most single season rush yards between 2011 to 2020

From 2011 through 2020, Adrian Peterson rushed for the most yards in a season, with 2,097 yards in 2012.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,097
2012
16
348
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
2Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,027
2020
16
378
5.4
126.7
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
3DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,845
2014
16
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
4Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
5Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,613
2012
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
6LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1,607
2013
16
314
5.1
100.4
9
539
52
64
10.4
33.7
2
7Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
1,606
2011
16
343
4.7
100.4
8
374
43
63
8.7
23.4
3
8Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,590
2012
16
315
5.0
99.4
11
196
23
30
8.5
12.3
1
9Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
1,557
2020
14
312
5.0
111.2
16
361
44
54
8.2
25.8
1
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,540
2019
15
303
5.1
102.7
16
206
18
24
11.4
13.7
2
11Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1,509
2012
16
285
5.3
94.3
5
236
35
48
6.7
14.8
1
12Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,494
2019
16
298
5.0
93.4
8
278
36
49
7.7
17.4
0
13Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,485
2015
16
327
4.5
92.8
11
222
30
36
7.4
13.9
0
14Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,454
2012
16
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
15Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,434
2018
15
304
4.7
95.6
6
567
77
95
7.4
37.8
3
16Arian Foster
A. Foster
1,424
2012
16
351
4.1
89.0
15
217
40
58
5.4
13.6
2
17Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,402
2015
16
288
4.9
87.6
6
271
33
44
8.2
16.9
1
18Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,387
2019
16
287
4.8
86.7
15
1,005
116
142
8.7
62.8
4
19Ray Rice
R. Rice
1,364
2011
16
291
4.7
85.3
12
704
76
104
9.3
44.0
3
20Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,361
2014
16
290
4.7
85.1
8
854
83
105
10.3
53.4
3
21Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,357
2019
16
301
4.5
84.8
12
420
54
71
7.8
26.3
2
22Michael Turner
M. Turner
1,340
2011
16
301
4.5
83.8
11
168
17
26
9.9
10.5
0
23Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,339
2013
16
289
4.6
83.7
9
594
74
94
8.0
37.1
3
24Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,327
2017
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
25LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1,319
2014
16
312
4.2
82.4
5
155
28
37
5.5
9.7
0

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