Since 1990, Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most yards by a rookie, with 1,631 yards in 2016.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
2	Alfred Morris A. Morris	1,613	2012	WAS	16	335	4.8	100.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
3	Edgerrin James E. James	1,553	1999	IND	16	369	4.2	97.1	13	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
4	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,508	2002	DEN	16	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
5	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1,487	2000	DEN	16	297	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,487	1995	NE	16	368	4.0	92.9	14	261	30		8.7	16.3	1
7	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,454	2012	TB	16	319	4.6	90.9	11	472	49	70	9.6	29.5	1
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,429	1993	RAM	16	294	4.9	89.3	7	244	26		9.4	15.3	0
9	Eddie George E. George	1,368	1996	HOU	16	335	4.1	85.5	8	182	23		7.9	11.4	0
10	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	1,364	2000	BAL	16	309	4.4	85.3	6	296	27	36	11.0	18.5	0
11	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,341	2007	MIN	14	238	5.6	95.8	12	268	19	28	14.1	19.1	1
12	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	1,327	2017	KC	16	272	4.9	82.9	8	455	53	63	8.6	28.4	3
13	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
14	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1,307	2018	NYG	16	261	5.0	81.7	11	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
15	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	1,282	2008	HOU	16	268	4.8	80.1	9	377	50	59	7.5	23.6	1
16	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,282	1994	IND	16	314	4.1	80.1	11	522	52		10.0	32.6	1
17	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,238	2008	CHI	16	316	3.9	77.4	8	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4
18	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,236	2001	SD	16	339	3.6	77.3	10	367	59	74	6.2	22.9	0
19	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	1,228	2008	TEN	15	251	4.9	81.9	9	260	43	62	6.0	17.3	1
20	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	1,223	1998	JAX	15	264	4.6	81.5	14	421	44		9.6	28.1	3
21	Najee Harris N. Harris	1,200	2021	PIT	17	307	3.9	70.6	7	467	74	94	6.3	27.5	3
22	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	1,183	2001	CHI	14	278	4.3	84.5	7	178	22	30	8.1	12.7	0
23	Eddie Lacy E. Lacy	1,178	2013	GB	15	284	4.1	78.5	11	257	35	44	7.3	17.1	0
24	Cadillac Williams C. Williams	1,178	2005	TB	14	290	4.1	84.1	6	81	20	25	4.1	5.8	0
25	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,169	2020	IND	15	232	5.0	77.9	11	299	36	39	8.3	19.9	1

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176

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Sat 10/4	TEN	@	ARI	22-21
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Sat 10/4	WAS	@	LAC	27-10
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