most rushing yards by a rb in the 2005 nfl season

Shaun Alexander rushed for the most yards by a running back in 2005, with 1,880 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,880
2005
16
370
5.1
117.5
27
78
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
2Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,860
2005
16
357
5.2
116.3
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
3Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
1,750
2005
16
336
5.2
109.4
20
343
33
49
10.4
21.4
1
4Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,516
2005
16
352
4.3
94.8
11
216
30
41
7.2
13.5
0
5Edgerrin James
E. James
1,506
2005
15
360
4.2
100.4
13
337
44
50
7.7
22.5
1
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,462
2005
16
339
4.3
91.4
18
370
51
77
7.3
23.1
2
7Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
1,458
2005
16
337
4.3
91.1
12
90
23
30
3.9
5.6
0
8Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,416
2005
16
280
5.1
88.5
3
220
29
37
7.6
13.8
1
9Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,335
2005
15
314
4.3
89.0
9
143
26
39
5.5
9.5
0
10Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
1,247
2005
16
325
3.8
77.9
5
178
28
37
6.4
11.1
0
11Reuben Droughns
R. Droughns
1,232
2005
16
309
4.0
77.0
2
369
39
56
9.5
23.1
0
12Willie Parker
W. Parker
1,202
2005
15
255
4.7
80.1
4
218
18
24
12.1
14.5
1
13Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
1,178
2005
14
290
4.1
84.1
6
81
20
25
4.1
5.8
0
14Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
1,046
2005
15
254
4.1
69.7
8
320
43
55
7.4
21.3
2
15LaMont Jordan
L. Jordan
1,025
2005
14
272
3.8
73.2
9
563
70
103
8.0
40.2
2
16Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,014
2005
15
239
4.2
67.6
12
212
18
21
11.8
14.1
1
17Julius Jones
J. Jones
993
2005
13
257
3.9
76.4
5
218
35
45
6.2
16.8
0
18Domanick Williams
D. Williams
976
2005
11
230
4.2
88.7
2
337
39
48
8.6
30.6
4
19Tatum Bell
T. Bell
921
2005
15
173
5.3
61.4
8
104
18
28
5.8
6.9
0
20Ronnie Brown
R. Brown
907
2005
15
207
4.4
60.5
4
232
32
47
7.3
15.5
1
21Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
906
2005
15
269
3.4
60.4
3
191
32
44
6.0
12.7
1
22DeShaun Foster
D. Foster
879
2005
15
205
4.3
58.6
2
372
34
48
10.9
24.8
1
23Chris Brown
C. Brown
851
2005
15
224
3.8
56.7
5
327
25
36
13.1
21.8
2
24Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
787
2005
11
194
4.1
71.5
3
83
13
18
6.4
7.5
0
25Ricky Williams
R. Williams
743
2005
12
168
4.4
61.9
6
93
17
20
5.5
7.8
0
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