rb with most rushing yards from 2016 to 2020

Between the 2016 and 2020 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 6,384 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
6,384
71
1,413
4.5
89.9
46
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
2Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5,860
78
1,182
5.0
75.1
55
692
76
105
9.1
8.9
3
3Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4,976
75
1,231
4.0
66.3
57
2,066
222
310
9.3
27.5
12
4Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
4,585
68
1,090
4.2
67.4
45
1,839
223
305
8.2
27.0
12
5Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4,129
70
847
4.9
59.0
36
1,202
157
193
7.7
17.2
10
6Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,960
77
1,033
3.8
51.4
11
835
108
136
7.7
10.8
6
7Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3,955
64
932
4.2
61.8
34
634
83
124
7.6
9.9
2
8Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
3,923
69
955
4.1
56.9
29
681
122
173
5.6
9.9
3
9Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
3,676
53
909
4.0
69.4
21
1,870
242
298
7.7
35.3
5
10Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
3,661
43
769
4.8
85.1
33
1,275
148
182
8.6
29.7
3
11Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
3,557
44
680
5.2
80.8
28
577
72
96
8.0
13.1
2
12Latavius Murray
L. Murray
3,501
77
843
4.2
45.5
35
919
127
155
7.2
11.9
2
13LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
3,415
68
793
4.3
50.2
26
1,324
186
233
7.1
19.5
4
14Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
3,364
54
651
5.2
62.3
37
1,057
131
184
8.1
19.6
6
15Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
3,359
50
812
4.1
67.2
20
1,008
129
160
7.8
20.2
5
16Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
3,340
60
672
5.0
55.7
43
2,824
326
409
8.7
47.1
15
17Chris Carson
C. Carson
3,270
45
715
4.6
72.7
21
775
101
125
7.7
17.2
7
18David Johnson
D. Johnson
3,238
58
803
4.0
55.8
31
2,076
205
298
10.1
35.8
13
19Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
3,171
51
694
4.6
62.2
23
1,422
154
193
9.2
27.9
16
20Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
3,145
51
682
4.6
61.7
29
2,672
320
398
8.4
52.4
16
21Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,145
60
811
3.9
52.4
21
529
63
92
8.4
8.8
1
22Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
3,130
77
695
4.5
40.6
27
1,244
169
230
7.4
16.2
6
23Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
2,998
49
763
3.9
61.2
23
1,242
170
221
7.3
25.3
2
24Lamar Miller
L. Miller
2,934
45
716
4.1
65.2
13
684
94
121
7.3
15.2
5
25Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
2,840
51
675
4.2
55.7
21
1,270
161
199
7.9
24.9
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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