nfl players with the most rushing yards by a 2nd year player since 1990

Chris Johnson had the most rushing yards by a player in his 2nd season, with 2,006 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,006
2009
TEN TEN
16
358
5.6
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
2Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,811
2021
IND IND
17
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,760
2008
MIN MIN
16
363
4.8
110.0
10
125
21
39
6.0
7.8
0
4Edgerrin James
E. James
1,709
2000
IND IND
16
387
4.4
106.8
13
594
63
87
9.4
37.1
5
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,695
2006
SF SF
16
312
5.4
105.9
8
485
61
86
8.0
30.3
1
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,683
2002
SD SD
16
372
4.5
105.2
14
489
79
101
6.2
30.6
1
7Arian Foster
A. Foster
1,616
2010
HOU HOU
16
327
4.9
101.0
16
604
66
84
9.2
37.8
2
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,591
2003
DEN DEN
13
290
5.5
122.4
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,563
1991
DAL DAL
16
365
4.3
97.7
12
258
49
5.3
16.1
1
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,548
1991
DET DET
15
342
4.5
103.2
16
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
11Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,538
1996
DEN DEN
16
345
4.5
96.1
13
310
36
8.6
19.4
2
12Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
1,494
2019
CLE CLE
16
298
5.0
93.4
8
278
36
49
7.7
17.4
0
13Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
1,456
2024
ATL ATL
17
304
4.8
85.6
14
431
61
72
7.1
25.4
1
14Travis Henry
T. Henry
1,438
2002
BUF BUF
16
325
4.4
89.9
13
309
43
59
7.2
19.3
1
15Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
1,412
2024
DET DET
17
250
5.6
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,407
1991
BUF BUF
15
288
4.9
93.8
7
631
62
10.2
42.1
5
17Eddie George
E. George
1,399
1997
TEN TEN
16
357
3.9
87.4
6
44
7
6.3
2.8
1
18Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
1,388
2002
NO NO
15
325
4.3
92.5
13
352
47
74
7.5
23.5
3
19Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,361
2014
PIT PIT
16
290
4.7
85.1
8
854
83
105
10.3
53.4
3
20Natrone Means
N. Means
1,350
1994
SD SD
16
343
3.9
84.4
12
235
39
6.0
14.7
0
21Ray Rice
R. Rice
1,339
2009
BAL BAL
16
254
5.3
83.7
7
702
78
101
9.0
43.9
1
22Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,327
2002
BAL BAL
16
308
4.3
82.9
6
442
47
60
9.4
27.6
1
23Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,318
2001
SEA SEA
16
309
4.3
82.4
14
343
44
59
7.8
21.4
2
24Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
1,296
2002
MIN MIN
16
255
5.1
81.0
5
351
37
41
9.5
21.9
1
25Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,275
2013
WAS WAS
16
276
4.6
79.7
7
78
9
12
8.7
4.9
0
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2
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4
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