Sedrick Shaw has rushed for the most career yards by an Iowa player, with 3,894 yards.

most rushing yards by a player in iowa football history

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Sedrick Shaw S. Shaw	3,894	43	792	4.9	90.6	31	431	49		8.8	10.0	2
2	Ladell Betts L. Betts	3,682	45	830	4.4	81.8	25	692	71		9.7	15.4	2
3	Albert Young A. Young	3,173	38	660	4.8	83.5	23	703	79		8.9	18.5	2
4	Akrum Wadley A. Wadley	2,872	39	536	5.4	73.6	28	761	71	91	10.7	19.5	7
5	Kaleb Johnson K. Johnson	2,779	35	508	5.5	79.4	30	240	29	38	8.3	6.9	2
6	Tavian Banks T. Banks	2,773	39	465	6.0	71.1	33	376	47		8.0	9.6	3
7	Fred Russell F. Russell	2,760	34	523	5.3	81.2	17	45	8		5.6	1.3	0
8	Tyler Goodson T. Goodson	2,601	35	551	4.7	74.3	18	593	76	102	7.8	16.9	1
9	Mark Weisman M. Weisman	2,601	36	598	4.3	72.3	32	168	24		7.0	4.7	1
10	Tony Stewart T. Stewart	2,541	44	525	4.8	57.8	17	347	45		7.7	7.9	2
11	Owen Gill O. Gill	2,330	45	445	5.2	51.8	22	416	44		9.5	9.2	0
12	Shonn Greene S. Greene	2,228	28	376	5.9	79.6	22	72	11		6.5	2.6	0
13	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	2,219	45	428	5.2	49.3	22	1,809	126		14.4	40.2	8
14	Dennis Mosley D. Mosley	2,133	44	458	4.7	48.5	14	339	37		9.2	7.7	4
15	Eddie Phillips E. Phillips	2,110	44	442	4.8	48.0	17	402	47		8.6	9.1	2
16	Jordan Canzeri J. Canzeri	2,073	40	390	5.3	51.8	14	420	39		10.8	10.5	3
17	Marcus Coker M. Coker	2,006	19	395	5.1	105.6	18	180	23		7.8	9.5	0
18	Levi Mitchell L. Mitchell	1,927	31	425	4.5	62.2	10	459	39		11.8	14.8	2
19	Leshun Daniels Jr. L. Daniels Jr.	1,895	37	409	4.6	51.2	19	81	10	20	8.1	2.2	0
20	Adam Robinson A. Robinson	1,775	21	384	4.6	84.5	15	370	34		10.9	17.6	1
21	Mekhi Sargent M. Sargent	1,740	34	354	4.9	51.2	20	300	32	52	9.4	8.8	1
22	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	1,710	30	407	4.2	57.0	11	188	12		15.7	6.3	1
23	Nick Bell N. Bell	1,680	33	298	5.6	50.9	16	524	50		10.5	15.9	4
24	Jim Jensen J. Jensen	1,661	44	367	4.5	37.8	9	83	10		8.3	1.9	1
25	Tim Sullivan T. Sullivan	1,584	30	357	4.4	52.8	13	176	20		8.8	5.9	1