nfl players who got 1000 rushing yards in their rookie season

Bucky Irving ran for 1,122 yards in his rookie season in 2024.

Interpreted as:
NFL players who got 1000 or more rushing yards in their 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 Bucky Irving
B. Irving
1,122
2024
TB TB
17
207
5.4
66.0
8
392
47
52
8.3
23.1
0
2 Kenneth Walker III
K. Walker III
1,050
2022
SEA SEA
15
228
4.6
70.0
9
165
27
35
6.1
11.0
0
3 Tyler Allgeier
T. Allgeier
1,035
2022
ATL ATL
16
210
4.9
64.7
3
139
16
17
8.7
8.7
1
4 Najee Harris
N. Harris
1,200
2021
PIT PIT
17
307
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
5 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,169
2020
IND IND
15
232
5.0
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
6 James Robinson
J. Robinson
1,070
2020
JAX JAX
14
240
4.5
76.4
7
344
49
60
7.0
24.6
3
7 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,150
2019
OAK OAK
13
242
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
8 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,307
2018
NYG NYG
16
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
9 Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
1,037
2018
DEN DEN
15
192
5.4
69.1
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
10 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,327
2017
KC KC
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
11 Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
1,040
2017
JAX JAX
13
268
3.9
80.0
9
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
12 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
2016
CHI CHI
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
13 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
DAL DAL
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
14 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,106
2015
STL STL
13
229
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
15 Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
1,124
2014
CIN CIN
16
222
5.1
70.3
9
215
27
32
8.0
13.4
0
16 Eddie Lacy
E. Lacy
1,178
2013
GB GB
15
284
4.1
78.5
11
257
35
44
7.3
17.1
0
17 Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,454
2012
TB TB
16
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
18 Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,613
2012
WAS WAS
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
19 LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
1,007
2010
TB TB
13
201
5.0
77.5
6
14
5
7
2.8
1.1
0
20 Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,238
2008
CHI CHI
16
316
3.9
77.4
8
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
21 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
1,228
2008
TEN TEN
15
251
4.9
81.9
9
260
43
62
6.0
17.3
1
22 Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
1,282
2008
HOU HOU
16
268
4.8
80.1
9
377
50
59
7.5
23.6
1
23 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,115
2007
BUF BUF
13
280
4.0
85.8
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
24 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,341
2007
MIN MIN
14
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
25 Joseph Addai
J. Addai
1,081
2006
IND IND
16
226
4.8
67.6
7
325
40
50
8.1
20.3
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

24.3

14th

OPP PPG

24.3

20th

RUSH YDS/G

124.0

10th

PASS YDS/G

226.0

16th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
1
3
0
.250
Saints Saints
0
4
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
TB TB
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
10/12
SF SF
@
TB TB
4:25 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
10/26
TB TB
@
NO NO
4:05 PM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Last Game
TB Buccaneers

3 - 1 - 0

25

Final

31

PHI Eagles

4 - 0 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/2
SF SF
@
LAR LAR
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM