most scrimmage yards from 2015 to 2020 running backs

Between the 2015 and 2020 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most yards from scrimmage by a running back, with 8,341 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,341	71	6,384	1,413	4.5	89.9	46	1,957	241	315	8.1	27.6	10
2	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	8,336	88	6,082	1,460	4.2	69.1	67	2,254	243	336	9.3	25.6	12
3	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	7,257	82	5,226	1,274	4.1	63.7	45	2,031	256	342	7.9	24.8	12
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	6,552	78	5,860	1,182	5.0	75.1	55	692	76	105	9.1	8.9	3
5	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	6,505	82	4,898	1,013	4.8	59.7	42	1,607	207	253	7.8	19.6	10
6	David Johnson D. Johnson	6,352	74	3,819	928	4.1	51.6	39	2,533	241	355	10.5	34.2	17
7	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	6,238	59	4,232	1,022	4.1	71.7	24	2,006	266	324	7.5	34.0	5
8	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	6,164	60	3,340	672	5.0	55.7	43	2,824	326	409	8.7	47.1	15
9	Frank Gore F. Gore	6,029	93	4,927	1,293	3.8	53.0	17	1,102	142	194	7.8	11.8	7
10	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	5,926	80	4,310	996	4.3	53.9	29	1,616	218	283	7.4	20.2	6
11	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	5,817	51	3,145	682	4.6	61.7	29	2,672	320	398	8.4	52.4	16
12	Devonta Freeman D. Freeman	5,744	66	3,896	940	4.1	59.0	32	1,848	234	296	7.9	28.0	10
13	Latavius Murray L. Murray	5,718	93	4,567	1,109	4.1	49.1	41	1,151	168	208	6.9	12.4	2
14	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	5,381	76	4,630	1,138	4.1	60.9	32	751	93	128	8.1	9.9	1
15	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	5,127	76	4,393	1,070	4.1	57.8	32	734	133	188	5.5	9.7	3
16	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	4,936	43	3,661	769	4.8	85.1	33	1,275	148	182	8.6	29.7	3
17	Lamar Miller L. Miller	4,887	61	3,806	910	4.2	62.4	21	1,081	141	178	7.7	17.7	7
18	Duke Johnson D. Johnson	4,760	91	1,931	459	4.2	21.2	8	2,829	307	400	9.2	31.1	12
19	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	4,593	51	3,171	694	4.6	62.2	23	1,422	154	193	9.2	27.9	16
20	Jordan Howard J. Howard	4,589	64	3,955	932	4.2	61.8	34	634	83	124	7.6	9.9	2
21	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	4,421	54	3,364	651	5.2	62.3	37	1,057	131	184	8.1	19.6	6
22	Kenyan Drake K. Drake	4,374	77	3,130	695	4.5	40.6	27	1,244	169	230	7.4	16.2	6
23	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	4,367	50	3,359	812	4.1	67.2	20	1,008	129	160	7.8	20.2	5
24	James White J. White	4,363	89	1,202	300	4.0	13.5	10	3,161	364	492	8.7	35.5	25
25	Giovani Bernard G. Bernard	4,326	86	2,322	583	4.0	27.0	12	2,004	243	327	8.2	23.3	6

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