most receiving yards 2021 running backs

Austin Ekeler had the most receiving yards by a running back in 2021, with 647 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
647
2021
16
70
94
9.2
40.4
8
911
206
4.4
56.9
12
2Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
548
2021
16
52
69
10.5
34.3
5
618
153
4.0
38.6
6
3Najee Harris
N. Harris
467
2021
17
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
1,200
307
3.9
70.6
7
4Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
454
2021
14
69
84
6.6
32.4
2
812
180
4.5
58.0
8
5Darrel Williams
D. Williams
452
2021
17
47
57
9.6
26.6
2
558
144
3.9
32.8
6
6D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
452
2021
13
62
78
7.3
34.8
2
617
151
4.1
47.5
5
7Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
439
2021
13
47
67
9.3
33.8
5
898
240
3.7
69.1
4
8Brandon Bolden
B. Bolden
405
2021
17
41
49
9.9
23.8
2
226
44
5.1
13.3
1
9J.D. McKissic
J.D. McKissic
397
2021
11
43
53
9.2
36.1
2
212
48
4.4
19.3
2
10Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
391
2021
15
52
65
7.5
26.1
6
799
171
4.7
53.3
4
11James Conner
J. Conner
375
2021
15
37
39
10.1
25.0
3
752
202
3.7
50.1
15
12Ty Johnson
T. Johnson
372
2021
16
34
55
10.9
23.3
2
238
61
3.9
14.9
2
13Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
360
2021
17
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
1,811
332
5.5
106.5
18
14Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
348
2021
15
54
64
6.4
23.2
0
872
217
4.0
58.1
9
15Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
343
2021
7
37
41
9.3
49.0
1
442
99
4.5
63.1
1
16Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
337
2021
15
39
46
8.6
22.5
0
719
130
5.5
47.9
2
17Michael Carter
M. Carter
325
2021
14
36
55
9.0
23.2
0
639
147
4.3
45.6
4
18Javonte Williams
J. Williams
316
2021
17
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
903
203
4.4
53.1
4
19Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
314
2021
16
42
48
7.5
19.6
3
1,205
292
4.1
75.3
13
20A.J. Dillon
A.J. Dillon
313
2021
17
34
37
9.2
18.4
2
803
187
4.3
47.2
5
21Chase Edmonds
C. Edmonds
311
2021
12
43
53
7.2
25.9
0
592
116
5.1
49.3
2
22Nyheim Miller-Hines
N. Miller-Hines
310
2021
17
40
57
7.8
18.2
1
276
56
4.9
16.2
2
23David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
301
2021
13
42
51
7.2
23.2
0
849
225
3.8
65.3
7
24Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
296
2021
17
30
38
9.9
17.4
1
22
8
2.8
1.3
1
25Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
294
2021
16
42
52
7.0
18.4
3
1,037
258
4.0
64.8
7
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.714
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.429
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.571
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10
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.679
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6
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
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.500
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7
0
.500
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9
0
.357
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10
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4
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11
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