most rushing yards ever chargers running backs

LaDainian Tomlinson has rushed for the most career yards by a San Diego Chargers running back, with 12,490 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
12,490
141
2,880
4.3
88.6
138
3,955
530
728
7.5
28.0
15
2Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
4,972
92
1,015
4.9
54.0
38
1,045
111
9.4
11.4
7
3Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
4,355
103
990
4.4
42.3
39
3,884
440
556
8.8
37.7
30
4Marion Butts
M. Butts
4,297
76
1,031
4.2
56.5
31
407
57
7.1
5.4
1
5Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
4,240
67
1,059
4.0
63.3
36
1,873
224
298
8.4
28.0
11
6Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
4,061
60
923
4.4
67.7
23
1,110
146
185
7.6
18.5
1
7Natrone Means
N. Means
3,885
59
1,013
3.8
65.8
34
482
81
13
6.0
8.2
1
8Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
3,309
51
773
4.3
64.9
43
1,237
138
9.0
24.3
2
9Don Woods
D. Woods
2,858
75
713
4.0
38.1
16
1,187
125
9.5
15.8
5
10Keith Lincoln
K. Lincoln
2,698
81
573
4.7
33.3
15
1,689
123
13.7
20.9
14
11Dickie Post
D. Post
2,519
49
568
4.4
51.4
17
791
87
9.1
16.1
1
12Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
2,250
54
548
4.1
41.7
11
1,978
194
10.2
36.6
12
13Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
2,235
46
572
3.9
48.6
11
779
97
8.0
16.9
6
14Rickey Young
R. Young
1,922
42
457
4.2
45.8
13
1,030
116
8.9
24.5
2
15Terrell Fletcher
T. Fletcher
1,871
111
526
3.6
16.9
10
1,943
259
183
7.5
17.5
3
16Tim Spencer
T. Spencer
1,792
78
474
3.8
23.0
19
432
53
8.2
5.5
0
17Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
1,639
96
332
4.9
17.1
6
3,939
378
10.4
41.0
12
18Gene Foster
G. Foster
1,613
68
445
3.6
23.7
4
904
99
9.1
13.3
3
19Cid Edwards
C. Edwards
1,549
35
355
4.4
44.3
6
823
78
10.6
23.5
2
20James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,471
38
323
4.6
38.7
12
610
84
7.3
16.1
3
21Mike Tolbert
M. Tolbert
1,410
59
341
4.1
23.9
20
1,012
109
145
9.3
17.2
6
22Bo Matthews
B. Matthews
1,372
78
356
3.9
17.6
11
389
54
7.2
5.0
0
23Clarence Williams
C. Williams
1,327
67
394
3.4
19.8
17
727
93
7.8
10.9
2
24Brad Hubbert
B. Hubbert
1,270
38
287
4.4
33.4
9
312
42
7.4
8.2
2
25Michael Turner
M. Turner
1,257
59
228
5.5
21.3
6
71
11
16
6.5
1.2
0
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Team Leaders

PASS

3,727

Herbert

Justin Herbert

RUSH

643

Vidal

Kimani Vidal

REC

789

McConkey

Ladd McConkey
Team Rankings

PPG

21.6

20th

OPP PPG

20.0

9th

RUSH YDS/G

121.6

12th

PASS YDS/G

232.5

15th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/11
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

11 - 6

3

Final

19

DEN Broncos

14 - 3

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