nfl rush yards per game 2016 leaders

Ezekiel Elliott averaged the most rushing yards per game in 2016, with 108.7 per game in his rookie season.

NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
108.7
2016
15
1,631
322
5.1
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
105.7
2016
12
1,268
261
4.9
7
616
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
3Jordan Howard
J. Howard
87.5
2016
15
1,313
252
5.2
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
4Andre Williams
A. Williams
87.0
2016
1
87
18
4.8
0
0
0
2
0.0
0
5Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
84.8
2016
15
1,272
260
4.9
8
151
27
35
5.6
10.1
0
6LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
84.5
2016
15
1,267
234
5.4
13
356
50
57
7.1
23.7
1
7DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
80.4
2016
16
1,287
293
4.4
9
377
53
67
7.1
23.6
3
8David Johnson
D. Johnson
77.4
2016
16
1,239
293
4.2
16
879
80
120
11.0
54.9
4
9Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
76.7
2016
13
997
254
3.9
10
419
41
57
10.2
32.2
2
10Lamar Miller
L. Miller
76.6
2016
14
1,073
268
4.0
5
188
31
39
6.1
13.4
1
11Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
76.0
2016
13
988
217
4.6
6
163
27
33
6.0
12.5
3
12LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
72.6
2016
16
1,161
299
3.9
18
38
7
8
5.4
2.4
0
13Eddie Lacy
E. Lacy
72.0
2016
5
360
71
5.1
0
28
4
7
7.0
5.6
0
14Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
67.4
2016
16
1,079
227
4.8
11
462
54
65
8.6
28.9
2
15Spencer Ware
S. Ware
65.8
2016
14
921
214
4.3
3
447
33
42
13.5
31.9
2
16Matt Jones
M. Jones
65.7
2016
7
460
99
4.6
3
73
8
8
9.1
10.4
0
17Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
65.2
2016
16
1,043
205
5.1
6
319
46
58
6.9
19.9
4
18Frank Gore
F. Gore
64.1
2016
16
1,025
263
3.9
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
19Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
63.4
2016
13
824
218
3.8
9
60
8
21
7.5
4.6
0
20C.J. Anderson
C.J. Anderson
62.4
2016
7
437
110
4.0
4
128
16
24
8.0
18.3
1
21Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
59.5
2016
16
952
198
4.8
7
319
40
53
8.0
19.9
0
22Matt Forte
M. Forte
58.1
2016
14
813
218
3.7
7
263
30
43
8.8
18.8
1
23Danny Woodhead
D. Woodhead
58.0
2016
2
116
19
6.1
0
35
6
8
5.8
17.5
1
24Latavius Murray
L. Murray
56.3
2016
14
788
195
4.0
12
264
33
43
8.0
18.9
0
25Jacquizz Rodgers
J. Rodgers
56.0
2016
10
560
129
4.3
2
98
13
16
7.5
9.8
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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