN	-0.02	0.43	5.33	344
18	HOU	-0.03	0.41	5.18	377
19	JAX	-0.03	0.43	5.05	377
20	DEN	-0.04	0.42	4.85	357
21	CHI	-0.05	0.42	4.92	360
22	ARI	-0.06	0.41	4.92	330
23	PIT	-0.06	0.42	4.98	304
24	LAC	-0.07	0.41	4.92	346
25	WAS	-0.08	0.42	4.83	329
26	LV	-0.09	0.41	4.80	332
27	ATL	-0.09	0.42	5.11	321
28	CLE	-0.12	0.40	4.68	396
29	CAR	-0.16	0.38	3.95	236
30	NYG	-0.17	0.38	4.38	266
31	NE	-0.19	0.39	4.50	236
32	NYJ	-0.23	0.36	4.19	268

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	CLE	-0.16	0.36	4.44	362
2	BAL	-0.13	0.41	4.49	280
3	NYJ	-0.11	0.38	4.45	355
4	DAL	-0.09	0.44	4.85	315
5	NO	-0.08	0.40	5.12	327
6	KC	-0.07	0.40	4.61	294
7	LV	-0.06	0.43	5.09	331
8	PIT	-0.06	0.41	5.25	324
9	SF	-0.05	0.43	4.79	298
10	NE	-0.05	0.41	4.66	366
11	BUF	-0.05	0.43	4.94	311
12	ATL	-0.05	0.40	4.89	373
13	JAX	-0.04	0.43	5.35	371
14	MIA	-0.03	0.43	5.01	391
15	HOU	-0.03	0.41	4.99	353
16	CHI	-0.03	0.42	5.21	379
17	TB	-0.02	0.44	5.27	325
18	MIN	-0.02	0.43	5.12	362
19	IND	-0.02	0.44	5.14	415
20	LA	-0.01	0.43	5.20	377
21	DET	-0.01	0.44	5.32	395
22	NYG	-0.01	0.45	5.53	407
23	GB	0.01	0.45	5.21	350
24	LAC	0.02	0.44	5.47	398
25	DEN	0.02	0.44	5.66	413
26	CAR	0.03	0.44	4.96	416
27	TEN	0.03	0.45	5.01	367
28	CIN	0.03	0.46	5.88	384
29	PHI	0.06	0.45	5.28	428
30	SEA	0.07	0.46	5.37	402
31	ARI	0.09	0.48	5.55	455
32	WAS	0.09	0.45	5.75	518

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