NFL Rushing Yards Single-Season Leaders
All-Time Rushing Yards Leaders
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Leaders Table
Rank |
Player |
Yds |
Year |
Tm |
1 | Eric Dickerson+ (24) | 2,105 | 1984 | RAM |
2 | Adrian Peterson (27) | 2,097 | 2012 | MIN |
3 | Jamal Lewis (24) | 2,066 | 2003 | BAL |
4 | Barry Sanders+ (29) | 2,053 | 1997 | DET |
5 | Derrick Henry (26) | 2,027 | 2020 | TEN |
6 | Terrell Davis+ (25) | 2,008 | 1998 | DEN |
7 | Chris Johnson (23) | 2,006 | 2009 | TEN |
8 | O.J. Simpson+ (26) | 2,003 | 1973 | BUF |
9 | Earl Campbell+ (25) | 1,934 | 1980 | HOU |
10 | Ahman Green (26) | 1,883 | 2003 | GNB |
| Barry Sanders+ (26) | 1,883 | 1994 | DET |
12 | Shaun Alexander (28) | 1,880 | 2005 | SEA |
13 | Jim Brown+ (27) | 1,863 | 1963 | CLE |
14 | Tiki Barber (30) | 1,860 | 2005 | NYG |
15 | Ricky Williams (25) | 1,853 | 2002 | MIA |
16 | Walter Payton+ (24) | 1,852 | 1977 | CHI |
17 | Jamal Anderson (25) | 1,846 | 1998 | ATL |
18 | DeMarco Murray (26) | 1,845 | 2014 | DAL |
19 | Eric Dickerson+ (26) | 1,821 | 1986 | RAM |
20 | O.J. Simpson+ (28) | 1,817 | 1975 | BUF |
21 | LaDainian Tomlinson+ (27) | 1,815 | 2006 | SDG |
22 | Jonathan Taylor (22) | 1,811 | 2021 | IND |
23 | Eric Dickerson+ (23) | 1,808 | 1983 | RAM |
24 | Larry Johnson (26) | 1,789 | 2006 | KAN |
25 | Emmitt Smith+ (26) | 1,773 | 1995 | DAL |
26 | Adrian Peterson (23) | 1,760 | 2008 | MIN |
27 | Marcus Allen+ (25) | 1,759 | 1985 | RAI |
28 | Terrell Davis+ (24) | 1,750 | 1997 | DEN |
| Larry Johnson (25) | 1,750 | 2005 | KAN |
30 | Gerald Riggs (24) | 1,719 | 1985 | ATL |
31 | Emmitt Smith+ (23) | 1,713 | 1992 | DAL |
32 | Edgerrin James+ (22) | 1,709 | 2000 | IND |
33 | Michael Turner (26) | 1,699 | 2008 | ATL |
34 | Earl Campbell+ (24) | 1,697 | 1979 | HOU |
| Curtis Martin+ (31) | 1,697 | 2004 | NYJ |
36 | Shaun Alexander (27) | 1,696 | 2004 | SEA |
37 | Frank Gore (23) | 1,695 | 2006 | SFO |
38 | Barry Foster (23) | 1,690 | 1992 | PIT |
39 | Walter Payton+ (31) | 1,684 | 1984 | CHI |
40 | LaDainian Tomlinson+ (23) | 1,683 | 2002 | SDG |
41 | George Rogers (22) | 1,674 | 1981 | NOR |
42 | Jerome Bettis+ (25) | 1,665 | 1997 | PIT |
43 | Tiki Barber (31) | 1,662 | 2006 | NYG |
44 | Eric Dickerson+ (28) | 1,659 | 1988 | IND |
45 | Josh Jacobs (24) | 1,653 | 2022 | LVR |
46 | Tony Dorsett+ (27) | 1,646 | 1981 | DAL |
47 | LaDainian Tomlinson+ (24) | 1,645 | 2003 | SDG |
48 | Deuce McAllister (24) | 1,641 | 2003 | NOR |
49 | Corey Dillon (29) | 1,635 | 2004 | NWE |
50 | Ezekiel Elliott (21) | 1,631 | 2016 | DAL |
51 | Arian Foster (24) | 1,616 | 2010 | HOU |
52 | Priest Holmes (28) | 1,615 | 2002 | KAN |
53 | Alfred Morris (23) | 1,613 | 2012 | WAS |
54 | Walter Payton+ (26) | 1,610 | 1979 | CHI |
55 | LeSean McCoy (25) | 1,607 | 2013 | PHI |
56 | Maurice Jones-Drew (26) | 1,606 | 2011 | JAX |
57 | Ottis Anderson (22) | 1,605 | 1979 | STL |
58 | Clinton Portis (22) | 1,591 | 2003 | DEN |
59 | Marshawn Lynch (26) | 1,590 | 2012 | SEA |
