most rushing yards in a season since 2004

Since 2004, Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards in a season, with 2,097 yards in 2012.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a season since 2004
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,097
2012
16
348
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
2Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,027
2020
16
378
5.4
126.7
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
3Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,006
2009
16
358
5.6
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
4Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2,005
2024
16
345
5.8
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,921
2024
17
325
5.9
113.0
16
193
19
22
10.2
11.4
2
6Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,880
2005
16
370
5.1
117.5
27
78
15
29
5.2
4.9
1
7Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,860
2005
16
357
5.2
116.3
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
8DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,845
2014
16
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,815
2006
16
348
5.2
113.4
28
508
56
80
9.1
31.8
3
10Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,811
2021
17
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
11Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
1,789
2006
16
416
4.3
111.8
17
410
41
67
10.0
25.6
2
12Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,760
2008
16
363
4.8
110.0
10
125
21
39
6.0
7.8
0
13Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
1,750
2005
16
336
5.2
109.4
20
343
33
49
10.4
21.4
1
14Michael Turner
M. Turner
1,699
2008
16
376
4.5
106.2
17
41
6
9
6.8
2.6
0
15Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,697
2004
16
371
4.6
106.1
12
245
41
49
6.0
15.3
2
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,696
2004
16
353
4.8
106.0
16
170
23
38
7.4
10.6
4
17Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,695
2006
16
312
5.4
105.9
8
485
61
86
8.0
30.3
1
18Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,662
2006
16
327
5.1
103.9
5
465
58
81
8.0
29.1
0
19Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,653
2022
17
340
4.9
97.2
12
400
53
64
7.5
23.5
0
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,635
2004
15
345
4.7
109.0
12
103
15
21
6.9
6.9
1
21Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
22James Cook III
J. Cook III
1,621
2025
17
309
5.2
95.4
12
291
33
40
8.8
17.1
2
23Arian Foster
A. Foster
1,616
2010
16
327
4.9
101.0
16
604
66
84
9.2
37.8
2
24Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,613
2012
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
25LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1,607
2013
16
314
5.1
100.4
9
539
52
64
10.4
33.7
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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