Clinton Portis rushed for the most yards in his rookie season by a running back in 2002, with 1,508 yards.
- Regular season
| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | C. Portis | 1,508 | 2002 | 16 | 273 | 5.5 | 94.3 | 15 | 364 | 33 | 48 | 11.0 | 22.8 | 2 | |
| 2 | | W. Green | 887 | 2002 | 16 | 243 | 3.7 | 55.4 | 6 | 113 | 16 | 27 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| 3 | | K. Watson | 534 | 2002 | 16 | 116 | 4.6 | 33.4 | 1 | 253 | 32 | 43 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| 4 | | J. Wells | 529 | 2002 | 16 | 197 | 2.7 | 33.1 | 3 | 48 | 9 | 12 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | T.J. Duckett | 507 | 2002 | 12 | 130 | 3.9 | 42.3 | 4 | 61 | 9 | 11 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| 6 | | D. Brown | 360 | 2002 | 14 | 102 | 3.5 | 25.7 | 4 | 86 | 17 | 33 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 1 | |
| 7 | | J. Mungro | 336 | 2002 | 9 | 97 | 3.5 | 37.3 | 8 | 81 | 13 | 16 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | L. Betts | 307 | 2002 | 11 | 65 | 4.7 | 27.9 | 1 | 154 | 12 | 17 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | T. Fisher | 283 | 2002 | 15 | 70 | 4.0 | 18.9 | 2 | 70 | 18 | 22 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| 10 | | L. Gordon | 228 | 2002 | 13 | 65 | 3.5 | 17.5 | 1 | 278 | 30 | 38 | 9.3 | 21.4 | 2 | |
| 11 | | B. Westbrook | 193 | 2002 | 15 | 46 | 4.2 | 12.9 | 0 | 86 | 9 | 13 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| 12 | | N. Davenport | 184 | 2002 | 8 | 39 | 4.7 | 23.0 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 9 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| 13 | | M. Morris | 153 | 2002 | 11 | 32 | 4.8 | 13.9 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 8.3 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| 14 | | C. Taylor | 122 | 2002 | 15 | 33 | 3.7 | 8.1 | 0 | 129 | 14 | 22 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 2 | |
| 15 | | A. Peterson | 101 | 2002 | 9 | 19 | 5.3 | 11.2 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | D. Blaylock | 72 | 2002 | 12 | 16 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 10 | 9.4 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| 17 | | D. Anderson | 65 | 2002 | 10 | 24 | 2.7 | 6.5 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 12.0 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| 18 | | R. Cooper | 57 | 2002 | 5 | 12 | 4.8 | 11.4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| 19 | | V. Haynes | 51 | 2002 | 14 | 10 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| 20 | | R. Williams | 35 | 2002 | 10 | 11 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| 21 | | R. Cartwright | 22 | 2002 | 16 | 3 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 0 | 121 | 11 | 13 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 1 | |
| 22 | | J. Chatman | 19 | 2002 | 10 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 14.7 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| 23 | | J. Simon | 18 | 2002 | 12 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 167 | 16 | 17 | 10.4 | 13.9 | 3 | |
| 24 | | J. Baxter | 14 | 2002 | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| 25 | | J. Burns | 7 | 2002 | 10 | 5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
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31st
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131.0
32nd
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Saints| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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