60 | Fred Taylor (27) | 1,572 | 2003 | JAX |
61 | Garrison Hearst (27) | 1,570 | 1998 | SFO |
62 | William Andrews (27) | 1,567 | 1983 | ATL |
63 | Emmitt Smith+ (22) | 1,563 | 1991 | DAL |
64 | Dalvin Cook (25) | 1,557 | 2020 | MIN |
65 | Priest Holmes (27) | 1,555 | 2001 | KAN |
66 | Edgerrin James+ (21) | 1,553 | 1999 | IND |
| Barry Sanders+ (28) | 1,553 | 1996 | DET |
68 | Walter Payton+ (32) | 1,551 | 1985 | CHI |
69 | Edgerrin James+ (26) | 1,548 | 2004 | IND |
| Barry Sanders+ (23) | 1,548 | 1991 | DET |
71 | Chris Warren (26) | 1,545 | 1994 | SEA |
72 | Jim Brown+ (29) | 1,544 | 1965 | CLE |
| James Wilder (26) | 1,544 | 1984 | TAM |
74 | Derrick Henry (25) | 1,540 | 2019 | TEN |
75 | Terrell Davis+ (23) | 1,538 | 1996 | DEN |
| Derrick Henry (28) | 1,538 | 2022 | TEN |
77 | Steven Jackson (23) | 1,528 | 2006 | STL |
78 | Jim Brown+ (22) | 1,527 | 1958 | CLE |
79 | Nick Chubb (26) | 1,525 | 2022 | CLE |
80 | Robert Smith (28) | 1,521 | 2000 | MIN |
81 | Tiki Barber (29) | 1,518 | 2004 | NYG |
82 | Joe Morris (25) | 1,516 | 1986 | NYG |
| Clinton Portis (24) | 1,516 | 2005 | WAS |
84 | DeAngelo Williams (25) | 1,515 | 2008 | CAR |
85 | Herschel Walker (26) | 1,514 | 1988 | DAL |
86 | Curtis Martin+ (28) | 1,513 | 2001 | NYJ |
87 | Wilbert Montgomery (24) | 1,512 | 1979 | PHI |
88 | Jamaal Charles (25) | 1,509 | 2012 | KAN |
| Eddie George (26) | 1,509 | 2000 | TEN |
90 | Clinton Portis (21) | 1,508 | 2002 | DEN |
91 | Edgerrin James+ (27) | 1,506 | 2005 | IND |
92 | O.J. Simpson+ (29) | 1,503 | 1976 | BUF |
93 | Roger Craig (28) | 1,502 | 1988 | SFO |
94 | Barry Sanders+ (27) | 1,500 | 1995 | DET |
95 | Nick Chubb (23) | 1,494 | 2019 | CLE |
| Willie Parker (25) | 1,494 | 2006 | PIT |
97 | Barry Sanders+ (30) | 1,491 | 1998 | DET |
98 | Mike Anderson (26) | 1,487 | 2000 | DEN |
| Curtis Martin+ (22) | 1,487 | 1995 | NWE |
| Clinton Portis (27) | 1,487 | 2008 | WAS |
| Thurman Thomas+ (26) | 1,487 | 1992 | BUF |
102 | Gerald Riggs (23) | 1,486 | 1984 | ATL |
| Emmitt Smith+ (24) | 1,486 | 1993 | DAL |
104 | Adrian Peterson (30) | 1,485 | 2015 | MIN |
105 | Emmitt Smith+ (25) | 1,484 | 1994 | DAL |
106 | Curt Warner (25) | 1,481 | 1986 | SEA |
107 | Christian Okoye (28) | 1,480 | 1989 | KAN |
108 | Jim Taylor+ (26) | 1,474 | 1962 | GNB |
| LaDainian Tomlinson+ (28) | 1,474 | 2007 | SDG |
110 | Barry Sanders+ (21) | 1,470 | 1989 | DET |
111 | Jamaal Charles (23) | 1,467 | 2010 | KAN |
112 | Curtis Martin+ (26) | 1,464 | 1999 | NYJ |
113 | LaDainian Tomlinson+ (26) | 1,462 | 2005 | SDG |
114 | Walter Payton+ (27) | 1,460 | 1980 | CHI |
115 | Christian McCaffrey (27) | 1,459 | 2023 | SFO |
116 | Rudi Johnson (25) | 1,458 | 2005 | CIN |
| Jim Nance (23) | 1,458 | 1966 | BOS |
118 | Rudi Johnson (24) | 1,454 | 2004 | CIN |
| Doug Martin (23) | 1,454 | 2012 | TAM |
120 | Earl Campbell+ (23) | 1,450 | 1978 | HOU |
121 | Curt Warner (22) | 1,449 | 1983 | SEA |
122 | Jim Brown+ (28) | 1,446 | 1964 | CLE |
123 | Stephen Davis (29) | 1,444 | 2003 | CAR |
