nfl most rushing and receiving yards by player in a season since 1995

Since 1995, Adrian Peterson has rushed for the most yards in a season, with 2,097 yards in 2012.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,097	217	2012	MIN	16	348	6.0	131.1	12	40	51	5.4	13.6	1
2	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,066	205	2003	BAL	16	387	5.3	129.1	14	26	38	7.9	12.8	0
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,053	305	1997	DET	16	335	6.1	128.3	11	33		9.2	19.1	3
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,027	114	2020	TEN	16	378	5.4	126.7	17	19	31	6.0	7.1	0
5	Terrell Davis T. Davis	2,008	217	1998	DEN	16	392	5.1	125.5	21	25		8.7	13.6	2
6	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	2,006	503	2009	TEN	16	358	5.6	125.4	14	50	71	10.1	31.4	2
7	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	2,005	278	2024	PHI	16	345	5.8	125.3	13	33	43	8.4	17.4	2
8	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,921	193	2024	BAL	17	325	5.9	113.0	16	19	22	10.2	11.4	2
9	Ahman Green A. Green	1,883	367	2003	GB	16	355	5.3	117.7	15	50	60	7.3	22.9	5
10	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	1,880	78	2005	SEA	16	370	5.1	117.5	27	15	29	5.2	4.9	1
11	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,860	530	2005	NYG	16	357	5.2	116.3	9	54	70	9.8	33.1	2
12	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,853	363	2002	MIA	16	383	4.8	115.8	16	47	59	7.7	22.7	1
13	Jamal Anderson J. Anderson	1,846	319	1998	ATL	16	410	4.5	115.4	14	27		11.8	19.9	2
14	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	1,845	416	2014	DAL	16	392	4.7	115.3	13	57	64	7.3	26.0	0
15	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,815	508	2006	SD	16	348	5.2	113.4	28	56	80	9.1	31.8	3
16	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,811	360	2021	IND	17	332	5.5	106.5	18	40	51	9.0	21.2	2
17	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	1,789	410	2006	KC	16	416	4.3	111.8	17	41	67	10.0	25.6	2
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,773	375	1995	DAL	16	377	4.7	110.8	25	62		6.0	23.4	0
19	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,760	125	2008	MIN	16	363	4.8	110.0	10	21	39	6.0	7.8	0
20	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	1,750	343	2005	KC	16	336	5.2	109.4	20	33	49	10.4	21.4	1
21	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,750	287	1997	DEN	15	369	4.7	116.7	15	42		6.8	19.1	0
22	Edgerrin James E. James	1,709	594	2000	IND	16	387	4.4	106.8	13	63	87	9.4	37.1	5
23	Michael Turner M. Turner	1,699	41	2008	ATL	16	376	4.5	106.2	17	6	9	6.8	2.6	0
24	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,697	245	2004	NYJ	16	371	4.6	106.1	12	41	49	6.0	15.3	2
25	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	1,696	170	2004	SEA	16	353	4.8	106.0	16	23	38	7.4	10.6	4

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