nfl player most rushing yards between 2003 to 2012

Between the 2003 and 2012 seasons, LaDainian Tomlinson had the most rushing yards, with 10,765 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
10,765
138
2,463
4.4
78.0
121
3,916
486
693
8.1
28.4
16
2Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
10,138
131
2,396
4.2
77.4
56
3,324
407
550
8.2
25.4
8
3Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9,327
141
2,316
4.0
66.1
59
1,551
235
310
6.6
11.0
3
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
8,849
89
1,754
5.0
99.4
76
1,526
177
248
8.6
17.1
4
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
8,839
116
1,911
4.6
76.2
51
2,631
315
457
8.4
22.7
10
6Clinton Portis
C. Portis
8,415
97
1,957
4.3
86.8
60
1,654
214
290
7.7
17.1
3
7Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
8,097
130
1,957
4.1
62.3
63
1,319
202
274
6.5
10.1
5
8Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
7,916
99
1,925
4.1
80.0
46
1,141
147
202
7.8
11.5
3
9Michael Turner
M. Turner
7,338
134
1,639
4.5
54.8
66
528
70
108
7.5
3.9
1
10Edgerrin James
E. James
7,333
96
1,844
4.0
76.4
49
1,637
223
301
7.3
17.1
1
11Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
7,268
99
1,570
4.6
73.4
63
2,559
292
388
8.8
25.8
11
12Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
6,911
97
1,502
4.6
71.2
26
1,219
149
220
8.2
12.6
3
13Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
6,888
79
1,463
4.7
87.2
44
1,658
230
318
7.2
21.0
4
14Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
6,647
75
1,519
4.4
88.6
68
676
107
168
6.3
9.0
8
15Tiki Barber
T. Barber
6,256
64
1,284
4.9
97.8
29
2,034
233
328
8.7
31.8
5
16Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
6,223
85
1,427
4.4
73.2
55
1,373
154
227
8.9
16.2
6
17Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
6,142
106
1,339
4.6
57.9
41
3,854
433
591
8.9
36.4
30
18Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
6,132
88
1,452
4.2
69.7
46
1,216
166
227
7.3
13.8
3
19Cedric Benson
C. Benson
6,017
96
1,600
3.8
62.7
32
833
120
162
6.9
8.7
1
20Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
5,912
86
1,500
3.9
68.7
49
642
107
142
6.0
7.5
2
21Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
5,840
90
1,369
4.3
64.9
25
1,588
201
282
7.9
17.6
4
22DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
5,784
96
1,169
4.9
60.3
43
1,244
147
202
8.5
13.0
6
23Ray Rice
R. Rice
5,520
77
1,216
4.5
71.7
33
2,713
311
414
8.7
35.2
6
24Willie Parker
W. Parker
5,378
79
1,253
4.3
68.1
24
697
84
121
8.3
8.8
5
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
5,327
75
1,262
4.2
71.0
26
2,325
267
354
8.7
31.0
9
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10
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14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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9
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9
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12
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13
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11
6
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9
7
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8
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8
9
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
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.706
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14
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