most rushing yards by a running back in a single season

Eric Dickerson has rushed for the most yards by a running back in a season, with 2,105 yards in 1984.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,105
1984
RAM RAM
16
379
5.6
131.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,097
2012
MIN MIN
16
348
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
3Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,066
2003
BAL BAL
16
387
5.3
129.1
14
205
26
38
7.9
12.8
0
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,053
1997
DET DET
16
335
6.1
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,027
2020
TEN TEN
16
378
5.4
126.7
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
6Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,008
1998
DEN DEN
16
392
5.1
125.5
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
7Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,006
2009
TEN TEN
16
358
5.6
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
8Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2,005
2024
PHI PHI
16
345
5.8
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
9O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,003
1973
BUF BUF
14
332
6.0
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
10Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,934
1980
HOU HOU
15
373
5.2
128.9
13
47
11
4.3
3.1
0
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,921
2024
BAL BAL
17
325
5.9
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
12Ahman Green
A. Green
1,883
2003
GB GB
16
355
5.3
117.7
15
367
50
60
7.3
22.9
5
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,883
1994
DET DET
16
331
5.7
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
14Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,880
2005
SEA SEA
16
370
5.1
117.5
27
78
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
15Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,863
1963
CLE CLE
14
291
6.4
133.1
12
268
24
11.2
19.1
3
16Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,860
2005
NYG NYG
16
357
5.2
116.3
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
17Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,853
2002
MIA MIA
16
383
4.8
115.8
16
363
47
59
7.7
22.7
1
18Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,852
1977
CHI CHI
14
339
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
19Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
1,846
1998
ATL ATL
16
410
4.5
115.4
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
20DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,845
2014
DAL DAL
16
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
21Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,821
1986
RAM RAM
16
404
4.5
113.8
11
205
26
7.9
12.8
0
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,817
1975
BUF BUF
14
329
5.5
129.8
16
426
28
15.2
30.4
7
23LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,815
2006
SD SD
16
348
5.2
113.4
28
508
56
80
9.1
31.8
3
24Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,811
2021
IND IND
17
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
25Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,808
1983
RAM RAM
16
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Rams Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,722

Stafford

Matthew Stafford

RUSH

1,030

Williams

Kyren Williams

REC

1,367

Nacua

Puka Nacua
Team Rankings

PPG

30.0

2nd

OPP PPG

18.6

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

126.4

9th

PASS YDS/G

265.9

2nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786
49ers 49ers
10
4
0
.714
Cardinals Cardinals
3
11
0
.214
Schedule
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Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Mon
12/29
LAR LAR
@
ATL ATL
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
ARI ARI
@
LAR LAR
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

8 - 6

34

Final

41

LAR Rams

11 - 3

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
.464
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27
Sat
9/13
DEN DEN
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IND IND
28-29

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM