most rushing yards in the nfl 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards, with 4,048 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in the NFL 2016 to 2018
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4,048
40
868
4.7
101.2
28
1,199
135
173
8.9
30.0
6
2Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
3,441
45
813
4.2
76.5
36
1,695
166
226
10.2
37.7
10
3Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3,370
47
778
4.3
71.7
24
568
72
109
7.9
12.1
1
4Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
2,987
41
713
4.2
72.9
28
1,385
149
206
9.3
33.8
10
5Lamar Miller
L. Miller
2,934
44
716
4.1
66.7
13
678
92
119
7.4
15.4
5
6LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,919
45
682
4.3
64.9
22
1,042
143
180
7.3
23.2
3
7Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
2,812
44
573
4.9
63.9
24
905
125
156
7.2
20.6
5
8Frank Gore
F. Gore
2,708
46
680
4.0
58.9
7
646
79
101
8.2
14.0
6
9Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
2,559
27
582
4.4
94.8
16
1,271
160
200
7.9
47.1
4
10Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
2,497
43
629
4.0
58.1
19
546
96
137
5.7
12.7
3
11Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
2,490
45
547
4.6
55.3
15
653
89
123
7.3
14.5
0
12LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
2,345
48
626
3.7
48.9
25
155
25
31
6.2
3.2
1
13Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
2,329
33
513
4.5
70.6
12
329
56
75
5.9
10.0
1
14Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,293
47
501
4.6
48.8
22
372
39
50
9.5
7.9
1
15Latavius Murray
L. Murray
2,208
46
551
4.0
48.0
26
508
70
86
7.3
11.0
0
16David Johnson
D. Johnson
2,202
33
562
3.9
66.7
23
1,392
136
205
10.2
42.2
7
17Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
2,151
27
453
4.7
79.7
15
833
79
98
10.5
30.9
10
18Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
2,012
32
437
4.6
62.9
18
802
95
119
8.4
25.1
3
19Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
1,948
44
441
4.4
44.3
17
996
90
123
11.1
22.6
11
20DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,946
31
477
4.1
62.8
15
643
92
114
7.0
20.7
4
21C.J. Anderson
C.J. Anderson
1,847
34
422
4.4
54.3
9
393
49
73
8.0
11.6
3
22Bilal Powell
B. Powell
1,837
38
389
4.7
48.3
8
668
92
125
7.3
17.6
3
23Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,794
28
415
4.3
64.1
12
583
73
89
8.0
20.8
1
24Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
1,696
39
399
4.3
43.5
7
708
108
126
6.6
18.2
4
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,643
29
444
3.7
56.7
9
286
34
51
8.4
9.9
1
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