nfl most rushing yards f or a player in 2021

Jonathan Taylor had the most rushing yards in 2021, with 1,811 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,811
2021
17
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
2Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,259
2021
14
228
5.5
89.9
8
174
20
25
8.7
12.4
1
3Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,205
2021
16
292
4.1
75.3
13
314
42
48
7.5
19.6
3
4Najee Harris
N. Harris
1,200
2021
17
307
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
5Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
1,159
2021
13
249
4.7
89.2
6
224
34
49
6.6
17.2
0
6Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
1,037
2021
16
258
4.0
64.8
7
294
42
52
7.0
18.4
3
7Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,002
2021
17
237
4.2
58.9
10
287
47
65
6.1
16.9
2
8Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
963
2021
11
207
4.7
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
9Derrick Henry
D. Henry
937
2021
8
219
4.3
117.1
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
10Damien Harris
D. Harris
929
2021
15
203
4.6
61.9
15
132
18
21
7.3
8.8
0
11Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
918
2021
16
203
4.5
57.4
8
213
28
38
7.6
13.3
2
12Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
911
2021
16
206
4.4
56.9
12
647
70
94
9.2
40.4
8
13Javonte Williams
J. Williams
903
2021
17
203
4.4
53.1
4
316
43
53
7.3
18.6
3
14Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
898
2021
13
240
3.7
69.1
4
439
47
67
9.3
33.8
5
15Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
872
2021
15
217
4.0
58.1
9
348
54
64
6.4
23.2
0
16Devin Singletary
D. Singletary
870
2021
17
188
4.6
51.2
7
228
40
50
5.7
13.4
1
17David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
849
2021
13
225
3.8
65.3
7
301
42
51
7.2
23.2
0
18Sony Michel
S. Michel
845
2021
17
208
4.1
49.7
4
128
21
33
6.1
7.5
1
19Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
812
2021
14
180
4.5
58.0
8
454
69
84
6.6
32.4
2
20A.J. Dillon
A.J. Dillon
803
2021
17
187
4.3
47.2
5
313
34
37
9.2
18.4
2
21Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
799
2021
15
171
4.7
53.3
4
391
52
65
7.5
26.1
6
22Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
784
2021
15
139
5.6
52.3
10
0
0
1
0.0
0
23Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
767
2021
12
133
5.8
63.9
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
24James Robinson
J. Robinson
767
2021
14
164
4.7
54.8
8
222
31
46
7.2
15.9
0
25Josh Allen
J. Allen
763
2021
17
122
6.3
44.9
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,101

Jones

Daniel Jones

RUSH

1,585

Taylor

Jonathan Taylor

REC

1,003

Pierce

Alec Pierce
Team Rankings

PPG

27.4

8th

OPP PPG

24.2

21st

RUSH YDS/G

118.1

17th

PASS YDS/G

240.3

8th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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Scores

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10/4
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10/4
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10/4
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1/11
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4:30 PM
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1/11
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8:00 PM