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Jonathan Taylor or Saquon Barkley?

Jonathan Taylor or Saquon Barkley? Both are RBs. Here is what each man's 2025 season was actually built on, updated Aug 17, 2026.

Jonathan Taylor leads on rushing attempts — the inputs that have historically carried from one season to the next.

Saquon Barkley's edge sits in rushing yards over expected, rushing yards over expected per attempt and receiving expected points added — efficiency rather than opportunity, and the file measures that as the less repeatable half.

Figures are 2025 verified play-by-play (nflverse); scored Half-PPR. Repeatability is measured from year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025, not projected. Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice.

Who led the NFL in rushing yards over expected in 2026?

Jonathan Taylor

RB · Indianapolis Colts

Saquon Barkley

RB · Philadelphia Eagles

Jonathan Taylor vs Saquon Barkley, 2025

Verified 2025 figures for Jonathan Taylor and Saquon Barkley, with each figure's rank in its source population
MetricJonathan TaylorSaquon Barkley
Half-PPR/G19.76.5
RYOE-28.843rd of 4537.77th of 45
RYOE/att-0.4435th of 451.145th of 45
Carries6634
Rec EPA-3.539th of 44-2.436th of 44

A dash means the panel holds no qualifying figure for that player — usually too few games or attempts to clear the metric's floor, not a zero. Ranks are the source's own, against the population shown. Not shown, because neither player qualified: 2025 finish, Games, Snap share, Availability.

What repeats

Jonathan Taylor: REPEATABLESaquon Barkley: VOLATILE

Jonathan Taylor leads on rushing attempts — the inputs that have historically carried from one season to the next. Saquon Barkley's edge sits in rushing yards over expected, rushing yards over expected per attempt and receiving expected points added — efficiency rather than opportunity, and the file measures that as the less repeatable half. Of the two, Jonathan Taylor's season rests on the steadier ground. That is a statement about what each man's production was built on, not a running order — and it is a description of 2025, not a forecast of 2026.

“Repeats” is measured year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025 — opportunity carries between seasons, scoring rate largely does not. This describes what a 2025 season was built on. It is not a forecast, and Muffed publishes no projections, draft grades or start/sit advice. How we measure it.

Settle it — hear both stories

The same verified data, told as the story of each man's season.

Jonathan Taylor's episode →Saquon Barkley's episode →

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Muffed, “Jonathan Taylor vs Saquon Barkley, 2025 verified comparison,” muffed.ai/compare/jonathan-taylor-vs-saquon-barkley. Through the 2026 season. Data via nflverse; NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse.

Free to quote and link with credit. The underlying figures are recomputed from public play-by-play — see how we verify every number.

Source: Data via nflverse; NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse. Updated Aug 17, 2026. How we verify our data.

Scored Half-PPR. Repeatability is measured year-over-year persistence across 2016 to 2025 (nflverse), not a projection.

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