most rushing yards by an nfc running back since 2016

Since 2016, Ezekiel Elliott has rushed for the most yards by an NFC running back, with 8,488 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,488	118	1,955	4.3	71.9	71	2,405	317	418	7.6	20.4	12
2	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	7,483	95	1,629	4.6	78.8	51	2,506	338	458	7.4	26.4	15
3	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	7,124	116	1,445	4.9	61.4	50	2,528	326	430	7.8	21.8	21
4	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	7,062	120	1,616	4.4	58.9	61	4,839	590	749	8.2	40.3	25
5	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	6,669	100	1,438	4.6	66.7	52	4,853	563	701	8.6	48.5	32
6	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	6,013	75	1,290	4.7	80.2	47	1,804	222	288	8.1	24.1	5
7	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	5,709	93	1,380	4.1	61.4	55	1,739	214	264	8.1	18.7	4
8	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	4,976	75	1,231	4.0	66.3	57	2,066	222	310	9.3	27.5	12
9	Miles Sanders M. Sanders	4,462	88	943	4.7	50.7	24	1,274	183	254	7.0	14.5	4
10	Jordan Howard J. Howard	4,329	68	991	4.4	63.7	33	656	84	128	7.8	9.6	2
11	Jamaal Williams J. Williams	4,117	117	1,069	3.9	35.2	32	1,310	187	230	7.0	11.2	8
12	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	3,875	77	902	4.3	50.3	31	1,883	250	324	7.5	24.5	8
13	James Conner J. Conner	3,763	60	861	4.4	62.7	38	1,292	165	194	7.8	21.5	8
14	Tony Pollard T. Pollard	3,621	79	762	4.8	45.8	23	1,319	176	228	7.5	16.7	5
15	Chris Carson C. Carson	3,502	49	769	4.6	71.5	24	804	107	131	7.5	16.4	7
16	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	3,392	68	808	4.2	49.9	22	843	134	169	6.3	12.4	4
17	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	3,305	61	703	4.7	54.2	26	1,111	161	200	6.9	18.2	5
18	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,161	61	822	3.8	51.8	22	529	63	92	8.4	8.7	1
19	Kyren Williams K. Williams	2,950	43	661	4.5	68.6	27	582	91	121	6.4	13.5	8
20	Kenneth Walker III K. Walker III	2,858	46	668	4.3	62.1	27	781	109	133	7.2	17.0	2
21	Devonta Freeman D. Freeman	2,840	51	675	4.2	55.7	21	1,270	161	199	7.9	24.9	7
22	Latavius Murray L. Murray	2,770	64	659	4.2	43.3	24	663	95	113	7.0	10.4	2
23	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	2,746	38	582	4.7	72.3	19	1,188	137	181	8.7	31.3	6
24	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	2,682	37	502	5.3	72.5	30	945	126	157	7.5	25.5	6
25	Antonio Gibson A. Gibson	2,643	61	642	4.1	43.3	22	1,283	172	213	7.5	21.0	7

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TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	4	1	0	.800
Commanders	3	2	0	.600
Cowboys	2	2	1	.500
Giants	1	4	0	.200

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Sun 10/12	DAL	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Sun 10/19	WAS	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 10/26	DAL	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Mon 11/3	ARI	@	DAL	8:15 PM
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1,290

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480

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	4	1	0	.800
Commanders	3	2	0	.600
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Lions	4	1	0	.800
Packers	2	1	1	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	4	1	0	.800
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	1	0	.800
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	3	1	0	.750
Bengals	2	3	0	.400
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Colts	4	1	0	.800
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chargers	3	2	0	.600
Broncos	3	2	0	.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/3	DAL	@	PHI	20-24
Thu 9/4	KC	@	LAC	21-27
Sat 9/6	PIT	@	NYJ	34-32
Sat 9/6	TB	@	ATL	23-20
Sat 9/6	LV	@	NE	20-13

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/6	KC	@	JAX	8:15 PM
Thu 10/9	PHI	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Sun 10/12	DEN	@	NYJ	9:30 AM
Sun 10/12	ARI	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/12	LAR	@	BAL	1:00 PM

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