most rushing yards by a rookie in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Clinton Portis had the most rushing yards by a rookie, with 1,508 yards in 2002.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,508	2002	DEN	16	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
2	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	1,487	2000	DEN	16	297	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
3	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	1,364	2000	BAL	16	309	4.4	85.3	6	296	27	36	11.0	18.5	0
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,341	2007	MIN	14	238	5.6	95.8	12	268	19	28	14.1	19.1	1
5	Steve Slaton S. Slaton	1,282	2008	HOU	16	268	4.8	80.1	9	377	50	59	7.5	23.6	1
6	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,238	2008	CHI	16	316	3.9	77.4	8	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,236	2001	SD	16	339	3.6	77.3	10	367	59	74	6.2	22.9	0
8	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	1,228	2008	TEN	15	251	4.9	81.9	9	260	43	62	6.0	17.3	1
9	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	1,183	2001	CHI	14	278	4.3	84.5	7	178	22	30	8.1	12.7	0
10	Cadillac Williams C. Williams	1,178	2005	TB	14	290	4.1	84.1	6	81	20	25	4.1	5.8	0
11	Kevin Jones K. Jones	1,133	2004	DET	15	241	4.7	75.5	5	180	28	41	6.4	12.0	1
12	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	1,128	2004	BUF	16	284	4.0	70.5	13	169	22	36	7.7	10.6	0
13	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	1,115	2007	BUF	13	280	4.0	85.8	7	184	18	26	10.2	14.2	0
14	Dominic Rhodes D. Rhodes	1,104	2001	IND	15	233	4.7	73.6	9	224	34	55	6.6	14.9	0
15	Joseph Addai J. Addai	1,081	2006	IND	16	226	4.8	67.6	7	325	40	50	8.1	20.3	1
16	Domanick Williams D. Williams	1,031	2003	HOU	14	238	4.3	73.6	8	351	47	68	7.5	25.1	0
17	Kevin Smith K. Smith	976	2008	DET	16	238	4.1	61.0	8	286	39	54	7.3	17.9	0
18	Ryan Grant R. Grant	956	2007	GB	15	188	5.1	63.7	8	145	30	37	4.8	9.7	0
19	Knowshon Moreno K. Moreno	947	2009	DEN	16	247	3.8	59.2	7	213	28	41	7.6	13.3	2
20	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	941	2006	JAX	16	166	5.7	58.8	13	436	46	62	9.5	27.3	2
21	Ronnie Brown R. Brown	907	2005	MIA	15	207	4.4	60.5	4	232	32	47	7.3	15.5	1
22	William Green W. Green	887	2002	CLE	16	243	3.7	55.4	6	113	16	27	7.1	7.1	0
23	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	836	2008	CAR	16	184	4.5	52.3	10	47	8	17	5.9	2.9	0
24	Julius Jones J. Jones	819	2004	DAL	8	197	4.2	102.4	7	109	17	26	6.4	13.6	0
25	Beanie Wells B. Wells	793	2009	ARI	16	176	4.5	49.6	7	143	12	16	11.9	8.9	0

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