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The 2024 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	0.35	494	4172	41	4.55
2	Jared Goff	DET	0.30	568	4629	37	5.71
3	Josh Allen	BUF	0.26	497	3731	28	0.84
4	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	0.20	421	2867	19	3.78
5	Baker Mayfield	TB	0.19	612	4500	41	3.60
6	Joe Burrow	CIN	0.17	701	4918	43	6.79
7	Derek Carr	NO	0.16	290	2145	15	3.28
8	Brock Purdy	SF	0.16	482	3864	20	2.06
9	Jordan Love	GB	0.14	442	3389	25	0.62
10	Justin Herbert	LAC	0.13	545	3870	23	1.95
11	Jayden Daniels	WAS	0.12	528	3568	25	3.55
12	Kyler Murray	ARI	0.11	570	3851	21	2.12
13	Patrick Mahomes	KC	0.11	617	3928	26	2.56
14	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.10	399	2903	18	7.52
15	Sam Darnold	MIN	0.08	593	4319	35	3.85
16	Matthew Stafford	LA	0.06	546	3762	20	-0.67
17	Bo Nix	DEN	0.06	591	3775	29	0.56
18	Kirk Cousins	ATL	0.05	478	3508	18	0.96
19	Geno Smith	SEA	0.04	629	4320	21	5.64
20	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	0.02	305	2045	11	-0.97
21	Aaron Rodgers	NYJ	0.02	627	3897	28	-2.58
22	Aidan O'Connell	LV	0.01	254	1612	8	-3.58
23	Joe Flacco	IND	0.01	267	1761	12	1.07
24	Mason Rudolph	TEN	-0.01	237	1530	9	0.24
25	Russell Wilson	PIT	-0.01	368	2482	16	4.47

EPA per carry, regular season. Minimum 100 carries.

#	Player	Team	EPA per carry	Carries	Rush yds	TD	Y/C
1	Josh Allen	BUF	0.56	102	531	12	5.21
2	Jayden Daniels	WAS	0.39	148	891	6	6.02
3	Jalen Hurts	PHI	0.28	150	630	14	4.20
4	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	0.14	250	1412	16	5.65
5	Derrick Henry	BAL	0.12	325	1921	16	5.91
6	Bucky Irving	TB	0.10	207	1122	8	5.42
7	Saquon Barkley	PHI	0.10	345	2005	13	5.81
8	Emanuel Wilson	GB	0.09	103	502	4	4.87
9	Lamar Jackson	BAL	0.08	139	915	4	6.58
10	Bijan Robinson	ATL	0.06	304	1456	14	4.79
11	James Cook	BUF	0.05	207	1009	16	4.87
12	Jerome Ford	CLE	0.05	104	565	3	5.43
13	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	0.04	250	1195	10	4.78
14	Tyler Allgeier	ATL	0.03	137	644	3	4.70
15	J.K. Dobbins	LAC	0.02	195	905	9	4.64
16	Kareem Hunt	KC	0.01	200	728	7	3.64
17	James Conner	ARI	0.00	236	1094	8	4.64
18	Tank Bigsby	JAX	-0.01	168	766	7	4.56
19	Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	-0.01	113	496	1	4.39
20	Chase Brown	CIN	-0.03	229	990	7	4.32
21	Jordan Mason	SF	-0.04	153	789	3	5.16
22	David Montgomery	DET	-0.04	185	775	12	4.19
23	Rico Dowdle	DAL	-0.04	235	1079	2	4.59
24	Ray Davis	BUF	-0.05	113	442	3	3.91
25	Aaron Jones	MIN	-0.05	255	1138	5	4.46

EPA per target, regular season. Minimum 50 targets.

