most rushing yards by a running back including playoffs 2002 to 2010

Between the 2002 and 2010 seasons, LaDainian Tomlinson had the most rushing yards by a running back in the regular-season and playoffs, with 12,636 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
12,636
150
2,891
4.4
84.2
140
4,132
548
769
7.5
27.5
16
2Clinton Portis
C. Portis
10,137
117
2,300
4.4
86.6
76
2,062
255
351
8.1
17.6
5
3Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9,873
142
2,426
4.1
69.5
66
1,711
262
353
6.5
12.0
3
4Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
9,331
117
2,260
4.1
79.8
52
1,611
199
269
8.1
13.8
4
5Edgerrin James
E. James
9,011
121
2,298
3.9
74.5
57
2,234
315
426
7.1
18.5
2
6Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
8,386
100
1,983
4.2
83.9
92
1,188
176
263
6.8
11.9
10
7Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
8,345
117
1,828
4.6
71.3
35
1,642
202
282
8.1
14.0
3
8Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
8,016
102
1,897
4.2
78.6
47
2,673
330
444
8.1
26.2
7
9Tiki Barber
T. Barber
7,936
83
1,653
4.8
95.6
41
2,736
312
436
8.8
33.0
5
10Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
7,077
109
1,660
4.3
64.9
35
2,067
263
362
7.9
19.0
6
11Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
6,926
132
1,514
4.6
52.5
44
4,274
475
664
9.0
32.4
33
12Ahman Green
A. Green
6,655
91
1,510
4.4
73.1
42
1,807
251
328
7.2
19.9
9
13Ricky Williams
R. Williams
6,453
94
1,513
4.3
68.6
48
1,439
198
266
7.3
15.3
6
14Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
6,438
112
1,616
4.0
57.5
59
1,117
174
231
6.4
10.0
4
15Frank Gore
F. Gore
6,414
84
1,371
4.7
76.4
35
2,283
270
390
8.5
27.2
9
16Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
6,253
85
1,439
4.3
73.6
55
1,402
159
232
8.8
16.5
6
17Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
6,166
83
1,440
4.3
74.3
49
1,601
226
298
7.1
19.3
5
18Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6,050
64
1,269
4.8
94.5
57
1,203
122
179
9.9
18.8
2
19Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
6,035
94
1,530
3.9
64.2
50
690
115
154
6.0
7.3
2
20Willie Parker
W. Parker
5,849
86
1,380
4.2
68.0
27
774
96
136
8.1
9.0
6
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
5,540
80
1,325
4.2
69.3
50
874
118
156
7.4
10.9
2
22Michael Turner
M. Turner
5,467
108
1,190
4.6
50.6
48
244
36
57
6.8
2.3
0
23Travis Henry
T. Henry
5,357
77
1,275
4.2
69.6
34
772
119
172
6.5
10.0
2
24Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5,296
79
1,155
4.6
67.0
55
2,191
242
316
9.1
27.7
8
25Julius Jones
J. Jones
5,247
97
1,320
4.0
54.1
24
1,090
158
214
6.9
11.2
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

3,727

Herbert

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RUSH

643

Vidal

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REC

789

McConkey

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PPG

21.6

20th

OPP PPG

20.0

9th

RUSH YDS/G

121.6

12th

PASS YDS/G

232.5

15th

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
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Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647
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11
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.176
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DEN Broncos

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Sun 4 Jan 2026

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Bills Bills - w
12
5
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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.588
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9
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.471
6
11
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12
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14
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14
3
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11
6
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.647
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11
0
.353
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14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
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13
0
.235
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
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14
0
.176

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8:00 PM