100The Real NFL Top 100
Defensive backs·Los Angeles Chargers

Derwin James

LACDB
Overall
#20
Top 100 board
DB rank
#2
incl. duels
Ballot rank
#4
consensus

Strength

s = 6.48 ± 0.74 · score 5.73

Strength is the sum of three parts on one log-odds scale. The board ranks by strength minus its uncertainty.

Position baseline μ
from cross-position duels
−1.02 ±0.56
Ballot standing δ
from position ballots
+6.93 ±0.29
Duel adjustment ε
from this player’s own duels
+0.56 ±0.39

Ballots

On ballots
18/18
First-place votes
2
Avg rank
4.3
Consensus pts
11.7
Where voters rank him (1st → 15th)
Ranked #1 on 2 of 18 ballotsRanked #2 on 4 of 18 ballotsRanked #3 on 2 of 18 ballotsRanked #4 on 3 of 18 ballotsRanked #5 on 0 of 18 ballotsRanked #6 on 3 of 18 ballotsRanked #7 on 2 of 18 ballotsRanked #8 on 1 of 18 ballotsRanked #9 on 1 of 18 ballotsRanked #10 on 0 of 18 ballotsRanked #11 on 0 of 18 ballotsRanked #12 on 0 of 18 ballotsRanked #13 on 0 of 18 ballotsRanked #14 on 0 of 18 ballotsRanked #15 on 0 of 18 ballots

Rank history

Every refit is a snapshot — this is how the crowd’s opinion of him has moved as votes came in.

x-axis: refits in order · hover for detail
#1#11#20first refitlatest

Duels

15–8 · 65%
Most common opponents

Recent head-to-heads

Ranked alongside

Players most often on the same ballots as him.

What the model implies

Under the current fit, Derwin James would be favored over a player of equal standing at another position by the baseline gap between the positions. His own strength is 6.48; a player at strength 0 would beat him 0% of the time.