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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

89 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Saquon BarkleyRB · Eagles · graded
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James CookRB · Bills · graded
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Where they rank · among 89 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Saquon BarkleyJames Cook
Yards per carry
4.141st
5.293rd
Rush EPA per carry
-0.0938th
+0.0275th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
-0.1033rd
+0.2283rd
Broken tacklesper touch
1%35th
1%33rd
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
9%61st
12%87th
Touches per game
20.695th
20.594th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
15%38th
11%19th
Yards per touch
4.333rd
5.586th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's backsamong 89 backs
Saquon BarkleyJames Cook
SaquonStaticRed-zone backShort-yardage back
JamesUnder centerRed-zone backGround only
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
58%63rd
58%65th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
60%83rd
19%7th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
16%38th
12%20th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
16%81st
10%50th
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
37%92nd
32%86th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
35%85th
26%65th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
12%51st
11%47th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
41%6th
62%70th

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying backs; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
YPCRush EPAEPA / tgtBrk tacklesExplosiveTouchesRec shareYds / touch
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Saquon Barkley
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James Cook
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsRushing and receiving EPA

James Cook gets the most on runs (+5.6 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+37.6 EPA), and Saquon Barkley gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−8.3).

Saquon Barkley−29.1
James Cook+14.2
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runsTwo-point tries
PartSaquonJames
Air yardson catches−28.3−0.57 a target · 69th−23.9−0.60 a target · 57th
After the catch+32.5+0.65 a target · 23rd+37.6+0.94 a target · 62nd
Incompletionstargets not caught−8.3−0.17 a target · 49th−4.9−0.12 a target · 65th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 59th0.00.00 a target · 59th
Designed runs−25.2−0.09 a carry · 35th+5.6+0.02 a carry · 77th
Two-point triesnot in the rates+0.1–
Total−29.1330 touches+14.2349 touches

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked, and his designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per carry for runs and per target for catches, with its percentile among the league's qualifying backs; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Saquon Barkley

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James Cook

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Designed carries by gap, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · S.Barkley and J.CookSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Saquon BarkleyJames Cook

Toucheslast 3 games

417
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Saquon 22.3James 14.7

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

1678
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Saquon 97.3James 75.3

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.27+0.15
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Saquon +0.01James +0.05

Targetslast 3 games

13
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Saquon 1.7James 2

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 78+ · dud under 16
S.Barkley
84Wk 194Wk 255Wk 374Wk 488Wk 567Wk 642Wk 7174Wk 89Wk 9101Wk 1090Wk 1174Wk 1256Wk 13122Wk 1492Wk 15132Wk 1668Wk 1718Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
88 ± 32
J.Cook
102Wk 1135Wk 2118Wk 3135Wk 449Wk 587Wk 67Wk 7216Wk 8125Wk 977Wk 10114Wk 11129Wk 12177Wk 13111Wk 14111Wk 15134Wk 1677Wk 1715Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
112 ± 44

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (1253 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardS.BarkleyJ.Cook
Points a game12.2RB1315.8RB6
Season195.3RB13269.2RB5
Most weeks5.6–15.47.9–24.2
Booms · busts8 · 112+ · under 511 · 212+ · under 5
Half PPRS.BarkleyJ.Cook
Points a game13.4RB1316.8RB6
Season213.8RB14285.7RB6
Most weeks7.5–16.48.3–24.9
Booms · busts7 · 216+ · under 6.510 · 216+ · under 6.5
PPRS.BarkleyJ.Cook
Points a game14.5RB1417.8RB6
Season232.3RB14302.2RB6
Most weeks8.7–18.29.1–25.6
Booms · busts2 · 320+ · under 89 · 220+ · under 8

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekS.BarkleyJ.Cook
Wk 16044
Wk 288132
Wk 346108
Wk 443117
Wk 53049
Wk 65887
Wk 744·
Wk 8150216
Wk 9·114
Wk 106053
Wk 118348
Wk 1222116
Wk 1356144
Wk 1412280
Wk 1578107
Wk 16132117
Wk 176874
Wk 18·15
Season11401621

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonS.BarkleyJ.Cook
Carries280309
Rush yards11401621
Rush TD712
Targets5040
Yards per carry4.153rd5.27th
Rush EPA per carry-0.0956th+0.0223rd
EPA per target-0.1056th+0.2215th
Broken tackles1%58th1%60th
Explosive rate9%35th12%12th
Touches per game20.65th20.56th
Receiving share15%56th11%73rd
Yards per touch4.360th5.513th
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Saquon BarkleyJames Cook
50100150
2018202020222025*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Saquon Barkley2018 to 2025 · 8 seasons1061,82611,00771103.82024: 2,283142.7 a game88.3below his career rate
James Cook2022 to 2025 · 4 seasons668425,4334182.32023: 1,56792.2 a game112.5above his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.