most rushing yards by running backs in the first 5 season

Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards by a running back in his first 5 seasons, with 8,256 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
8,256
74
1,748
4.7
111.6
61
1,045
136
7.7
14.1
2
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
7,361
79
1,702
4.3
93.2
72
2,392
342
455
7.0
30.3
8
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7,183
77
1,630
4.4
93.3
71
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,995
71
1,561
4.5
98.5
57
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
6,926
73
1,548
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
6Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
6,888
79
1,463
4.7
87.2
44
1,658
230
318
7.2
21.0
4
7Eddie George
E. George
6,874
80
1,763
3.9
85.9
42
1,447
164
129
8.8
18.1
8
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6,789
73
1,432
4.7
93.0
55
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6,752
73
1,406
4.8
92.5
64
1,309
137
197
9.6
17.9
3
10Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
6,669
75
1,508
4.4
88.9
36
1,250
142
190
8.8
16.7
2
11Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,624
65
1,410
4.7
101.9
58
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
12Curtis Martin
C. Martin
6,550
76
1,694
3.9
86.2
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
13Jim Brown
J. Brown
6,463
62
1,269
5.1
104.2
57
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
14Clinton Portis
C. Portis
6,453
68
1,385
4.7
94.9
52
1,299
158
223
8.2
19.1
4
15Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
6,384
71
1,413
4.5
89.9
46
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
16Ricky Williams
R. Williams
6,354
70
1,589
4.0
90.8
41
1,806
229
304
7.9
25.8
4
17Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
6,341
75
1,210
5.2
84.5
48
990
119
158
8.3
13.2
4
18Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
6,316
78
1,376
4.6
81.0
35
2,666
247
10.8
34.2
16
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,270
75
1,368
4.6
83.6
40
1,614
177
9.1
21.5
6
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
6,209
78
1,413
4.4
79.6
36
1,113
138
136
8.1
14.3
5
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
6,190
71
1,401
4.4
87.2
34
1,568
196
8.0
22.1
3
22Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
6,187
78
1,491
4.1
79.3
31
875
112
7.8
11.2
3
23Edgerrin James
E. James
6,172
65
1,494
4.1
95.0
42
2,019
261
354
7.7
31.1
10
24Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
6,013
67
1,228
4.9
89.7
51
1,091
141
184
7.7
16.3
5
25Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
5,937
80
1,347
4.4
74.2
62
1,309
173
245
7.6
16.4
10
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

4,707

Stafford

Matthew Stafford

RUSH

1,252

Williams

Kyren Williams

REC

1,715

Nacua

Puka Nacua
Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

1st

OPP PPG

20.4

10th

RUSH YDS/G

126.6

7th

PASS YDS/G

276.9

2nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams
12
5
0
.706
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

3 - 14

20

Final

37

LAR Rams

12 - 5

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
10/4
@
22-21
Sat
10/4
@
38-35
Sat
10/4
@
37-24
Sat
10/4
@
27-10
Sat
10/4
@
23-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/10
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
4:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM