most points by a running back rookie

Gale Sayers has put up the most points by a rookie running back, with 132 points in 1965.

NAME PTS SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
132
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
2 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
128
1962
BUF BUF
14
1,096
214
5.1
78.3
13
319
24
13.3
22.8
2
3 Doak Walker
D. Walker
128
1950
DET DET
12
386
83
4.7
32.2
5
534
35
15.3
44.5
6
4 Gene Mingo
G. Mingo
123
1960
DEN DEN
14
323
83
3.9
23.1
4
156
19
8.2
11.1
1
5 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
120
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
6 Jack Spikes
J. Spikes
104
1960
DLT DLT
14
457
115
4.0
32.6
5
158
11
14.4
11.3
0
7 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
102
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
8 Edgerrin James
E. James
102
1999
IND IND
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
9 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
102
1998
JAX JAX
15
1,223
264
4.6
81.5
14
421
44
9.6
28.1
3
10 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
96
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
11 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
96
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
12 Billy Sims
B. Sims
96
1980
DET DET
16
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
13
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
13 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
92
2018
NYG NYG
16
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
14 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
92
2000
DEN DEN
16
1,487
297
5.0
92.9
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
15 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
92
1995
NE NE
16
1,487
368
4.0
92.9
14
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
16 Ickey Woods
I. Woods
90
1988
CIN CIN
16
1,066
203
5.3
66.6
15
199
21
9.5
12.4
0
17 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
86
2017
NO NO
16
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
18 Bill Shockley
B. Shockley
86
1960
NYT NYT
14
156
37
4.2
11.1
0
69
8
8.6
4.9
2
19 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
84
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
20 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
84
1986
DAL DAL
16
737
151
4.9
46.1
12
837
76
11.0
52.3
2
21 Curt Warner
C. Warner
84
1983
SEA SEA
16
1,449
335
4.3
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
22 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
84
1982
RAI RAI
9
697
160
4.4
77.4
11
401
38
10.6
44.6
3
23 David Johnson
D. Johnson
78
2015
ARI ARI
16
581
125
4.6
36.3
8
457
36
57
12.7
28.6
4
24 Alfred Morris
A. Morris
78
2012
WAS WAS
16
1,613
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
25 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
78
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
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2
0
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10/13
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9
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AFC North W L T PCT
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5
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7
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AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
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9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
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2
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.882
Chargers Chargers
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6
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
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10/12
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10/12
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1:00 PM
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9/7
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1:00 PM