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2026 NFL Running Back Stats

Rushing yards tell you what a back produced. Workload tells you whether he is likely to keep getting chances. Carry share shows who handles the run game. Target share shows who stays involved when the quarterback drops back, while Backfield Control shows how much of the backfield opportunity belongs to one player.

101RBs with a carry Carry + Target ShareBackfield workload Updated October 13, 2026Through Week 5

RB Trends

Recent workload changes compare each back's latest game with his recent average. The flags focus on real workload changes, not one touchdown or one long run.

Running Back Leaderboard

Overview answers what the back produced. Usage answers how much work he owns. Efficiency shows what he is doing with those chances.
PlayerCarriesCarry ShareTargetsTarget ShareTouchesOpp/GRush YdsRec YdsTDHalf-PPR/GYPCRush EPA/AttRush 1D%Yds/TouchCompare
105 80.8% 34 18.1% 132 27.8 504 243 9 28.0 4.80 0.043 33.3% 5.66
87 73.7% 19 16.1% 99 26.5 537 84 6 26.0 6.17 0.112 28.7% 6.27
102 61.8% 25 19.7% 120 25.4 580 152 5 22.4 5.69 0.092 28.4% 6.10
113 69.8% 9 6.8% 121 24.4 476 62 8 21.6 4.21 -0.036 23.0% 4.45
101 73.7% 19 11.4% 114 24.0 398 106 6 18.2 3.94 0.027 23.8% 4.42
88 64.2% 30 17.4% 110 23.6 291 215 2 14.7 3.31 -0.285 14.8% 4.60
97 63.8% 18 14.0% 109 23.0 410 72 2 12.8 4.23 -0.139 19.6% 4.42
95 64.6% 11 8.5% 102 21.2 532 31 5 17.2 5.60 0.063 30.5% 5.52
70 54.7% 33 15.7% 97 20.6 343 200 5 19.2 4.90 0.025 28.6% 5.60
71 62.3% 28 15.1% 95 19.8 246 124 1 10.6 3.46 -0.138 15.5% 3.89
70 64.8% 26 14.9% 89 19.2 410 230 2 16.7 5.86 0.094 28.6% 7.19
77 56.6% 18 12.3% 92 19.0 406 71 3 14.2 5.27 0.079 20.8% 5.18
78 42.6% 16 9.9% 92 18.8 354 114 4 14.8 4.54 -0.045 19.2% 5.09
74 69.2% 20 10.8% 91 18.8 276 94 7 17.5 3.73 -0.007 24.3% 4.07
81 55.1% 12 7.4% 91 18.6 294 79 1 9.3 3.63 -0.174 21.0% 4.10
73 57.9% 20 13.6% 91 18.6 221 102 1 9.5 3.03 -0.271 13.7% 3.55
82 58.6% 10 7.3% 91 18.4 349 78 2 11.8 4.26 -0.039 24.4% 4.69
61 64.2% 11 7.5% 71 18.0 306 84 5 18.5 5.02 0.029 27.9% 5.49
61 43.9% 25 18.2% 80 17.2 286 137 5 16.4 4.69 0.053 24.6% 5.29
67 54.9% 14 7.2% 78 16.2 245 36 2 9.1 3.66 -0.076 13.4% 3.60
73 52.5% 7 4.9% 78 16.0 251 50 3 9.7 3.44 -0.236 16.4% 3.86
68 63.0% 12 8.4% 76 16.0 273 24 1 7.9 4.01 -0.065 19.1% 3.91
73 49.7% 6 4.3% 78 15.8 271 35 3 9.4 3.71 -0.257 24.7% 3.92
57 37.7% 19 12.8% 72 15.2 227 111 2 10.7 3.98 -0.041 26.3% 4.69
67 45.3% 7 4.6% 72 14.8 239 40 2 8.5 3.57 -0.098 22.4% 3.88
64 53.8% 6 4.1% 69 14.0 229 22 1 6.7 3.58 -0.165 14.1% 3.64
57 43.5% 11 7.9% 64 13.6 236 19 2 8.2 4.14 -0.045 22.8% 3.98
60 32.8% 5 3.1% 65 13.0 324 39 3 11.4 5.40 0.097 26.7% 5.58
51 38.9% 10 7.2% 61 12.2 163 102 1 7.5 3.20 -0.173 25.5% 4.34
52 44.4% 7 4.1% 59 11.8 138 67 3 8.4 2.65 -0.345 9.6% 3.47
43 36.8% 13 7.6% 54 11.2 149 54 2 7.6 3.47 -0.138 27.9% 3.76
51 30.9% 4 3.1% 54 11.0 210 21 4 9.7 4.12 0.094 29.4% 4.28
40 40.4% 13 7.2% 50 10.6 112 55 3 7.5 2.80 -0.312 22.5% 3.34
47 36.2% 5 3.9% 52 10.4 236 14 3 9.1 5.02 0.089 27.7% 4.81
