most rushing and receiving yards for rookie running backs

Eric Dickerson has the most rushing yards by a rookie running back, with 1,808 yards in 1983.

NAMERUSH YDSREC YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,808
404
1983
16
390
4.6
113.0
18
51
7.9
25.3
2
2George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,674
126
1981
16
378
4.4
104.6
13
16
7.9
7.9
0
3Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
363
2016
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
4Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,613
77
2012
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
5Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,605
308
1979
16
331
4.8
100.3
8
41
7.5
19.3
2
6Edgerrin James
E. James
1,553
586
1999
16
369
4.2
97.1
13
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,508
364
2002
16
273
5.5
94.3
15
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
8Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,487
169
2000
16
297
5.0
92.9
15
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,487
261
1995
16
368
4.0
92.9
14
30
8.7
16.3
1
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,470
282
1989
15
280
5.3
98.0
14
24
11.8
18.8
0
11Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,454
472
2012
16
319
4.6
90.9
11
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
12Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,450
48
1978
15
302
4.8
96.7
13
12
4.0
3.2
0
13Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,449
325
1983
16
335
4.3
90.6
13
42
7.7
20.3
1
14Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,429
244
1993
16
294
4.9
89.3
7
26
9.4
15.3
0
15Eddie George
E. George
1,368
182
1996
16
335
4.1
85.5
8
23
7.9
11.4
0
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,364
296
2000
16
309
4.4
85.3
6
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
17Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
1,353
96
1986
16
286
4.7
84.6
8
17
5.6
6.0
0
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,341
268
2007
14
238
5.6
95.8
12
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
19Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,327
455
2017
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
20Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
298
2016
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
21Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,307
721
2018
16
261
5.0
81.7
11
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
22Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,303
621
1980
16
313
4.2
81.4
13
51
12.2
38.8
3
23Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
1,282
377
2008
16
268
4.8
80.1
9
50
59
7.5
23.6
1
24Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,282
522
1994
16
314
4.1
80.1
11
52
10.0
32.6
1
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,238
477
2008
16
316
3.9
77.4
8
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
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