bears rushing yards leader single season since 2000

Since 2000, Matt Forte has rushed for the most yards for the Bears in a season, with 1,339 yards in 2013.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,339
2013
16
289
4.6
83.7
9
594
74
94
8.0
37.1
3
2Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,335
2005
15
314
4.3
89.0
9
143
26
39
5.5
9.5
0
3Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
2016
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
4Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,238
2008
16
316
3.9
77.4
8
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
5Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,210
2006
16
296
4.1
75.6
6
154
36
47
4.3
9.6
0
6Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
1,183
2001
14
278
4.3
84.5
7
178
22
30
8.1
12.7
0
7Justin Fields
J. Fields
1,143
2022
15
160
7.1
76.2
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,122
2017
16
276
4.1
70.1
9
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
9James Allen
J. Allen
1,120
2000
16
290
3.9
70.0
2
291
39
60
7.5
18.2
1
10Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,094
2012
15
248
4.4
72.9
5
340
44
60
7.7
22.7
1
11D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
1,087
2025
16
223
4.9
67.9
9
299
34
48
8.8
18.7
1
12David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
1,070
2020
15
247
4.3
71.3
8
438
54
68
8.1
29.2
2
13Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,069
2010
16
237
4.5
66.8
6
547
51
70
10.7
34.2
3
14Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,038
2014
16
266
3.9
64.9
6
808
102
130
7.9
50.5
4
15Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
1,024
2003
13
244
4.2
78.8
6
36
9
14
4.0
2.8
0
16Matt Forte
M. Forte
997
2011
12
203
4.9
83.1
3
490
52
76
9.4
40.8
1
17D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
959
2024
17
253
3.8
56.4
6
386
42
52
9.2
22.7
0
18Thomas Jones
T. Jones
948
2004
14
240
4.0
67.7
7
427
56
72
7.6
30.5
0
19Jordan Howard
J. Howard
935
2018
16
250
3.7
58.4
9
145
20
27
7.3
9.1
0
20Matt Forte
M. Forte
929
2009
16
258
3.6
58.1
4
471
57
72
8.3
29.4
0
21Matt Forte
M. Forte
898
2015
13
218
4.1
69.1
4
389
44
58
8.8
29.9
3
22David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
889
2019
16
242
3.7
55.6
6
185
25
35
7.4
11.6
1
23David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
849
2021
13
225
3.8
65.3
7
301
42
51
7.2
23.2
0
24David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
801
2022
16
201
4.0
50.1
5
316
34
40
9.3
19.8
1
25Kyle Monangai
K. Monangai
783
2025
17
169
4.6
46.1
5
164
18
30
9.1
9.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
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PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

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