PFSN's EDGE Impact (EDGEi) assigns a numerical score and a letter grade to an individual edge rusher's performance. The grade factors in both pass rushing and run defense, with roughly a 60/40 split in favor of pass rushing metrics. There's also a small bonus for splash plays like sacks, passes defended, forced fumbles, and interceptions.

Defining who qualifies as an edge rusher isn't as black-and-white as some other positions. To qualify for our leaderboards, a player must play at least 30% of his team's overall defensive snaps for the season or game, with at least 50% of his own snaps lined up on the edge of the defensive line. Notable hybrid linemen who qualify as EDGEs for us include Andrew Van Ginkel, Kyle Van Noy, and Keion White.

Other players have most of their seasons qualify at EDGE, but prior seasons that qualified at a previous position. The most notable example of this was Micah Parsons, who played 55% of his snaps at ILB in 2021 and is in the LBi rankings as a rookie.