most rushing yards by a running back since 2008

Since 2008, Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 13,577 yards.

	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	13,577	170	2,992	4.5	79.9	108	2,206	286	395	7.7	13.0	5
2	Derrick Henry D. Henry	12,892	152	2,642	4.9	84.8	122	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	12,595	196	3,036	4.1	64.3	65	2,933	355	519	8.3	15.0	16
4	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
5	Matt Forte M. Forte	9,796	146	2,356	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
6	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	9,651	130	2,163	4.5	74.2	55	2,255	307	424	7.3	17.3	9
7	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	9,298	136	2,173	4.3	68.4	78	2,030	269	365	7.5	14.9	9
8	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	9,130	135	2,139	4.3	67.6	74	2,718	368	483	7.4	20.1	14
9	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	8,288	105	1,807	4.6	78.9	55	2,651	358	489	7.4	25.2	16
10	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	8,111	156	1,817	4.5	52.0	65	2,125	303	376	7.0	13.6	10
11	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	7,803	105	1,840	4.2	74.3	74	2,072	269	341	7.7	19.7	2
12	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
13	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	7,563	119	1,407	5.4	63.6	44	2,593	310	441	8.4	21.8	20
14	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	7,502	82	1,516	4.9	91.5	68	1,442	182	231	7.9	17.6	7
15	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	7,428	111	1,816	4.1	66.9	60	2,448	319	399	7.7	22.1	14
16	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	7,426	110	1,627	4.6	67.5	61	5,315	616	765	8.6	48.3	36
17	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	7,349	100	1,462	5.0	73.5	54	1,109	141	193	7.9	11.1	5
18	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	7,335	134	1,705	4.3	54.7	51	1,295	162	236	8.0	9.7	7
19	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	7,250	126	1,674	4.3	57.5	61	4,948	606	767	8.2	39.3	25
20	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	7,189	103	1,793	4.0	69.8	39	2,097	271	386	7.7	20.4	3
21	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	7,174	99	1,604	4.5	72.5	49	2,165	307	376	7.1	21.9	6
22	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	6,878	113	1,465	4.7	60.9	56	1,618	180	245	9.0	14.3	7
23	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	6,554	96	1,595	4.1	68.3	42	3,289	399	502	8.2	34.3	9
24	Latavius Murray L. Murray	6,552	151	1,560	4.2	43.4	59	1,620	239	301	6.8	10.7	2
25	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	6,543	112	1,593	4.1	58.4	56	2,513	312	415	8.1	22.4	14

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