#	Player	Team	EPA per target	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	TD
1	Mark Andrews	BAL	0.73	69	55	673	11
2	George Kittle	SF	0.72	94	78	1106	8
3	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	0.68	141	115	1263	14
4	Adam Thielen	CAR	0.65	62	48	615	5
5	DeVonta Smith	PHI	0.65	89	68	833	8
6	Devaughn Vele	DEN	0.64	55	41	475	3
7	A.J. Brown	PHI	0.64	97	67	1079	7
8	Rashod Bateman	BAL	0.62	72	45	756	9
9	Terry McLaurin	WAS	0.61	117	82	1096	13
10	Alec Pierce	IND	0.58	69	37	824	7
11	Ladd McConkey	LAC	0.58	112	82	1155	7
12	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	0.57	62	50	576	5
13	Jayden Reed	GB	0.56	75	55	857	6
14	Jonnu Smith	MIA	0.54	111	88	884	8
15	Tee Higgins	CIN	0.53	109	73	911	10
16	Tucker Kraft	GB	0.52	70	50	707	7
17	Cole Kmet	CHI	0.51	55	47	474	4
18	Puka Nacua	LA	0.50	106	79	990	3
19	Allen Lazard	NYJ	0.49	61	37	530	6
20	Mack Hollins	BUF	0.49	50	31	378	5
21	Isaiah Likely	BAL	0.48	58	42	477	6
22	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	0.46	78	65	655	7
23	Jaylen Waddle	MIA	0.46	83	58	767	2
24	Marvin Mims Jr.	DEN	0.45	52	39	501	6
25	Khalil Shakir	BUF	0.44	100	76	821	4

Off EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Off EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points
1	BAL	0.20	0.49	6.63	518
2	BUF	0.19	0.48	5.77	525
3	DET	0.16	0.50	6.21	564
4	WAS	0.14	0.48	5.53	485
5	TB	0.13	0.49	6.04	502
6	PHI	0.11	0.45	5.57	463
7	CIN	0.11	0.48	5.57	472
8	GB	0.08	0.45	5.92	460
9	KC	0.07	0.48	5.01	385
10	ARI	0.07	0.47	5.62	400
11	SF	0.06	0.46	6.02	389
12	LAC	0.04	0.42	5.33	402
13	ATL	0.04	0.48	5.60	389
14	MIN	0.04	0.46	5.44	432
15	LA	0.03	0.47	5.27	367
16	DEN	0.01	0.43	5.13	425
17	NYJ	0.00	0.43	4.99	338
18	SEA	-0.02	0.44	5.24	375
19	JAX	-0.02	0.42	5.09	320
20	PIT	-0.03	0.41	4.90	380
21	HOU	-0.04	0.39	4.98	372
22	MIA	-0.04	0.44	4.92	345
23	CAR	-0.04	0.42	4.95	341
24	IND	-0.05	0.41	5.31	377
25	NO	-0.06	0.41	5.05	338
26	CHI	-0.07	0.40	4.33	310
27	NE	-0.08	0.43	4.60	289
28	DAL	-0.09	0.41	4.83	350
29	NYG	-0.09	0.41	4.56	273
30	TEN	-0.10	0.41	4.77	311
31	LV	-0.13	0.41	4.68	309
32	CLE	-0.18	0.37	4.36	258

Def EPA per play, regular season.

#	Team	Def EPA per play	Success rate	Yds per play	Points allowed
1	DEN	-0.10	0.40	4.75	311
2	MIN	-0.09	0.41	5.08	332
3	PHI	-0.09	0.40	4.58	303
4	GB	-0.07	0.45	4.99	338
5	LAC	-0.06	0.42	5.11	301
6	HOU	-0.05	0.41	4.94	372
7	DET	-0.05	0.42	5.37	342
8	MIA	-0.02	0.43	5.12	364
9	PIT	-0.02	0.45	5.16	347
10	SEA	-0.02	0.44	5.09	368
11	BAL	-0.02	0.40	4.94	361
12	BUF	-0.00	0.44	5.33	368
13	CHI	-0.00	0.44	5.72	370
14	KC	0.01	0.44	5.11	326
15	IND	0.01	0.43	5.42	427
16	LV	0.01	0.43	5.22	434
17	TB	0.02	0.45	5.28	385
18	CLE	0.02	0.41	5.57	435
19	NO	0.04	0.45	5.62	398
20	WAS	0.04	0.44	5.19	391
21	ATL	0.04	0.46	5.38	423
22	NYJ	0.05	0.44	4.76	404
23	LA	0.05	0.46	5.46	386
24	TEN	0.05	0.44	5.09	460
25	ARI	0.05	0.48	5.46	379
26	SF	0.05	0.46	5.16	436
27	CIN	0.05	0.46	5.30	434
28	DAL	0.07	0.45	5.61	468
29	NYG	0.07	0.46	5.52	415
30	NE	0.08	0.46	5.29	417
31	JAX	0.13	0.46	5.67	435
32	CAR	0.15	0.51	5.79	534

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