nfl rushing leaders 2016 to 2017

Between the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards, with 2,614 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
2,614
25
564
4.6
104.6
22
632
58
78
10.9
25.3
3
2Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
2,559
27
582
4.4
94.8
16
1,271
160
200
7.9
47.1
4
3Jordan Howard
J. Howard
2,435
31
528
4.6
78.5
15
423
52
82
8.1
13.6
1
4LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,405
31
521
4.6
77.6
19
804
109
134
7.4
25.9
3
5Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
2,190
31
557
3.9
70.6
19
1,115
107
145
10.4
36.0
6
6Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
2,167
32
435
5.0
67.7
18
735
104
129
7.1
23.0
4
7Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
2,145
29
468
4.6
74.0
9
309
51
69
6.1
10.7
1
8Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
2,102
29
538
3.9
72.5
18
895
99
140
9.0
30.9
6
9Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,986
32
524
3.8
62.1
7
522
67
85
7.8
16.3
5
10Lamar Miller
L. Miller
1,961
30
506
3.9
65.4
8
515
67
84
7.7
17.2
4
11DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,946
31
477
4.1
62.8
15
643
92
114
7.0
20.7
4
12Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
1,944
30
423
4.6
64.8
18
779
90
112
8.7
26.0
3
13LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
1,927
32
472
4.1
60.2
20
88
15
16
5.9
2.8
1
14Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
1,926
29
457
4.2
66.4
14
513
86
121
6.0
17.7
3
15Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
1,805
32
404
4.5
56.4
9
501
68
95
7.4
15.7
0
16Latavius Murray
L. Murray
1,630
30
411
4.0
54.3
20
367
48
60
7.6
12.2
0
17Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
1,504
28
416
3.6
53.7
15
112
16
36
7.0
4.0
1
18Bilal Powell
B. Powell
1,494
31
309
4.8
48.2
8
558
81
107
6.9
18.0
2
19C.J. Anderson
C.J. Anderson
1,444
23
355
4.1
62.8
7
352
44
64
8.0
15.3
2
20Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,327
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
21David Johnson
D. Johnson
1,262
17
304
4.2
74.2
16
946
86
129
11.0
55.6
4
22Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,234
31
286
4.3
39.8
10
273
24
32
11.4
8.8
1
23Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,194
26
321
3.7
45.9
9
556
67
88
8.3
21.4
2
24Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
1,179
23
244
4.8
51.3
6
308
49
59
6.3
13.4
3
25Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
1,148
28
274
4.2
41.0
13
720
58
79
12.4
25.7
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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