124 | Travis Henry (23) | 1,438 | 2002 | BUF |
125 | Billy Sims (25) | 1,437 | 1981 | DET |
126 | Shaun Alexander (26) | 1,435 | 2003 | SEA |
| Corey Dillon (25) | 1,435 | 2000 | CIN |
| Dorsey Levens (27) | 1,435 | 1997 | GNB |
129 | Ezekiel Elliott (23) | 1,434 | 2018 | DAL |
130 | Stephen Davis (27) | 1,432 | 2001 | WAS |
| Spec Sanders (29) | 1,432 | 1947 | NYY |
132 | Jerome Bettis+ (24) | 1,431 | 1996 | PIT |
133 | Jerome Bettis+ (21) | 1,429 | 1993 | RAM |
134 | Arian Foster (26) | 1,424 | 2012 | HOU |
135 | Walter Payton+ (30) | 1,421 | 1983 | CHI |
136 | Priest Holmes (29) | 1,420 | 2003 | KAN |
137 | Warrick Dunn (30) | 1,416 | 2005 | ATL |
| Steven Jackson (26) | 1,416 | 2009 | STL |
139 | Ricky Watters (27) | 1,411 | 1996 | PHI |
140 | Jim Brown+ (25) | 1,408 | 1961 | CLE |
141 | Otis Armstrong (23) | 1,407 | 1974 | DEN |
| Thurman Thomas+ (25) | 1,407 | 1991 | BUF |
143 | Stephen Davis (25) | 1,405 | 1999 | WAS |
144 | Thomas Jones (31) | 1,402 | 2009 | NYJ |
| Doug Martin (26) | 1,402 | 2015 | TAM |
| Wilbert Montgomery (26) | 1,402 | 1981 | PHI |
147 | Eddie George (23) | 1,399 | 1997 | TEN |
| Fred Taylor (24) | 1,399 | 2000 | JAX |
149 | Emmitt Smith+ (30) | 1,397 | 1999 | DAL |
150 | Walter Payton+ (25) | 1,395 | 1978 | CHI |
151 | Maurice Jones-Drew (24) | 1,391 | 2009 | JAX |
152 | Walter Payton+ (23) | 1,390 | 1976 | CHI |
153 | Deuce McAllister (23) | 1,388 | 2002 | NOR |
154 | Tiki Barber (27) | 1,387 | 2002 | NYG |
| Ahman Green (24) | 1,387 | 2001 | GNB |
| Christian McCaffrey (23) | 1,387 | 2019 | CAR |
157 | Adrian Peterson (24) | 1,383 | 2009 | MIN |
158 | Marshall Faulk+ (28) | 1,382 | 2001 | STL |
159 | Marshall Faulk+ (26) | 1,381 | 1999 | STL |
160 | Ottis Anderson (24) | 1,376 | 1981 | STL |
| Earl Campbell+ (26) | 1,376 | 1981 | HOU |
162 | Charles White (29) | 1,374 | 1987 | RAM |
163 | Ricky Williams (26) | 1,372 | 2003 | MIA |
164 | Michael Turner (28) | 1,371 | 2010 | ATL |
165 | Eddie George (22) | 1,368 | 1996 | HOU |
166 | Chris Johnson (24) | 1,364 | 2010 | TEN |
| Jamal Lewis (21) | 1,364 | 2000 | BAL |
| Ray Rice (24) | 1,364 | 2011 | BAL |
169 | Le'Veon Bell (22) | 1,361 | 2014 | PIT |
170 | Marshall Faulk+ (27) | 1,359 | 2000 | STL |
171 | Ezekiel Elliott (24) | 1,357 | 2019 | DAL |
172 | Travis Henry (24) | 1,356 | 2003 | BUF |
173 | Terry Allen (28) | 1,353 | 1996 | WAS |
| Rueben Mayes (23) | 1,353 | 1986 | NOR |
175 | Ottis Anderson (23) | 1,352 | 1980 | STL |
| Barry Sanders+ (24) | 1,352 | 1992 | DET |
177 | Natrone Means (22) | 1,350 | 1994 | SDG |
178 | John Riggins+ (34) | 1,347 | 1983 | WAS |
179 | Chris Warren (27) | 1,346 | 1995 | SEA |
180 | Jerome Bettis+ (28) | 1,341 | 2000 | PIT |
| Adrian Peterson (22) | 1,341 | 2007 | MIN |
182 | Michael Turner (29) | 1,340 | 2011 | ATL |
183 | Matt Forte (27) | 1,339 | 2013 | CHI |
| Ray Rice (22) | 1,339 | 2009 | BAL |
185 | Joe Morris (24) | 1,336 | 1985 | NYG |
186 | Thomas Jones (27) | 1,335 | 2005 | CHI |
| LaDainian Tomlinson+ (25) | 1,335 | 2004 | SDG |
