The 10 Worst Starting Running Backs From the 2016 NFL Season

Melvin Gordon, San Diego Chargers

Rushing Success Rate: 36.22% (254 rushes, 92 successes)

Melvin Gordon was a touchdown machine in 2016, totaling 12 scores in 13 games. His season was cut short due to injury, but he was the San Diego Chargers' bell-cow for as long as he was healthy, racking up 254 rushes in 13 games.

The passionate members of “Yards Per Carry” Twitter will jump at the chance to tell you Gordon is not a very efficient runner. He averaged 3.5 yards per run as a rookie, a number that creeped up to 3.9 this past year. But for the purpose of this list, we’re not worried about yards per carry or touchdowns. Straight up Success Rate is what we’re looking at, and Gordon’s was low enough to make the list.