38 29.7% 11 5.2% 45 9.8 181 73 1 7.0 4.76 0.005 23.7% 5.64
33 22.4% 14 10.1% 45 9.4 135 52 1 6.1 4.09 -0.142 9.1% 4.16
35 28.7% 12 6.2% 47 9.4 119 44 1 5.7 3.40 -0.182 17.1% 3.47
34 26.2% 12 9.4% 41 9.2 127 49 0 4.2 3.74 -0.171 14.7% 4.29
42 27.8% 4 2.7% 44 9.2 163 22 1 5.1 3.88 -0.130 16.7% 4.20
28 24.1% 16 8.2% 41 8.8 86 41 2 6.2 3.07 -0.088 21.4% 3.10
36 29.8% 7 4.9% 40 8.6 182 8 0 4.2 5.06 0.000 16.7% 4.75
30 25.9% 13 6.7% 41 8.6 128 51 0 5.1 4.27 -0.004 23.3% 4.37
37 26.6% 2 1.5% 38 7.8 136 5 0 2.9 3.68 -0.104 18.9% 3.71
29 19.6% 10 6.6% 39 7.8 118 53 1 5.6 4.07 -0.100 20.7% 4.38
26 18.7% 12 8.5% 37 7.6 77 76 0 3.8 2.96 -0.464 0.0% 4.14
15 12.6% 22 15.0% 35 7.4 56 132 0 5.8 3.73 -0.141 20.0% 5.37
27 23.7% 10 5.4% 34 7.4 110 61 1 5.3 4.07 -0.063 29.6% 5.03
28 20.1% 7 4.9% 32 7.0 119 21 0 2.4 4.25 -0.445 28.6% 4.38
29 25.0% 6 3.1% 33 7.0 83 15 2 4.4 2.86 -0.273 20.7% 2.97
17 12.5% 16 11.0% 28 6.6 44 54 1 4.3 2.59 -0.259 17.6% 3.50
17 15.7% 16 11.2% 31 6.6 65 68 0 3.7 3.82 -0.339 17.6% 4.29
28 23.1% 4 2.8% 31 6.4 91 10 1 3.1 3.25 -0.171 17.9% 3.26
27 27.3% 3 1.7% 28 6.0 106 10 0 2.0 3.93 -0.440 18.5% 4.14
28 20.0% 1 0.7% 29 5.8 113 6 2 4.9 4.04 0.014 28.6% 4.10
25 18.2% 4 2.3% 27 5.8 125 4 1 4.0 5.00 -0.073 20.0% 4.78
18 11.1% 10 7.5% 25 5.6 133 49 0 4.3 7.39 0.221 27.8% 7.28
27 18.4% 1 0.6% 28 5.6 97 5 0 2.1 3.59 -0.309 14.8% 3.64
20 16.5% 8 5.6% 25 5.6 57 31 1 3.5 2.85 -0.297 15.0% 3.52
16 13.6% 5 4.2% 21 5.3 56 74 0 3.9 3.50 -0.013 18.8% 6.19
7 13.5% 3 5.1% 9 5.0 28 26 0 3.2 4.00 -0.043 28.6% 6.00
17 17.9% 2 1.4% 19 4.8 43 3 0 1.4 2.53 -0.559 17.6% 2.42
20 13.2% 2 1.3% 22 4.4 81 16 0 1.7 4.05 -0.433 15.0% 4.41
14 9.5% 8 5.8% 18 4.4 88 24 2 5.0 6.29 0.132 21.4% 6.22
15 13.9% 7 4.0% 19 4.4 37 28 0 1.7 2.47 -0.377 6.7% 3.42
9 7.1% 12 8.2% 20 4.2 43 74 0 3.4 4.78 -0.019 11.1% 5.85
17 12.4% 4 2.4% 20 4.2 61 10 0 1.7 3.59 -0.034 29.4% 3.55
15 15.2% 5 2.8% 18 4.0 70 24 0 2.2 4.67 -0.064 13.3% 5.22
15 11.5% 5 2.7% 19 4.0 51 52 0 2.5 3.40 -0.189 13.3% 5.42
9 4.9% 8 5.0% 15 3.4 22 41 0 1.9 2.44 -0.345 11.1% 4.20
11 9.5% 5 2.6% 15 3.2 42 10 0 1.4 3.82 0.003 36.4% 3.47
11 9.1% 5 3.5% 13 3.2 14 -2 0 0.4 1.27 -0.595 0.0% 0.92
9 9.5% 3 2.0% 11 3.0 30 43 0 2.1 3.33 -0.274 0.0% 6.64
15 9.9% 0 0.0% 15 3.0 59 0 1 2.4 3.93 -0.198 13.3% 3.93
9 6.1% 5 3.1% 13 2.8 25 22 1 2.5 2.78 -0.270 0.0% 3.62
14 10.8% 0 0.0% 14 2.8 28 0 0 0.6 2.00 -0.343 14.3% 2.00
10 7.1% 3 2.2% 12 2.6 45 2 0 1.1 4.50 0.057 30.0% 3.92
10 8.4% 3 2.0% 13 2.6 39 19 1 2.7 3.90 -0.021 30.0% 4.46
12 7.9% 0 0.0% 12 2.4 41 0 0 0.8 3.42 -0.319 8.3% 3.42
5 4.2% 7 4.8% 11 2.4 16 67 0 2.7 3.20 0.392 60.0% 7.55
9 7.5% 2 1.1% 10 2.2 34 -5 0 0.7 3.78 -0.072 33.3% 2.90
7 4.8% 3 1.8% 9 2.0 22 25 0 0.7 3.14 -0.633 28.6% 5.22
5 5.1% 4 2.2% 8 1.8 7 11 0 0.7 1.40 -0.064 20.0% 2.25
6 3.9% 2 1.6% 8 1.6 13 8 0 0.6 2.17 -0.432 0.0% 2.63
8 5.9% 0 0.0% 8 1.6 28 0 1 1.8 3.50 -0.293 37.5% 3.50
7 6.5% 0 0.0% 7 1.4 12 0 0 0.2 1.71 -0.372 0.0% 1.71
5 3.9% 1 0.5% 6 1.2 19 5 0 0.6 3.80 -0.548 20.0% 4.00
5 4.7% 0 0.0% 5 1.0 15 0 0 0.3 3.00 -0.229 0.0% 3.00
5 4.6% 0 0.0% 5 1.0 15 0 0 0.3 3.00 -0.016 40.0% 3.00

