most rushing yards by a running back from 2008 to 2015

From 2008 through 2015, Adrian Peterson rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 10,334 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	10,334	106	2,143	4.8	97.5	85	1,669	219	299	7.6	15.7	4
2	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	9,442	122	2,093	4.5	77.4	54	2,212	302	417	7.3	18.1	9
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	8,635	119	2,003	4.3	72.6	54	2,098	247	383	8.5	17.6	10
4	Matt Forte M. Forte	8,602	120	2,035	4.2	71.7	45	4,116	487	636	8.5	34.3	19
5	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	7,997	114	1,864	4.3	70.1	67	1,795	234	314	7.7	15.7	9
6	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	7,687	102	1,664	4.6	75.4	47	2,574	332	432	7.8	25.2	12
7	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	7,220	100	1,320	5.5	72.2	42	2,443	283	407	8.6	24.4	20
8	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	7,189	103	1,793	4.0	69.8	39	2,097	271	386	7.7	20.4	3
9	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	6,535	104	1,367	4.8	62.8	52	1,500	162	218	9.3	14.4	5
10	Arian Foster A. Foster	6,472	76	1,454	4.5	85.2	54	2,268	249	345	9.1	29.8	14
11	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	6,458	95	1,514	4.3	68.0	46	2,101	260	347	8.1	22.1	9
12	Ray Rice R. Rice	6,180	92	1,430	4.3	67.2	37	3,034	369	487	8.2	33.0	6
13	Michael Turner M. Turner	6,081	75	1,411	4.3	81.1	60	457	59	92	7.7	6.1	1
14	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	5,814	103	1,283	4.5	56.4	36	1,183	146	200	8.1	11.5	6
15	Fred Jackson F. Jackson	5,446	114	1,247	4.4	47.8	30	2,707	332	448	8.2	23.7	9
16	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	5,336	99	1,277	4.2	53.9	28	2,097	251	354	8.4	21.2	5
17	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	5,228	68	1,127	4.6	76.9	34	1,522	215	262	7.1	22.4	2
18	Ahmad Bradshaw A. Bradshaw	4,738	91	1,060	4.5	52.1	35	1,481	185	238	8.0	16.3	12
19	Alfred Morris A. Morris	4,713	64	1,078	4.4	73.6	29	365	47	67	7.8	5.7	0
20	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	4,600	73	1,029	4.5	63.0	29	1,256	166	213	7.6	17.2	2
21	Cedric Benson C. Benson	4,424	61	1,180	3.7	72.5	22	653	94	124	6.9	10.7	1
22	Reggie Bush R. Bush	4,347	93	962	4.5	46.7	25	2,349	309	432	7.6	25.3	14
23	Rashard Mendenhall R. Mendenhall	4,236	72	1,081	3.9	58.8	37	795	95	129	8.4	11.0	2
24	Shonn Greene S. Greene	4,110	85	993	4.1	48.4	24	534	72	111	7.4	6.3	0
25	Thomas Jones T. Jones	4,088	64	1,019	4.0	63.9	33	430	65	87	6.6	6.7	2

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