most rushing yards in 2002 among running backs

Ricky Williams had the most rushing yards by a running back in 2002, with 1,853 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,853	2002	MIA	16	383	4.8	115.8	16	363	47	59	7.7	22.7	1
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,683	2002	SD	16	372	4.5	105.2	14	489	79	101	6.2	30.6	1
3	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	1,615	2002	KC	14	313	5.2	115.4	21	672	70	81	9.6	48.0	3
4	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,508	2002	DEN	16	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
5	Travis Henry T. Henry	1,438	2002	BUF	16	325	4.4	89.9	13	309	43	59	7.2	19.3	1
6	Deuce McAllister D. McAllister	1,388	2002	NO	15	325	4.3	92.5	13	352	47	74	7.5	23.5	3
7	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,387	2002	NYG	16	304	4.6	86.7	11	597	69	95	8.7	37.3	0
8	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	1,327	2002	BAL	16	308	4.3	82.9	6	442	47	60	9.4	27.6	1
9	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	1,314	2002	JAX	16	287	4.6	82.1	8	408	49	57	8.3	25.5	0
10	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	1,311	2002	CIN	16	314	4.2	81.9	7	298	43	61	6.9	18.6	0
11	Michael Bennett M. Bennett	1,296	2002	MIN	16	255	5.1	81.0	5	351	37	41	9.5	21.9	1
12	Ahman Green A. Green	1,240	2002	GB	14	286	4.3	88.6	7	393	57	74	6.9	28.1	2
13	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	1,175	2002	SEA	16	295	4.0	73.4	16	460	59	78	7.8	28.8	2
14	Eddie George E. George	1,165	2002	TEN	16	343	3.4	72.8	12	255	36	46	7.1	15.9	2
15	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,094	2002	NYJ	16	261	4.2	68.4	7	362	49	56	7.4	22.6	0
16	Duce Staley D. Staley	1,029	2002	PHI	16	269	3.8	64.3	5	541	51	69	10.6	33.8	3
17	James Stewart J. Stewart	1,021	2002	DET	14	231	4.4	72.9	4	333	46	70	7.2	23.8	2
18	Edgerrin James E. James	989	2002	IND	14	277	3.6	70.6	2	354	61	80	5.8	25.3	1
19	Antowain Smith A. Smith	982	2002	NE	16	252	3.9	61.4	6	243	31	42	7.8	15.2	2
20	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	975	2002	DAL	16	254	3.8	60.9	5	89	16	24	5.6	5.6	0
21	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	972	2002	SF	16	215	4.5	60.8	8	317	48	69	6.6	19.8	1
22	Charlie Garner C. Garner	962	2002	OAK	16	182	5.3	60.1	7	941	91	111	10.3	58.8	4
23	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	953	2002	STL	14	212	4.5	68.1	8	537	80	102	6.7	38.4	2
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	927	2002	ATL	15	230	4.0	61.8	7	377	50	65	7.5	25.1	2
25	William Green W. Green	887	2002	CLE	16	243	3.7	55.4	6	113	16	27	7.1	7.1	0

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