188 | Walter Payton+ (33) | 1,333 | 1986 | CHI |
| Brian Westbrook (28) | 1,333 | 2007 | PHI |
190 | Emmitt Smith+ (29) | 1,332 | 1998 | DAL |
191 | Freeman McNeil (26) | 1,331 | 1985 | NYJ |
192 | Jim Brown+ (23) | 1,329 | 1959 | CLE |
193 | Kareem Hunt (22) | 1,327 | 2017 | KAN |
| Jamal Lewis (23) | 1,327 | 2002 | BAL |
| Gerald Riggs (25) | 1,327 | 1986 | ATL |
196 | Tony Dorsett+ (24) | 1,325 | 1978 | DAL |
197 | Maurice Jones-Drew (25) | 1,324 | 2010 | JAX |
198 | Tony Dorsett+ (29) | 1,321 | 1983 | DAL |
199 | Marshall Faulk+ (25) | 1,319 | 1998 | IND |
| LeSean McCoy (26) | 1,319 | 2014 | PHI |
201 | Shaun Alexander (24) | 1,318 | 2001 | SEA |
| Stephen Davis (26) | 1,318 | 2000 | WAS |
203 | Willie Parker (26) | 1,316 | 2007 | PIT |
204 | Corey Dillon (26) | 1,315 | 2001 | CIN |
| Clinton Portis (23) | 1,315 | 2004 | WAS |
| Thurman Thomas+ (27) | 1,315 | 1993 | BUF |
207 | Fred Taylor (26) | 1,314 | 2002 | JAX |
208 | Jordan Howard (21) | 1,313 | 2016 | CHI |
209 | Saquon Barkley (25) | 1,312 | 2022 | NYG |
| Thomas Jones (30) | 1,312 | 2008 | NYJ |
211 | Eric Dickerson+ (29) | 1,311 | 1989 | IND |
| Corey Dillon (27) | 1,311 | 2002 | CIN |
213 | Terry Allen (27) | 1,309 | 1995 | WAS |
| Rudi Johnson (26) | 1,309 | 2006 | CIN |
| LeSean McCoy (23) | 1,309 | 2011 | PHI |
216 | William Andrews (24) | 1,308 | 1980 | ATL |
| Curtis Martin+ (30) | 1,308 | 2003 | NYJ |
218 | Saquon Barkley (21) | 1,307 | 2018 | NYG |
| Tony Dorsett+ (31) | 1,307 | 1985 | DAL |
| Jim Taylor+ (25) | 1,307 | 1961 | GNB |
221 | Marshawn Lynch (28) | 1,306 | 2014 | SEA |
222 | Todd Gurley (23) | 1,305 | 2017 | LAR |
223 | Eddie George (25) | 1,304 | 1999 | TEN |
| Jamal Lewis (28) | 1,304 | 2007 | CLE |
| Barry Sanders+ (22) | 1,304 | 1990 | DET |
226 | Billy Sims (24) | 1,303 | 1980 | DET |
227 | William Andrews (25) | 1,301 | 1981 | ATL |
| Earl Campbell+ (28) | 1,301 | 1983 | HOU |
229 | James Wilder (27) | 1,300 | 1985 | TAM |
230 | Adrian Peterson (25) | 1,298 | 2010 | MIN |
231 | Thurman Thomas+ (24) | 1,297 | 1990 | BUF |
232 | Michael Bennett (24) | 1,296 | 2002 | MIN |
233 | Eddie George (24) | 1,294 | 1998 | TEN |
| Napoleon Kaufman (24) | 1,294 | 1997 | OAK |
| Mike Pruitt (25) | 1,294 | 1979 | CLE |
236 | Le'Veon Bell (25) | 1,291 | 2017 | PIT |
237 | Eric Dickerson+ (27) | 1,288 | 1987 | 2TM |
238 | Jamaal Charles (26) | 1,287 | 2013 | KAN |
| Curtis Martin+ (25) | 1,287 | 1998 | NYJ |
| DeMarco Murray (28) | 1,287 | 2016 | TEN |
241 | Marshall Faulk+ (21) | 1,282 | 1994 | IND |
| Steve Slaton (22) | 1,282 | 2008 | HOU |
243 | Neal Anderson (25) | 1,275 | 1989 | CHI |
| Alfred Morris (24) | 1,275 | 2013 | WAS |
245 | Rashard Mendenhall (23) | 1,273 | 2010 | PIT |
| Duce Staley (24) | 1,273 | 1999 | PHI |
| Mark van Eeghen (25) | 1,273 | 1977 | OAK |
| Ricky Watters (26) | 1,273 | 1995 | PHI |
249 | Jay Ajayi (23) | 1,272 | 2016 | MIA |
250 | Ottis Anderson (26) | 1,270 | 1983 | STL |
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