most rushing yards by a running back at age 21

Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most career yards by a 21-year-old running back, with 1,631 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2Edgerrin James
E. James
1,553
16
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
3Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,508
16
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,470
15
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,429
16
294
4.9
89.3
7
244
26
9.4
15.3
0
6Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,364
16
309
4.4
85.3
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
7Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,307
16
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
8Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,282
16
314
4.1
80.1
11
522
52
10.0
32.6
1
9Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,169
15
232
5.0
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
10Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,150
13
242
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
11Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,115
13
280
4.0
85.8
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
12Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,106
13
229
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
13Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
1,050
15
293
3.6
70.0
7
82
11
7.5
5.5
1
14Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
976
17
214
4.6
57.4
4
487
58
86
8.4
28.6
4
15Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
945
15
182
5.2
63.0
10
316
52
71
6.1
21.1
1
16Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
941
16
166
5.7
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
16
241
3.9
58.6
11
228
24
9.5
14.3
0
18Javonte Williams
J. Williams
903
17
203
4.4
53.1
4
316
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
19Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
860
13
244
3.5
66.2
8
399
45
66
8.9
30.7
0
20Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
836
16
184
4.5
52.3
10
47
8
17
5.9
2.9
0
21Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
803
13
181
4.4
61.8
4
297
36
54
8.3
22.8
1
22Beanie Wells
B. Wells
793
16
176
4.5
49.6
7
143
12
16
11.9
8.9
0
23Kevin Smith
K. Smith
773
14
186
4.2
55.2
6
279
36
48
7.8
19.9
0
24Tre Mason
T. Mason
765
12
179
4.3
63.8
4
148
16
26
9.3
12.3
1
25Laurence Maroney
L. Maroney
745
14
175
4.3
53.2
6
194
22
30
8.8
13.9
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StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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