nfl most rushing yards by a rb 1998 to 2007

Between the 1998 and 2007 seasons, Edgerrin James rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 11,607 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Edgerrin James
E. James
11,607
128
2,849
4.1
90.7
77
3,260
418
563
7.8
25.5
11
2Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
10,715
127
2,285
4.7
84.4
61
2,263
270
320
8.4
17.8
8
3LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
10,650
111
2,365
4.5
95.9
115
3,375
458
621
7.4
30.4
14
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
10,302
123
2,560
4.0
83.8
58
2,439
367
409
6.6
19.8
5
5Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
10,112
134
2,385
4.2
75.5
72
1,654
217
278
7.6
12.3
7
6Tiki Barber
T. Barber
9,938
142
2,081
4.8
70.0
52
4,884
552
707
8.8
34.4
11
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
9,429
119
2,176
4.3
79.2
100
1,511
214
315
7.1
12.7
12
8Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
9,203
150
2,259
4.1
61.4
43
3,547
424
526
8.4
23.6
12
9Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
9,105
106
2,120
4.3
85.9
54
1,613
190
255
8.5
15.2
4
10Ahman Green
A. Green
8,751
132
1,941
4.5
66.3
56
2,833
364
476
7.8
21.5
14
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
8,278
115
1,771
4.7
72.0
64
4,979
556
606
9.0
43.3
31
12Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
8,172
106
1,780
4.6
77.1
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
27.9
8
13Clinton Portis
C. Portis
7,715
84
1,710
4.5
91.8
63
1,688
205
281
8.2
20.1
4
14Eddie George
E. George
7,674
109
2,173
3.5
70.4
54
2,001
238
269
8.4
18.4
9
15Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
7,475
114
1,988
3.8
65.6
60
574
88
100
6.5
5.0
0
16Stephen Davis
S. Davis
7,346
117
1,781
4.1
62.8
60
1,360
161
195
8.4
11.6
4
17Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7,121
102
1,814
3.9
69.8
52
790
127
130
6.2
7.7
4
18Ricky Williams
R. Williams
7,112
83
1,763
4.0
85.7
47
1,899
246
324
7.7
22.9
4
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
6,503
116
1,659
3.9
56.1
35
1,593
243
323
6.6
13.7
1
20Travis Henry
T. Henry
6,086
90
1,488
4.1
67.6
38
951
141
199
6.7
10.6
2
21Antowain Smith
A. Smith
6,041
115
1,590
3.8
52.5
46
805
108
134
7.5
7.0
3
22Duce Staley
D. Staley
5,756
98
1,423
4.0
58.7
24
2,565
285
325
9.0
26.2
10
23Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
5,742
81
1,441
4.0
70.9
48
588
101
138
5.8
7.3
1
24Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
5,678
84
1,322
4.3
67.6
44
1,592
216
287
7.4
19.0
4
25Michael Pittman
M. Pittman
5,307
143
1,316
4.0
37.1
21
3,400
415
616
8.2
23.8
8
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