Gale Sayers has gained the most all-purpose yards by a rookie running back, with 2,272 yards in 1965.

most total yards by a rookie running back in a season
1965 Sayers 2006 Jones-Drew 1983 Dickerson 1999 James 1960 Haynes 1981 Brooks 2018 Barkley 2007 Peterson 2016 Elliott 1971 Washington 1981 Mitchell 2012 Martin 2012 Wilson 1979 Anderson 1969 Garrett 1980 Sims 2017 Kamara 1981 Collins 2002 Portis 1989 Sanders 1977 Harper 2015 Abdullah 2004 Sams 1960 Lowe 1973 Herron 1989 Meggett 1994 Faulk 0 200 400 600 800 1k 1k 1k 2k 2k 2k 2k 2.3k 2.3k 2.2k 2.1k 2.1k 2.1k 2.0k 2.0k 2.0k 2.0k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.9k 1.8k 1.8k 1.8k 1.8k 1.8k
NAME YDS SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
Gale Sayers Gale Sayers 2,272 1965
CHI CHI
14 867 166 5.2 61.9 14 507 29 17.5 36.2 6
Maurice Jones-Drew Maurice Jones-Drew 2,250 2006
JAX JAX
16 941 166 5.7 58.8 13 436 46 62 9.5 27.3 2
Eric Dickerson Eric Dickerson 2,212 1983
RAM RAM
16 1,808 390 4.6 113.0 18 404 51 7.9 25.3 2
Edgerrin James Edgerrin James 2,139 1999
IND IND
16 1,553 369 4.2 97.1 13 586 62 87 9.5 36.6 4
Abner Haynes Abner Haynes 2,100 1960
DLT DLT
14 875 156 5.6 62.5 9 576 55 10.5 41.1 3
James Brooks James Brooks 2,093 1981
SD SD
14 525 109 4.8 37.5 3 329 46 7.2 23.5 3
Saquon Barkley Saquon Barkley 2,028 2018
NYG NYG
16 1,307 261 5.0 81.7 11 721 91 121 7.9 45.1 4
Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2,021 2007
MIN MIN
14 1,341 238 5.6 95.8 12 268 19 28 14.1 19.1 1
Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elliott 1,987 2016
DAL DAL
15 1,631 322 5.1 108.7 15 363 32 40 11.3 24.2 1
Vic Washington Vic Washington 1,986 1971
SF SF
14 811 191 4.2 57.9 3 317 36 8.8 22.6 4
Stump Mitchell Stump Mitchell 1,947 1981
STL STL
16 175 31 5.6 10.9 0 35 6 5.8 2.2 1
Doug Martin Doug Martin 1,926 2012
TB TB
16 1,454 319 4.6 90.9 11 472 49 70 9.6 29.5 1
David Wilson David Wilson 1,925 2012
NYG NYG
16 358 71 5.0 22.4 4 34 4 9 8.5 2.1 1
Ottis Anderson Ottis Anderson 1,913 1979
STL STL
16 1,605 331 4.8 100.3 8 308 41 7.5 19.3 2
Carl Garrett Carl Garrett 1,909 1969
BOS BOS
14 691 137 5.0 49.4 5 267 29 9.2 19.1 2
Billy Sims Billy Sims 1,907 1980
DET DET
16 1,303 313 4.2 81.4 13 621 51 12.2 38.8 3
Alvin Kamara Alvin Kamara 1,901 2017
NO NO
16 728 120 6.1 45.5 8 826 81 100 10.2 51.6 5
Tony Collins Tony Collins 1,893 1981
NE NE
16 873 204 4.3 54.6 7 232 26 8.9 14.5 0
Clinton Portis Clinton Portis 1,872 2002
DEN DEN
16 1,508 273 5.5 94.3 15 364 33 48 11.0 22.8 2
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 1,870 1989
DET DET
15 1,470 280 5.3 98.0 14 282 24 11.8 18.8 0
Bruce Harper Bruce Harper 1,867 1977
NYJ NYJ
14 198 44 4.5 14.1 0 209 21 10.0 14.9 1
Ameer Abdullah Ameer Abdullah 1,857 2015
DET DET
16 597 143 4.2 37.3 2 183 25 38 7.3 11.4 1
B.J. Sams B.J. Sams 1,847 2004
BAL BAL
16 19 4 4.8 1.2 1 2 1 5 2.0 0.1 0
Paul Lowe Paul Lowe 1,843 1960
LAC LAC
14 855 136 6.3 61.1 8 377 23 16.4 26.9 2
Mack Herron Mack Herron 1,839 1973
NE NE
14 200 61 3.3 14.3 2 265 18 14.7 18.9 1
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