• Through 10 weeks, Jonathan Taylor sits atop the league in virtually every rushing metric: He’s first in rushing yards (1,139), yards per attempt (6.0), rushing touchdowns (15), yards after contact (844), missed tackles forced (48), runs of 10-plus yards (28) and breakaway yards from runs of 15 or more yards (497).

• The gap between Taylor and the rest of the position is staggering: The Colts star has generated more yards after contact than four entire NFL teams have produced on the ground this season.

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Jonathan Taylor didn’t just run the Colts past the Falcons in Berlin — he ran into rare historical territory.

His 244-yard, three-touchdown performance in the NFL’s first regular-season game in Germany powered Indianapolis to a 31–25 overtime win and pushed him past Edgerrin James as the Colts’ all-time leader in rushing touchdowns. It was a defining performance for both Taylor and the Colts, the type that typified the Colts’ campaign to this point.

Taylor carried the ball 32 times and averaged 7.6 yards per attempt, with 205 of his yards coming after contact. He forced seven missed tackles, ripped off an 83-yard touchdown run — the longest scoring play of the NFL season — and moved the chains 11 times, two more than any other running back in Week 10. It was the latest in a run of elite production that’s pushed him from star status into the center of the MVP conversation.

The Colts star earned a 90.1 PFF rushing grade on Sunday, his second mark above 90 this season and the seventh time in 10 games that he’s cleared 70.0.

Through 10 weeks, Taylor leads all running backs in PFF rushing grade at 90.1, and he sits atop the league in virtually every rushing metric. He’s first in rushing yards (1,139), yards per attempt (6.0), rushing touchdowns (15), yards after contact (844), missed tackles forced (48), runs of 10-plus yards (28) and breakaway yards from runs of 15 or more yards (497).

The gap between him and the rest of the position is staggering — he’s generated more yards after contact than four entire NFL teams have produced on the ground this season.

As a result, his MVP case has now entered mainstream conversation, as he’s the only non-quarterback currently among the top 10 in FanDuel’s MVP odds.

Jonathan Taylor: Performance in the stable and unstable metrics of RB play (2025)

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It’s not just what Taylor is doing now, but how it compares to history. Since PFF began tracking every snap in 2006, 1,003 running backs have recorded at least 50 carries through the first 10 weeks of a season. Among them, Taylor’s 1,139 yards rank second only to DeMarco Murray’s 1,233 in 2014 — and Murray needed 54 more carries to get there.

Only LaDainian Tomlinson (in 2006) scored more rushing touchdowns over this span, with 16 to Taylor’s 15. Only Murray in 2014 recorded more total first downs and touchdowns combined. Taylor ranks 37th in attempts but 16th in yards per carry, seventh in missed tackles forced and fifth in breakaway yards. His 844 yards after contact are the most of any back through 10 weeks in the PFF era, 78 more than Derrick Henry’s 2022 pace despite Henry handling 13 more carries.

His 90.1 rushing grade ranks 17th all-time for that stretch, tied with his own 2021 campaign and James Robinson’s 2021 season.

As dominant as Taylor has been individually, the Colts’ ground game has become the NFL’s most efficient rushing attack. Through 10 weeks, Indianapolis leads the league in expected points added per rush (0.197), well clear of the next-closest offense. They also rank first in successful play percentage at 36.6%, total points scored on run plays with 126 and yards per run play at 5.2. It’s the kind of sustained efficiency that reflects a complete marriage between blocking, play design and one of the league’s most explosive runners operating at peak form.

At 8–2, the Colts have surged to the top of the AFC South and are now legitimate contenders for the conference crown. According to PFF’s Power Rankings, Indianapolis has a 90% chance of making the playoffs, an 11% chance of winning the AFC and a 6% chance to lift the Lombardi Trophy — a reality the franchise hasn’t been able to claim since Andrew Luck was under center.

Taylor’s historic pace is giving Indianapolis more than production; it’s giving them identity. He’s running through contact, through records and through the narrow space usually reserved for quarterbacks in MVP debates. If he keeps doing this, it won’t just be the best rushing season of 2025 — it’ll be one of the most productive PFF has ever recorded.

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