most scrimmage yards in 2012 by a runningback

Adrian Peterson gained the most scrimmage yards by a running back in 2012, with 2,314 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,314	2012	MIN	16	2,097	348	6.0	131.1	12	217	40	51	5.4	13.6	1
2	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,926	2012	TB	16	1,454	319	4.6	90.9	11	472	49	70	9.6	29.5	1
3	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	1,786	2012	SEA	16	1,590	315	5.0	99.4	11	196	23	30	8.5	12.3	1
4	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	1,745	2012	KC	16	1,509	285	5.3	94.3	5	236	35	48	6.7	14.8	1
5	C.J. Spiller	1,703	2012	BUF	16	1,244	207	6.0	77.8	6	459	43	57	10.7	28.7	2
6	Alfred Morris A. Morris	1,690	2012	WAS	16	1,613	335	4.8	100.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
7	Arian Foster A. Foster	1,641	2012	HOU	16	1,424	351	4.1	89.0	15	217	40	58	5.4	13.6	2
8	Ray Rice R. Rice	1,621	2012	BAL	16	1,143	257	4.4	71.4	9	478	61	83	7.8	29.9	1
9	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	1,475	2012	TEN	16	1,243	276	4.5	77.7	6	232	36	49	6.4	14.5	0
10	Frank Gore F. Gore	1,448	2012	SF	16	1,214	258	4.7	75.9	8	234	28	36	8.4	14.6	1
11	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,434	2012	CHI	15	1,094	248	4.4	72.9	5	340	44	60	7.7	22.7	1
12	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	1,366	2012	STL	16	1,045	258	4.1	65.3	4	321	38	53	8.4	20.1	0
13	Trent Richardson T. Richardson	1,317	2012	CLE	15	950	267	3.6	63.3	11	367	51	70	7.2	24.5	1
14	Stevan Ridley S. Ridley	1,314	2012	NE	16	1,263	290	4.4	78.9	12	51	6	14	8.5	3.2	0
15	Reggie Bush R. Bush	1,278	2012	MIA	16	986	227	4.3	61.6	6	292	35	51	8.3	18.3	2
16	Ahmad Bradshaw A. Bradshaw	1,260	2012	NYG	14	1,015	221	4.6	72.5	6	245	23	31	10.7	17.5	0
17	Shonn Greene S. Greene	1,214	2012	NYJ	16	1,063	276	3.9	66.4	8	151	19	31	7.9	9.4	0
18	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	1,213	2012	PHI	12	840	200	4.2	70.0	2	373	54	67	6.9	31.1	3
19	BenJarvus Green-Ellis B. Green-Ellis	1,198	2012	CIN	15	1,094	278	3.9	72.9	6	104	22	29	4.7	6.9	0
20	Mikel Leshoure M. Leshoure	1,012	2012	DET	14	798	215	3.7	57.0	9	214	34	48	6.3	15.3	0
21	Vick Ballard V. Ballard	966	2012	IND	16	814	211	3.9	50.9	2	152	17	27	8.9	9.5	1
22	Darren McFadden D. McFadden	965	2012	OAK	12	707	216	3.3	58.9	2	258	42	62	6.1	21.5	1
23	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	959	2012	SD	12	707	184	3.8	58.9	1	252	39	57	6.5	21.0	0
24	Willis McGahee W. McGahee	952	2012	DEN	10	731	167	4.4	73.1	4	221	26	33	8.5	22.1	0
25	Michael Turner M. Turner	928	2012	ATL	16	800	222	3.6	50.0	10	128	19	30	6.7	8.0	1

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Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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