John Riggins had the most rushing yards by a running back in his 13th season, with 1,239 yards in 1984.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Riggins | 1,239 | 1984 |  WAS | 14 | 327 | 3.8 | 88.5 | 14 | 43 | 7 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | E. Smith | 975 | 2002 |  DAL | 16 | 254 | 3.8 | 60.9 | 5 | 89 | 16 | 24 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 3 |  | F. Gore | 961 | 2017 |  IND | 16 | 261 | 3.7 | 60.1 | 3 | 245 | 29 | 38 | 8.4 | 15.3 | 1 |
| 4 |  | A. Peterson | 898 | 2019 | WAS | 15 | 211 | 4.3 | 59.9 | 5 | 142 | 17 | 23 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 5 | | M. Allen | 709 | 1994 |  KC | 13 | 189 | 3.8 | 54.5 | 7 | 349 | 42 | 8.3 | 26.8 | 0 | |
| 6 | | E. Byner | 634 | 1996 |  BAL | 16 | 159 | 4.0 | 39.6 | 4 | 270 | 30 | 9.0 | 16.9 | 1 | |
| 7 |  | W. Payton | 533 | 1987 |  CHI | 12 | 146 | 3.7 | 44.4 | 4 | 217 | 33 | 6.6 | 18.1 | 1 | |
| 8 |  | J. Bettis | 368 | 2005 |  PIT | 12 | 110 | 3.3 | 30.7 | 9 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 9 | | J. Perry | 359 | 1962 |  BAL | 12 | 94 | 3.8 | 29.9 | 0 | 194 | 22 | 8.8 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| 10 | | J. Henry Johnson | 226 | 1966 |  HOU | 14 | 70 | 3.2 | 16.1 | 3 | 150 | 8 | 18.8 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Brown | 206 | 1973 |  MIN | 14 | 47 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| 12 | | F. Harris | 170 | 1984 |  SEA | 8 | 68 | 2.5 | 21.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| 13 | | F. Taylor | 155 | 2010 |  NE | 7 | 43 | 3.6 | 22.1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 14 | | M. Strong | 149 | 2006 | SEA | 16 | 33 | 4.5 | 9.3 | 1 | 159 | 29 | 44 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 15 | | O. Anderson | 141 | 1991 |  NYG | 10 | 53 | 2.7 | 14.1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| 16 | | P. Banaszak | 137 | 1978 |  OAK | 16 | 43 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 0 | 78 | 7 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| 17 | | T. Thomas | 136 | 2000 |  MIA | 9 | 28 | 4.9 | 15.1 | 0 | 117 | 16 | 24 | 7.3 | 13.0 | 1 |
| 18 | | D. Sproles | 120 | 2018 |  PHI | 6 | 29 | 4.1 | 20.0 | 1 | 160 | 15 | 23 | 10.7 | 26.7 | 2 |
| 19 | | L. Neal | 98 | 2005 |  SD | 16 | 29 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 0 | 145 | 24 | 29 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 1 |
| 20 | | L. Centers | 82 | 2003 | NE | 9 | 21 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 0 | 106 | 19 | 34 | 5.6 | 11.8 | 1 |
| 21 | | K. Faulk | 57 | 2011 | NE | 7 | 17 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0 |
| 22 | | M. Tatupu | 56 | 1990 | NE | 15 | 16 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| 23 | | H. McElhenny | 48 | 1964 |  DET | 8 | 22 | 2.2 | 6.0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | K. Byars | 34 | 1998 |  NYJ | 13 | 4 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 0 | 258 | 26 | 9.9 | 19.8 | 3 | |
| 25 | | T. Richardson | 13 | 2007 | MIN | 14 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0 | 89 | 11 | 16 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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