most rushing yards by a running back since 2002

Since 2002, Frank Gore has the most rushing yards by a running back, with 16,000 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	241	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
2	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,918	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,018	153	2,662	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
4	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	12,448	154	2,835	4.4	80.8	135	4,405	565	794	7.8	28.6	17
5	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
6	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
7	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	10,413	149	2,453	4.2	69.9	85	2,214	287	391	7.7	14.9	9
8	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,923	113	2,230	4.4	87.8	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
9	Thomas Jones T. Jones	9,838	150	2,454	4.0	65.6	61	1,664	255	340	6.5	11.1	3
10	Matt Forte M. Forte	9,796	146	2,356	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
11	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	9,651	130	2,163	4.5	74.2	55	2,255	307	424	7.3	17.3	9
12	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	9,243	115	2,233	4.1	80.4	52	1,583	194	262	8.2	13.8	4
13	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	9,130	135	2,139	4.3	67.6	74	2,718	368	483	7.4	20.1	14
14	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	8,474	142	2,095	4.0	59.7	65	1,339	210	285	6.4	9.4	5
15	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	8,356	106	1,826	4.6	78.8	55	2,651	358	489	7.4	25.0	16
16	Edgerrin James E. James	8,322	110	2,121	3.9	75.7	51	1,991	284	381	7.0	18.1	2
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	8,225	113	1,789	4.6	72.8	34	1,627	198	277	8.2	14.4	3
18	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	8,167	126	1,847	4.4	64.8	68	2,944	346	464	8.5	23.4	11
19	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	8,111	156	1,817	4.5	52.0	65	2,125	303	376	7.0	13.6	10
20	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	8,096	142	1,730	4.7	57.0	61	2,106	236	318	8.9	14.8	9
21	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	7,822	91	1,814	4.3	86.0	84	1,136	166	246	6.8	12.5	10
22	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	7,803	105	1,840	4.2	74.3	74	2,072	269	341	7.7	19.7	2
23	Tiki Barber T. Barber	7,643	80	1,588	4.8	95.5	40	2,631	302	423	8.7	32.9	5
24	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	7,626	126	1,564	4.9	60.5	52	2,683	351	467	7.6	21.3	21
25	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	7,598	84	1,551	4.9	90.5	69	1,469	187	239	7.9	17.5	7

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