most rushing yards in a single season wft

The Washington Redskins had their most rushing yards in a season in 2012, with 2,709 yards.

TEAMRUSH YDSSEASONGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Redskins
Redskins
2,709
2012
16
519
5.2
169.3
22
2Redskins
Redskins
2,625
1983
16
629
4.2
164.1
30
3Commanders
Commanders
2,619
2024
17
526
5.0
154.1
25
4Redskins
Redskins
2,523
1985
16
571
4.4
157.7
20
5Redskins
Redskins
2,328
1979
16
609
3.8
145.5
17
6Commanders
Commanders
2,290
2025
17
484
4.7
134.7
20
7Redskins
Redskins
2,274
1984
16
588
3.9
142.1
20
8Redskins
Redskins
2,260
1933
12
467
4.8
188.3
11
9Redskins
Redskins
2,216
2006
16
490
4.5
138.5
13
10Redskins
Redskins
2,183
2005
16
525
4.2
136.4
15
11Redskins
Redskins
2,164
2013
16
453
4.8
135.3
14
12Redskins
Redskins
2,157
1981
16
532
4.1
134.8
19
13Redskins
Redskins
2,151
1951
12
547
3.9
179.3
14
14Commanders
Commanders
2,143
2022
17
538
4.0
126.1
9
15Redskins
Redskins
2,111
1976
14
548
3.9
150.8
10
16Redskins
Redskins
2,102
1987
15
500
4.2
140.1
18
17Redskins
Redskins
2,095
2008
16
478
4.4
130.9
12
18Redskins
Redskins
2,083
1990
16
515
4.0
130.2
16
19Redskins
Redskins
2,082
1978
16
537
3.9
130.1
10
20Redskins
Redskins
2,082
1972
14
513
4.1
148.7
17
21Washington Football Team
Washington Football Team
2,061
2021
17
476
4.3
121.2
13
22Redskins
Redskins
2,049
1991
16
540
3.8
128.1
21
23Redskins
Redskins
2,039
1999
16
463
4.4
127.4
23
24Redskins
Redskins
2,021
1970
14
444
4.6
144.4
11
25Redskins
Redskins
2,016
1980
16
517
3.9
126.0
12
StatMuse has team, season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

1,695

Mariota

Marcus Mariota

RUSH

805

Croskey-Merritt

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

REC

727

Samuel

Deebo Samuel
Team Rankings

PPG

20.9

22nd

OPP PPG

26.5

27th

RUSH YDS/G

134.7

4th

PASS YDS/G

195.8

24th

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
Commanders Commanders
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Schedule
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9/13
@
4:25 PM
Sun
9/20
@
4:25 PM
Sun
9/27
@
1:00 PM
Sun
10/4
@
9:30 AM
Sun
10/11
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

5 - 12

24

Final

17

PHI Eagles

11 - 6

Sun 4 Jan 2026

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
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.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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.588
8
9
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.471
6
11
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12
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13
4
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.765
12
5
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14
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11
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.647
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11
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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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

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9/13
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1:00 PM
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9/13
@
1:00 PM
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9/13
@
1:00 PM