most rushing yards from a running back 2016

Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards by a running back in 2016, with 1,631 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
1,631
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
3 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,287
16
293
4.4
80.4
9
377
53
67
7.1
23.6
3
4 Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
1,272
15
260
4.9
84.8
8
151
27
35
5.6
10.1
0
5 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,268
12
261
4.9
105.7
7
616
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
6 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1,267
15
234
5.4
84.5
13
356
50
57
7.1
23.7
1
7 David Johnson
D. Johnson
1,239
16
293
4.2
77.4
16
879
80
120
11.0
54.9
4
8 LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
1,161
16
299
3.9
72.6
18
38
7
8
5.4
2.4
0
9 Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
1,079
16
227
4.8
67.4
11
462
54
65
8.6
28.9
2
10 Lamar Miller
L. Miller
1,073
14
268
4.0
76.6
5
188
31
39
6.1
13.4
1
11 Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
1,043
16
205
5.1
65.2
6
319
46
58
6.9
19.9
4
12 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,025
16
263
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
13 Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
997
13
254
3.9
76.7
10
419
41
57
10.2
32.2
2
14 Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
988
13
217
4.6
76.0
6
163
27
33
6.0
12.5
3
15 Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
952
16
198
4.8
59.5
7
319
40
53
8.0
19.9
0
16 Spencer Ware
S. Ware
921
14
214
4.3
65.8
3
447
33
42
13.5
31.9
2
17 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
885
16
278
3.2
55.3
6
327
43
58
7.6
20.4
0
18 Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
839
15
222
3.8
55.9
9
174
21
27
8.3
11.6
0
19 Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
824
13
218
3.8
63.4
9
60
8
21
7.5
4.6
0
20 Matt Forte
M. Forte
813
14
218
3.7
58.1
7
263
30
43
8.8
18.8
1
21 Latavius Murray
L. Murray
788
14
195
4.0
56.3
12
264
33
43
8.0
18.9
0
22 Terrance West
T. West
774
16
193
4.0
48.4
5
236
34
45
6.9
14.8
1
23 Bilal Powell
B. Powell
722
16
131
5.5
45.1
3
388
58
74
6.7
24.3
2
24 Rob Kelley
R. Kelley
704
15
168
4.2
46.9
6
82
12
18
6.8
5.5
1
25 Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
661
13
155
4.3
50.8
8
115
13
14
8.8
8.8
1
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30.2

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Colts

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Rams

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Bills

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Bills

154.4

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Jaguars

144.0

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140.6

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136.5
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49ers

298.2

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259.8

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256.6

Chargers

254.6
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Rams

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15.0

Chargers

14.0

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Jaguars

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1
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.800
Commanders Commanders
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2
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.600
NFC North W L T PCT
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.800
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1
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.625
NFC South W L T PCT
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2
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.500
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1
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.800
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.600
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4
1
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.800
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3
2
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.600
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1
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.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
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.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
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.800
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
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.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
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Broncos Broncos
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NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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

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8:15 PM
Thu
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PHI PHI
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