most rushing yards in first 10 games of a career since 2000

Since 2000, Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards in his first 10 games, with 1,197 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in first 10 games of a career since 2000
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,197
10
184
6.5
119.7
10
230
16
24
14.4
23.0
1
2Edgerrin James
E. James
1,120
10
248
4.5
112.0
10
329
35
50
9.4
32.9
4
3Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,102
10
223
4.9
110.2
9
280
22
27
12.7
28.0
1
4Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,100
10
224
4.9
110.0
8
204
32
47
6.4
20.4
2
5Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,025
10
194
5.3
102.5
3
252
25
28
10.1
25.2
2
6Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,000
10
197
5.1
100.0
7
319
27
41
11.8
31.9
1
7Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,000
10
248
4.0
100.0
8
409
44
55
9.3
40.9
1
8Julius Jones
J. Jones
993
10
245
4.1
99.3
8
151
24
37
6.3
15.1
0
9Stephen Davis
S. Davis
988
10
242
4.1
98.8
10
230
20
32
11.5
23.0
0
10Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
923
10
191
4.8
92.3
7
144
17
23
8.5
14.4
0
11Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
878
10
186
4.7
87.8
5
137
19
20
7.2
13.7
1
12Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
873
10
173
5.0
87.3
4
335
35
41
9.6
33.5
2
13Alfred Morris
A. Morris
869
10
184
4.7
86.9
5
42
6
10
7.0
4.2
0
14Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
869
10
228
3.8
86.9
7
43
7
11
6.1
4.3
0
15Eddie George
E. George
865
10
234
3.7
86.5
5
271
31
41
8.7
27.1
0
16Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
858
10
219
3.9
85.8
6
120
15
21
8.0
12.0
0
17Charlie Garner
C. Garner
857
10
169
5.1
85.7
5
422
41
62
10.3
42.2
3
18Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
855
10
178
4.8
85.5
4
131
13
20
10.1
13.1
0
19Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
835
10
173
4.8
83.5
6
143
17
21
8.4
14.3
0
20Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
831
10
159
5.2
83.1
9
659
59
85
11.2
65.9
6
21Lamar Smith
L. Smith
825
10
210
3.9
82.5
10
136
20
24
6.8
13.6
1
22Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
822
10
207
4.0
82.2
7
195
25
34
7.8
19.5
1
23Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
812
10
194
4.2
81.2
3
63
14
17
4.5
6.3
0
24Curtis Martin
C. Martin
808
10
204
4.0
80.8
7
339
46
65
7.4
33.9
2
25Eddie Lacy
E. Lacy
806
10
197
4.1
80.6
6
158
22
25
7.2
15.8
0
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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