Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards in 2016, with 1,631 yards in his rookie season.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
2	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
3	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	1,287	2016	TEN	16	293	4.4	80.4	9	377	53	67	7.1	23.6	3
4	Jay Ajayi J. Ajayi	1,272	2016	MIA	15	260	4.9	84.8	8	151	27	35	5.6	10.1	0
5	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	1,268	2016	PIT	12	261	4.9	105.7	7	616	75	94	8.2	51.3	2
6	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	1,267	2016	BUF	15	234	5.4	84.5	13	356	50	57	7.1	23.7	1
7	David Johnson D. Johnson	1,239	2016	ARI	16	293	4.2	77.4	16	879	80	120	11.0	54.9	4
8	LeGarrette Blount L. Blount	1,161	2016	NE	16	299	3.9	72.6	18	38	7	8	5.4	2.4	0
9	Devonta Freeman D. Freeman	1,079	2016	ATL	16	227	4.8	67.4	11	462	54	65	8.6	28.9	2
10	Lamar Miller L. Miller	1,073	2016	HOU	14	268	4.0	76.6	5	188	31	39	6.1	13.4	1
11	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	1,043	2016	NO	16	205	5.1	65.2	6	319	46	58	6.9	19.9	4
12	Frank Gore F. Gore	1,025	2016	IND	16	263	3.9	64.1	4	277	38	47	7.3	17.3	4
13	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	997	2016	SD	13	254	3.9	76.7	10	419	41	57	10.2	32.2	2
14	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	988	2016	SF	13	217	4.6	76.0	6	163	27	33	6.0	12.5	3
15	Isaiah Crowell I. Crowell	952	2016	CLE	16	198	4.8	59.5	7	319	40	53	8.0	19.9	0
16	Spencer Ware S. Ware	921	2016	KC	14	214	4.3	65.8	3	447	33	42	13.5	31.9	2
17	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	885	2016	LA	16	278	3.2	55.3	6	327	43	58	7.6	20.4	0
18	Jeremy Hill J. Hill	839	2016	CIN	15	222	3.8	55.9	9	174	21	27	8.3	11.6	0
19	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	824	2016	CAR	13	218	3.8	63.4	9	60	8	21	7.5	4.6	0
20	Matt Forte M. Forte	813	2016	NYJ	14	218	3.7	58.1	7	263	30	43	8.8	18.8	1
21	Latavius Murray L. Murray	788	2016	OAK	14	195	4.0	56.3	12	264	33	43	8.0	18.9	0
22	Terrance West T. West	774	2016	BAL	16	193	4.0	48.4	5	236	34	45	6.9	14.8	1
23	Bilal Powell B. Powell	722	2016	NYJ	16	131	5.5	45.1	3	388	58	74	6.7	24.3	2
24	Rob Kelley R. Kelley	704	2016	WAS	15	168	4.2	46.9	6	82	12	18	6.8	5.5	1
25	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	661	2016	PHI	13	155	4.3	50.8	8	115	13	14	8.8	8.8	1

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