Compare Running Backs

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Who Actually Owns the Backfield?

Carry share is the run-game workload. Target share is the passing-game role. Bubble size follows opportunities per game, so the backs in the upper right are doing the most in both parts of the offense.

Opportunity vs. Fantasy Production

This compares opportunities per game with Half-PPR points per game. A gap is a reason to investigate the role and scoring, not an automatic buy or sell call.

Who Owns Each Backfield?

Choose a team to see how its running back opportunities are split. Backfield Control uses RB carries plus RB targets, while carry share and target share stay tied to the full team offense.

Running Back Metric Guide

A back can lead his team in carries without controlling the whole backfield. Read rushing work, receiving work and efficiency together.

Carry Share

The percentage of team carries handled by the running back. Quarterback and receiver runs remain in the team denominator, so this measures the back's share of the whole rushing offense.

Target Share

The percentage of team pass targets going to the running back. This separates a real receiving role from a back who needs rushing volume to score.

Backfield Control

The percentage of running back opportunities that belong to one player, using RB carries plus RB targets. It answers a different question than carry share: how much of the backfield itself does he own?

Rush EPA per Carry

Rushing EPA divided by carries adds down-and-distance context to rushing efficiency. It works best beside workload because a small sample can move quickly.

Half-PPR

PFM adds 0.5 points per reception to nflverse standard fantasy scoring so the fantasy view matches PFM's Half-PPR rankings format.

Stats source & methodology

Stats come from nflverse. Carry share uses player carries divided by team carries. Target share uses player targets divided by team targets. Backfield Control uses RB carries plus RB targets divided by all RB opportunities for that team. Half-PPR adds 0.5 points per reception to nflverse standard fantasy scoring.