most rushing yards by a rookie rb drafted in the 1st round since 2013

Since 2013, Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most yards by a rookie 1st round pick running back, with 1,631 yards in 2016.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,307
2018
16
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
3Najee Harris
N. Harris
1,200
2021
17
307
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
4Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,150
2019
13
242
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
5Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,106
2015
13
229
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
6Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
1,040
2017
13
268
3.9
80.0
9
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
7Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
976
2023
17
214
4.6
57.4
4
487
58
86
8.4
28.6
4
8Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
975
2025
17
266
3.7
57.4
5
346
55
73
6.3
20.4
5
9Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
945
2023
15
182
5.2
63.0
10
316
52
71
6.1
21.1
1
10Sony Michel
S. Michel
931
2018
13
209
4.5
71.6
6
50
7
11
7.1
3.8
0
11Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
803
2020
13
181
4.4
61.8
4
297
36
54
8.3
22.8
1
12Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
641
2015
14
184
3.5
45.8
0
192
33
37
5.8
13.7
0
13Omarion Hampton
O. Hampton
545
2025
9
124
4.4
60.6
4
192
32
35
6.0
21.3
1
14Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
435
2017
16
117
3.7
27.2
2
651
80
113
8.1
40.7
5
15Rashaad Penny
R. Penny
419
2018
14
85
4.9
29.9
2
75
9
12
8.3
5.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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5
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10
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7
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