most rushing yards in first 4 seasons in the last 20 years

Adrian Peterson rushed for the most yards by a player in his first 4 seasons, with 5,782 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in first 4 seasons in the last 20 years
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5,782
61
1,198
4.8
94.8
52
1,170
119
174
9.8
19.2
2
2Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
5,645
63
1,187
4.8
89.6
38
1,426
194
269
7.4
22.6
4
3Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
5,405
56
1,169
4.6
96.5
40
1,619
189
244
8.6
28.9
8
4Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
4,816
58
908
5.3
83.0
36
751
92
121
8.2
12.9
3
5Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
4,740
60
1,072
4.4
79.0
40
1,152
160
200
7.2
19.2
0
6Alfred Morris
A. Morris
4,713
64
1,078
4.4
73.6
29
365
47
67
7.8
5.7
0
7Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
4,582
53
925
5.0
86.5
40
955
123
153
7.8
18.0
4
8Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4,547
58
1,042
4.4
78.4
46
1,883
187
252
10.1
32.5
10
9DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4,526
53
934
4.8
85.4
28
1,200
171
207
7.0
22.6
1
10Arian Foster
A. Foster
4,521
51
1,010
4.5
88.6
44
1,531
167
223
9.2
30.0
6
11Ray Rice
R. Rice
4,377
61
959
4.6
71.8
24
2,235
250
331
8.9
36.6
5
12Najee Harris
N. Harris
4,312
68
1,097
3.9
63.4
28
1,149
180
233
6.4
16.9
6
13Matt Forte
M. Forte
4,233
60
1,014
4.2
70.6
21
1,985
223
294
8.9
33.1
8
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
4,093
49
868
4.7
83.5
21
1,370
163
230
8.4
28.0
4
15Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
4,045
47
908
4.5
86.1
26
2,005
227
291
8.8
42.7
5
16James Cook III
J. Cook III
3,946
62
782
5.0
63.6
28
1,150
126
155
9.1
18.5
8
17Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
3,924
63
842
4.7
62.3
49
1,782
201
263
8.9
28.3
5
18Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3,895
57
897
4.3
68.3
30
637
82
123
7.8
11.2
2
19LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
3,866
58
835
4.6
66.7
30
1,588
220
281
7.2
27.4
8
20DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
3,850
58
754
5.1
66.4
30
861
107
144
8.0
14.8
4
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
3,833
62
804
4.8
61.8
38
578
57
74
10.1
9.3
3
22Doug Martin
D. Martin
3,806
49
868
4.4
77.7
20
873
107
158
8.2
17.8
2
23Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
3,731
54
849
4.4
69.1
20
1,041
137
175
7.6
19.3
1
24Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
3,708
57
739
5.0
65.1
20
942
124
175
7.6
16.5
3
25Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
3,673
58
615
6.0
63.3
21
0
0
2
0.0
0
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19.6

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21.6

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RUSH YDS/G

104.2

24th

PASS YDS/G

192.9

29th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
Lions Lions
8
5
0
.615
Vikings Vikings
5
8
0
.385
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
MIN MIN
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
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12/25
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
4:30 PM
Sun
1/4
GB GB
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

3 - 10

0

Final

31

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5 - 8

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
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4
0
.692
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5
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.615
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Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
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8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

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Sat
9/6
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
6-21
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
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IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
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NO NO
20-13
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9/6
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DEN DEN
12-20
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9/6
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SEA SEA
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12/8
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8:15 PM
Thu
12/11
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TB TB
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12/14
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12/14
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CHI CHI
1:00 PM