most ypc in a players first 2 years with 2000 rushing yards

Clinton Portis had the most rushing yards per attempt when rushing for 2,000+ yards in his first 2 seasons, with 5.5 per attempt.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Attempt, Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEYPCRUSH YDSGPATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5.5
3,099
29
563
106.9
29
678
71
99
9.5
23.4
2
2Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
5.5
2,357
32
432
73.7
26
833
104
134
8.0
26.0
5
3Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.4
2,469
24
459
102.9
26
193
32
6.0
8.0
2
4Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
5.3
2,098
28
395
74.9
22
954
63
15.1
34.1
8
5Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
5.3
3,234
31
609
104.3
23
763
93
133
8.2
24.6
3
6Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
5.3
2,980
32
564
93.1
29
659
76
90
8.7
20.6
3
7Frank Gore
F. Gore
5.2
2,303
30
439
76.8
11
616
76
108
8.1
20.5
1
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.2
2,774
31
535
89.5
27
762
60
12.7
24.6
3
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5.2
3,101
30
601
103.4
22
393
40
67
9.8
13.1
1
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5.1
3,913
32
769
122.3
32
543
72
7.5
17.0
2
11Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
5.1
2,490
32
490
77.8
16
427
56
78
7.6
13.3
2
12Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
4.9
2,048
31
416
66.1
16
437
70
95
6.2
14.1
1
13Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
4.8
2,310
29
478
79.7
17
1,159
143
194
8.1
40.0
6
14Craig James
C. James
4.8
2,017
31
423
65.1
6
519
49
10.6
16.7
2
15Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
4.7
2,151
27
453
79.7
15
833
79
98
10.5
30.9
10
16Alfred Morris
A. Morris
4.7
2,888
32
611
90.3
20
155
20
28
7.8
4.8
0
17Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
4.7
3,147
31
670
101.5
32
142
28
5.1
4.6
0
18Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
4.7
2,432
34
518
71.5
18
918
119
158
7.7
27.0
5
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.7
2,332
30
498
77.7
19
651
66
9.9
21.7
3
20Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4.7
2,957
32
632
92.4
17
616
77
8.0
19.3
2
21Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4.7
2,075
28
446
74.1
25
530
48
11.0
18.9
4
22Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4.6
2,614
25
564
104.6
22
632
58
78
10.9
25.3
3
23William Andrews
W. Andrews
4.6
2,331
31
504
75.2
7
765
90
8.5
24.7
3
24Jordan Howard
J. Howard
4.6
2,435
31
528
78.5
15
423
52
82
8.1
13.6
1
25Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
4.6
2,165
32
472
67.7
19
215
31
44
6.9
6.7
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