most rushing yards first 4 seasons in the league from 2001 to 2023

Clinton Portis rushed for the most yards by a player in his first 4 seasons, with 5,930 yards.

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most rushing yards by a player first 4 seasons in the league from 2001 to 2023

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Clinton Portis C. Portis	5,930	60	1,258	4.7	98.8	45	1,129	141	197	8.0	18.8	4
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	5,899	63	1,363	4.3	93.6	54	2,022	291	378	6.9	32.1	6
3	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	5,782	61	1,198	4.8	94.8	52	1,170	119	174	9.8	19.2	2
4	Ahman Green A. Green	5,673	61	1,204	4.7	93.0	38	1,629	209	267	7.8	26.7	10
5	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	5,645	63	1,187	4.8	89.6	38	1,426	194	269	7.4	22.6	4
6	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	5,624	64	1,283	4.4	87.9	60	1,268	168	234	7.5	19.8	10
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	5,612	64	1,288	4.4	87.7	31	1,189	185	221	6.4	18.6	2
8	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	5,482	54	1,156	4.7	101.5	70	2,163	225	271	9.6	40.1	6
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	5,405	56	1,169	4.6	96.5	40	1,619	189	244	8.6	28.9	8
10	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	5,305	59	1,199	4.4	89.9	30	954	115	154	8.3	16.2	2
11	Ricky Williams R. Williams	5,213	60	1,256	4.2	86.9	37	1,318	174	229	7.6	22.0	3
12	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4,986	62	1,070	4.7	80.4	30	2,213	262	370	8.4	35.7	3
13	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	4,816	58	908	5.3	83.0	36	751	92	121	8.2	12.9	3
14	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4,802	60	1,137	4.2	80.0	31	700	103	161	6.8	11.7	4
15	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	4,740	60	1,072	4.4	79.0	40	1,152	160	200	7.2	19.2	0
16	Alfred Morris A. Morris	4,713	64	1,078	4.4	73.6	29	365	47	67	7.8	5.7	0
17	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	4,582	53	925	5.0	86.5	40	955	123	153	7.8	18.0	4
18	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	4,572	61	1,162	3.9	75.0	31	734	111	150	6.6	12.0	1
19	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	4,547	58	1,042	4.4	78.4	46	1,883	187	252	10.1	32.5	10
20	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	4,526	53	934	4.8	85.4	28	1,200	171	207	7.0	22.6	1
21	Arian Foster A. Foster	4,521	51	1,010	4.5	88.6	44	1,531	167	223	9.2	30.0	6
22	Edgerrin James E. James	4,458	49	1,072	4.2	91.0	25	1,322	187	240	7.1	27.0	1
23	Frank Gore F. Gore	4,441	59	939	4.7	75.3	22	1,425	172	243	8.3	24.2	4
24	Ray Rice R. Rice	4,377	61	959	4.6	71.8	24	2,235	250	331	8.9	36.6	5
25	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	4,249	57	971	4.4	74.5	30	1,586	190	241	8.3	27.8	6

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