2021 RB Score Rankings

RB model results: all stats in percentiles except Analytical Score (min 50 rushes). The Analytical Score uses my custom formula, weighting the most important stats more heavily. It is meant to serve as an overall season grade.

Age Range: 20 - 45

Rank	Name	Team	Analytical Score	Explosive Run %	Attempts per Game	Receiving Yards per Game	Yards After Contact per Run	Touchdowns per Game	Missed Tackles Forced per Attempt	PFF Pass Blocking Grade	Stuffed Run %
1	Jonathan Taylor	IND	87.0	93	99	76	91	97	67	18	70
2	Derrick Henry	TEN	82.0	67	100	72	84	100	80	65	29
3	Nick Chubb	CLE	80.0	96	88	39	96	86	95	97	54
4	Dalvin Cook	MIN	78.0	95	97	64	32	64	67	59	24
5	Christian Mccaffrey	CAR	76.8	81	82	100	47	43	48	68	58
6	Leonard Fournette	TB	75.7	56	77	93	75	92	57	57	78
7	Austin Ekeler	LAC	75.6	56	76	99	62	99	29	70	61
8	Joe Mixon	CIN	74.9	59	95	73	70	94	57	19	34
9	Najee Harris	PIT	73.8	39	92	92	72	69	92	84	23
10	James Conner	ARI	73.4	44	81	86	57	96	86	100	22
11	Antonio Gibson	WAS	72.6	69	89	68	38	84	40	39	59
12	Josh Jacobs	LV	69.9	39	85	81	42	74	89	91	65
13	Aaron Jones	GB	69.1	62	53	89	77	81	95	85	50
14	Kareem Hunt	CLE	68.8	85	43	77	88	78	57	82	76
15	Rashaad Penny	SEA	68.7	100	70	11	100	84	89	89	32
16	Alvin Kamara	NO	67.3	18	93	95	53	84	86	11	12
17	David Montgomery	CHI	66.6	33	91	81	38	68	29	93	20
18	Javonte Williams	DEN	66.1	64	64	70	82	57	97	78	35
19	D'Andre Swift	DET	65.8	80	58	97	14	70	40	15	7
20	James Robinson	JAX	65.4	61	66	59	81	77	72	63	56
21	Damien Harris	NE	64.9	86	73	26	28	94	57	51	62
22	Devin Singletary	BUF	63.3	91	54	49	68	64	80	49	43
23	D'Onta Foreman	TEN	62.8	49	86	50	65	49	67	70	38
24	Elijah Mitchell	SF	60.9	24	96	41	73	64	67	81	41
25	Tony Pollard	DAL	60.8	93	38	78	98	18	48	41	78
26	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	60.0	26	80	62	53	90	16	32	83
27	Darrell Henderson	LA	58.5	47	65	54	20	80	40	95	72
28	Chase Edmonds	ARI	57.5	76	46	88	57	10	29	53	52
29	Chris Carson	SEA	56.6	47	78	18	80	90	15	26	78
30	Miles Sanders	PHI	56.4	97	57	46	22	4	57	43	93
31	Melvin Gordon	DEN	54.4	33	74	47	55	74	57	5	48
32	Duke Johnson	MIA	54.2	27	84	24	86	74	57	5	83
33	Saquon Barkley	NYG	53.9	33	72	74	43	45	29	22	14
34	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	53.7	53	55	30	89	59	99	45	85
35	Jordan Howard	PHI	53.0	88	68	1	68	24	57	24	99
36	Dontrell Hilliard	TEN	52.4	99	28	32	98	43	72	20	64
37	Craig Reynolds	DET	51.5	76	51	31	95	4	80	73	45
38	Sony Michel	LA	51.1	53	69	21	53	47	29	80	46
39	Michael Carter	NYJ	51.0	29	49	81	78	33	95	34	39
40	Cordarrelle Patterson	ATL	50.2	16	42	96	32	88	6	63	4
41	Myles Gaskin	MIA	47.8	59	47	51	4	57	22	50	15
42	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KC	47.6	22	62	43	18	74	48	37	97
43	D'Ernest Johnson	CLE	47.5	84	22	27	92	18	99	96	92
44	A.J. Dillon	GB	47.4	18	50	68	75	57	29	5	96
45	Devonta Freeman	BAL	46.6	71	32	36	11	50	75	61	86
46	Devontae Booker	NYG	46.3	64	35	61	38	28	11	47	48
47	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	45.3	67	41	28	45	47	57	59	5
48	Darrel Williams	KC	41.6	11	31	91	3	64	19	28	88
49	Alexander Mattison	MIN	41.4	29	39	53	49	39	72	66	9
50	Peyton Barber	LV	41.2	76	18	19	85	30	80	99	11
51	Kenneth Gainwell	PHI	40.6	44	3	58	64	51	89	92	95
52	Kenyan Drake	LV	40.6	39	11	85	61	36	40	55	29
53	Ty Johnson	NYJ	40.1	71	5	84	1	39	6	32	3
54	Boston Scott	PHI	39.3	53	24	21	35	64	40	72	89
55	Nyheim Hines	IND	39.1	76	1	66	16	26	80	5	81
56	Jamaal Williams	DET	38.8	9	59	38	28	33	11	88	56
57	Tevin Coleman	NYJ	38.4	89	26	8	41	4	48	76	52
58	Samaje Perine	CIN	37.6	76	7	45	93	18	29	16	32
59	Latavius Murray	BAL	36.3	42	34	13	49	54	40	46	68
60	Mark Ingram	NO	34.4	9	61	34	59	22	19	5	8
61	Justin Jackson	LAC	34.1	82	9	42	8	22	3	14	26
62	Mike Davis	ATL	32.0	14	30	56	28	36	40	35	16
63	Alex Collins	SEA	31.9	15	45	23	11	28	57	86	43
64	Zack Moss	BUF	31.8	5	23	56	18	53	80	30	68
65	Khalil Herbert	CHI	30.8	49	12	16	66	14	75	77	74
66	Rex Burkhead	HOU	25.4	22	27	34	26	14	11	37	18
67	Jeffery Wilson	SF	25.1	22	36	5	45	30	22	5	36
68	Ronald Jones	TB	24.6	33	19	7	24	39	40	12	91
69	David Johnson	HOU	24.2	11	15	65	14	8	29	23	26
70	Carlos Hyde	JAX	22.1	39	16	13	5	10	19	42	74
71	Phillip Lindsay	MIA	12.8	7	20	4	7	22	6	28	0
72	Royce Freeman	HOU	12.4	3	8	15	34	4	11	74	18
73	Jaret Patterson	WAS	11.0	3	5	9	22	14	6	54	66
74	Tony Jones	NO	6.6	3	14	3	9	4	1	5	1