nfl rushing leaders yards per carry 2016

Ezekiel Elliott averaged 5.1 yards per rush attempt in his rookie season in 2016.

NAMEYPCRUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
5.1
1,631
2016
15
322
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2Jordan Howard
J. Howard
5.2
1,313
2016
15
252
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
3DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
4.4
1,287
2016
16
293
80.4
9
377
53
67
7.1
23.6
3
4Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
4.9
1,272
2016
15
260
84.8
8
151
27
35
5.6
10.1
0
5Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
4.9
1,268
2016
12
261
105.7
7
616
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
6LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
5.4
1,267
2016
15
234
84.5
13
356
50
57
7.1
23.7
1
7David Johnson
D. Johnson
4.2
1,239
2016
16
293
77.4
16
879
80
120
11.0
54.9
4
8LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
3.9
1,161
2016
16
299
72.6
18
38
7
8
5.4
2.4
0
9Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
4.8
1,079
2016
16
227
67.4
11
462
54
65
8.6
28.9
2
10Lamar Miller
L. Miller
4.0
1,073
2016
14
268
76.6
5
188
31
39
6.1
13.4
1
11Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
5.1
1,043
2016
16
205
65.2
6
319
46
58
6.9
19.9
4
12Frank Gore
F. Gore
3.9
1,025
2016
16
263
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
13Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
3.9
997
2016
13
254
76.7
10
419
41
57
10.2
32.2
2
14Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
4.6
988
2016
13
217
76.0
6
163
27
33
6.0
12.5
3
15Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
4.8
952
2016
16
198
59.5
7
319
40
53
8.0
19.9
0
16Spencer Ware
S. Ware
4.3
921
2016
14
214
65.8
3
447
33
42
13.5
31.9
2
17Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
3.2
885
2016
16
278
55.3
6
327
43
58
7.6
20.4
0
18Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
3.8
839
2016
15
222
55.9
9
174
21
27
8.3
11.6
0
19Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
3.8
824
2016
13
218
63.4
9
60
8
21
7.5
4.6
0
20Matt Forte
M. Forte
3.7
813
2016
14
218
58.1
7
263
30
43
8.8
18.8
1
21Latavius Murray
L. Murray
4.0
788
2016
14
195
56.3
12
264
33
43
8.0
18.9
0
22Terrance West
T. West
4.0
774
2016
16
193
48.4
5
236
34
45
6.9
14.8
1
23Bilal Powell
B. Powell
5.5
722
2016
16
131
45.1
3
388
58
74
6.7
24.3
2
24Rob Kelley
R. Kelley
4.2
704
2016
15
168
46.9
6
82
12
18
6.8
5.5
1
25Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
4.3
661
2016
13
155
50.8
8
115
13
14
8.8
8.8
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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