most single season rush yards in the 2000s for a rookie

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Clinton Portis rushed for the most yards by a rookie, with 1,508 yards in 2002.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,508
2002
DEN DEN
16
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
2Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,487
2000
DEN DEN
16
297
5.0
92.9
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
3Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,364
2000
BAL BAL
16
309
4.4
85.3
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,341
2007
MIN MIN
14
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
5Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
1,282
2008
HOU HOU
16
268
4.8
80.1
9
377
50
59
7.5
23.6
1
6Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,238
2008
CHI CHI
16
316
3.9
77.4
8
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,236
2001
SD SD
16
339
3.6
77.3
10
367
59
74
6.2
22.9
0
8Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
1,228
2008
TEN TEN
15
251
4.9
81.9
9
260
43
62
6.0
17.3
1
9Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
1,183
2001
CHI CHI
14
278
4.3
84.5
7
178
22
30
8.1
12.7
0
10Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
1,178
2005
TB TB
14
290
4.1
84.1
6
81
20
25
4.1
5.8
0
11Kevin Jones
K. Jones
1,133
2004
DET DET
15
241
4.7
75.5
5
180
28
41
6.4
12.0
1
12Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
1,128
2004
BUF BUF
16
284
4.0
70.5
13
169
22
36
7.7
10.6
0
13Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,115
2007
BUF BUF
13
280
4.0
85.8
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
14Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
1,104
2001
IND IND
15
233
4.7
73.6
9
224
34
55
6.6
14.9
0
15Joseph Addai
J. Addai
1,081
2006
IND IND
16
226
4.8
67.6
7
325
40
50
8.1
20.3
1
16Domanick Williams
D. Williams
1,031
2003
HOU HOU
14
238
4.3
73.6
8
351
47
68
7.5
25.1
0
17Kevin Smith
K. Smith
976
2008
DET DET
16
238
4.1
61.0
8
286
39
54
7.3
17.9
0
18Ryan Grant
R. Grant
956
2007
GB GB
15
188
5.1
63.7
8
145
30
37
4.8
9.7
0
19Knowshon Moreno
K. Moreno
947
2009
DEN DEN
16
247
3.8
59.2
7
213
28
41
7.6
13.3
2
20Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
941
2006
JAX JAX
16
166
5.7
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
21Ronnie Brown
R. Brown
907
2005
MIA MIA
15
207
4.4
60.5
4
232
32
47
7.3
15.5
1
22William Green
W. Green
887
2002
CLE CLE
16
243
3.7
55.4
6
113
16
27
7.1
7.1
0
23Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
836
2008
CAR CAR
16
184
4.5
52.3
10
47
8
17
5.9
2.9
0
24Julius Jones
J. Jones
819
2004
DAL DAL
8
197
4.2
102.4
7
109
17
26
6.4
13.6
0
25Beanie Wells
B. Wells
793
2009
ARI ARI
16
176
4.5
49.6
7
143
12
16
11.9
8.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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219.6

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