most receiving yards by a running back 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Le'Veon Bell had the most receiving yards by a running back, with 3,289 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
3,289
96
399
502
8.2
34.3
9
6,554
1,595
4.1
68.3
42
2James White
J. White
3,278
95
381
511
8.6
34.5
25
1,278
319
4.0
13.5
11
3Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
3,263
73
373
476
8.7
44.7
20
4,238
912
4.6
58.1
47
4Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
3,015
58
357
439
8.4
52.0
17
3,587
781
4.6
61.8
30
5Giovani Bernard
G. Bernard
2,990
127
365
485
8.2
23.5
14
3,755
929
4.0
29.6
22
6Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
2,870
96
311
405
9.2
29.9
12
2,261
530
4.3
23.6
11
7David Johnson
D. Johnson
2,758
87
273
397
10.1
31.7
18
4,047
995
4.1
46.5
39
8Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
2,730
89
321
454
8.5
30.7
14
1,795
396
4.5
20.2
15
9Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
2,726
72
282
355
9.7
37.9
24
2,812
607
4.6
39.1
21
10Matt Forte
M. Forte
2,687
86
331
430
8.1
31.2
13
5,563
1,342
4.1
64.7
33
11LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,683
124
352
451
7.6
21.6
11
8,076
1,822
4.4
65.1
45
12Theo Riddick
T. Riddick
2,281
88
290
375
7.9
25.9
14
1,037
294
3.5
11.8
5
13Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
2,263
98
298
375
7.6
23.1
12
4,720
1,138
4.1
48.2
38
14Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
2,254
88
243
336
9.3
25.6
12
6,082
1,460
4.2
69.1
67
15Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
2,244
88
288
380
7.8
25.5
12
7,386
1,650
4.5
83.9
56
16Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
2,244
98
284
380
7.9
22.9
14
6,144
1,477
4.2
62.7
53
17Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
2,145
139
229
307
9.4
15.4
13
179
50
3.6
1.3
4
18Danny Woodhead
D. Woodhead
2,075
61
240
301
8.6
34.0
16
1,276
328
3.9
20.9
9
19Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
2,011
136
276
345
7.3
14.8
10
7,404
1,633
4.5
54.4
59
20DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,982
86
281
341
7.1
23.0
6
6,277
1,440
4.4
73.0
47
21Chris Thompson
C. Thompson
1,918
74
232
307
8.3
25.9
11
1,214
257
4.7
16.4
5
22Shane Vereen
S. Vereen
1,864
74
221
312
8.4
25.2
11
1,432
341
4.2
19.4
7
23Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
1,696
63
239
305
7.1
26.9
4
3,810
943
4.0
60.5
31
24Joique Bell
J. Bell
1,638
67
162
219
10.1
24.4
1
2,241
564
4.0
33.4
22
25Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,596
59
176
220
9.1
27.1
16
3,557
772
4.6
60.3
28
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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