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Other BTA Rankings: Quarterback | Running Back | Wide Receiver | Tight End
Better Than Average (BTA) was developed to show how players truly rank between themselves by looking at every game from 2010 and for each defense and determining three things:
"8" - Which players scored in the top 8 game performances for fantasy points allowed by a defense to a particular position. Basically, which players had an above average performance (top 8 in a 16 game season) that a defense gave up.
"4" - Which players scored in the top 4 game performances for fantasy points allowed by a defense.
"1" - Who had the most fantasy points scored in a game against each defense last season. There could only by 32 such events since each defense can only allow one "best game".
BTA - Simply adding up the 1, 4 and 8 values to arrive at a numerical expression of how effective a running back truly was last year against all other players in his position. The ease or strength of schedule doesn't matter. Only what a player did against all other players in that position against that defense.
| Multiple "Best Games" |
| Arian Foster |
4 |
| Adrian Peterson |
3 |
| Peyton Hillis |
3 |
| Michael Turner |
2 |
| Chris Johnson |
2 |
| Darren McFadden |
2 |
| Jamaal Charles |
2 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw |
2 |
Given the large amount of running backs that every defense faces, having more than one "best game" against a team is an achievement. After that it was much less clear as to which backs were truly better compared to each other. The reliance on committee backfields by so many teams makes it nearly impossible to rack up many "best" or "top 4" performances against defenses and the top seven BTA backs are also all single backs who rarely share.
Last year saw fewer backs with bigger numbers and even those that did show up were often unforecasted surprises like Peyton Hillis and Arian Foster. The addition of Darren McFadden and BenJarvus Green-Ellis are an indication of just how unpredictable this position is getting. Just wait until after this season.
| NAME |
BTA |
1 |
4 |
8 |
NAME |
BTA |
1 |
4 |
8 |
NAME |
BTA |
1 |
4 |
8 |
| Arian Foster |
24 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
L.Tomlinson |
7 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Correll Buckhalter |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Adrian Peterson |
19 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
Mike Tolbert |
7 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Jerome Harrison |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Peyton Hillis |
17 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
Brandon Jackson |
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
Justin Forsett |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Michael Turner |
17 |
2 |
6 |
9 |
Christopher Ivory |
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
Keiland Williams |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| LeSean McCoy |
16 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
Michael Bush |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Marcel Reece |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Rashard Mendenhall |
16 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
Maurice Morris |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Rashad Jennings |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Chris Johnson |
15 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
Mike Goodson |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Ronnie Brown |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Maurice Jones-Drew |
15 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
Pierre Thomas |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Willis McGahee |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Matt Forte |
14 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
Tim Hightower |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
Carnell Williams |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Darren McFadden |
13 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
Felix Jones |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Danny Woodhead |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis |
13 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
Thomas Jones |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Jonathan Stewart |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Jamaal Charles |
12 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
Jason Snelling |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Tashard Choice |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Ahmad Bradshaw |
11 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
Brian Westbrook |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Bernard Scott |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Frank Gore |
11 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
Brandon Jacobs |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Clinton Portis |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Steven Jackson |
11 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
John Kuhn |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
DeAngelo Williams |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Knowshon Moreno |
11 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
Joseph Addai |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Earnest Graham |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Fred Jackson |
10 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
Marshawn Lynch |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Isaac Redman |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Ray Rice |
10 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
Ricky Williams |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
James Davis |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Cedric Benson |
10 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
Ryan Mathews |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Joe McKnight |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Jahvid Best |
9 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
Shonn Greene |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Toby Gerhart |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Ryan Torain |
7 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
Donald Brown |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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| LeGarrette Blount |
7 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Javarris James |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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