most rushing yards in the nfl 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards, with 4,048 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in the NFL 2016 to 2018

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

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