most single season scrimmage yards by a rb 2014 to 2024

Between the 2014 and 2024 seasons, Melvin Gordon gained the most yards from scrimmage by a running back in a season, with 2,740 yards in 2014.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	2,740	2014	WIS	14	2,587	343	7.5	184.8	29	153	19	27	8.1	10.9	3
2	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	2,739	2024	BSU	14	2,601	374	7.0	185.8	29	138	23	35	6.0	9.9	1
3	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	2,664	2015	STAN	14	2,019	337	6.0	144.2	8	645	45	54	14.3	46.1	5
4	Darrell Henderson D. Henderson	2,423	2018	MEM	14	2,119	230	9.2	151.4	25	304	21	27	14.5	21.7	3
5	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	2,383	2017	SDSU	13	2,248	289	7.8	172.9	23	135	19	27	7.1	10.4	2
6	Donnel Pumphrey D. Pumphrey	2,364	2016	SDSU	14	2,133	349	6.1	152.4	17	231	27	39	8.6	16.5	0
7	Jay Ajayi J. Ajayi	2,358	2014	BSU	14	1,823	347	5.3	130.2	28	535	50	57	10.7	38.2	4
8	Cam Skattebo C. Skattebo	2,316	2024	ASU	13	1,711	293	5.8	131.6	21	605	45	54	13.4	46.5	3
9	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,310	2015	ALA	15	2,219	395	5.6	147.9	28	91	11	17	8.3	6.1	0
10	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	2,292	2019	OKST	13	2,094	328	6.4	161.1	21	198	23	30	8.6	15.2	0
11	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,255	2019	WIS	14	2,003	320	6.3	143.1	21	252	26	39	9.7	18.0	5
12	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	2,253	2016	FSU	13	1,765	288	6.1	135.8	19	488	33	48	14.8	37.5	1
13	J.K. Dobbins	2,250	2019	OSU	14	2,003	301	6.7	143.1	21	247	23	31	10.7	17.6	2
14	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	2,206	2015	LSU	12	1,953	300	6.5	162.8	22	253	19	33	13.3	21.1	1
15	I'Tavius Mathers I. Mathers	2,194	2016	MTSU	13	1,561	232	6.7	120.1	17	633	66	79	9.6	48.7	3
16	Lew Nichols L. Nichols	2,186	2021	CMU	13	1,848	341	5.4	142.2	16	338	40	52	8.5	26.0	2
17	Royce Freeman R. Freeman	2,184	2015	ORE	13	1,836	283	6.5	141.2	17	348	26	31	13.4	26.8	2
18	Jeremy McNichols J. McNichols	2,183	2016	BSU	13	1,709	314	5.4	131.5	23	474	37	42	12.8	36.5	4
19	Tevin Coleman T. Coleman	2,177	2014	IND	12	2,036	270	7.5	169.7	15	141	25	33	5.6	11.8	0
20	Devin Singletary D. Singletary	2,118	2017	FAU	14	1,920	301	6.4	137.1	32	198	19	24	10.4	14.1	1
21	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	2,103	2016	TEX	11	2,028	323	6.3	184.4	15	75	7	9	10.7	6.8	0
22	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	2,098	2014	OSU	15	1,878	273	6.9	125.2	18	220	28	32	7.9	14.7	0
23	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	2,073	2014	MIA	13	1,652	242	6.8	127.1	10	421	38	55	11.1	32.4	3
24	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	2,072	2017	WIS	14	1,977	299	6.6	141.2	13	95	8	14	11.9	6.8	0
25	Kenneth Gainwell K. Gainwell	2,069	2019	MEM	14	1,459	231	6.3	104.2	13	610	51	60	12.0	43.6	3