record for most rushing yards in 1999

Edgerrin James rushed for the most yards in 1999, with 1,553 yards in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
record for most rushing yards by a player in 1999
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Edgerrin James
E. James
1,553
1999
IND IND
16
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
2Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,464
1999
NYJ NYJ
16
367
4.0
91.5
5
259
45
61
5.8
16.2
0
3Stephen Davis
S. Davis
1,405
1999
WAS WAS
14
290
4.8
100.4
17
111
23
28
4.8
7.9
0
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,397
1999
DAL DAL
15
329
4.2
93.1
11
119
27
32
4.4
7.9
2
5Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,381
1999
STL STL
16
253
5.5
86.3
7
1,048
87
103
12.0
65.5
5
6Eddie George
E. George
1,304
1999
TEN TEN
16
320
4.1
81.5
9
458
47
64
9.7
28.6
4
7Duce Staley
D. Staley
1,273
1999
PHI PHI
16
325
3.9
79.6
4
294
41
66
7.2
18.4
2
8Charlie Garner
C. Garner
1,229
1999
SF SF
16
241
5.1
76.8
4
535
56
76
9.6
33.4
2
9Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,210
1999
SEA SEA
16
325
3.7
75.6
5
387
40
62
9.7
24.2
2
10Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,200
1999
CIN CIN
15
263
4.6
80.0
5
290
31
49
9.4
19.3
1
11Olandis Gary
O. Gary
1,159
1999
DEN DEN
12
276
4.2
96.6
7
159
21
29
7.6
13.3
0
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,091
1999
PIT PIT
16
299
3.6
68.2
7
110
21
28
5.2
6.9
0
13Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
1,034
1999
GB GB
14
279
3.7
73.9
9
573
71
92
8.1
40.9
1
14Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,015
1999
MIN MIN
13
221
4.6
78.1
2
166
24
30
6.9
12.8
0
15Mike Alstott
M. Alstott
949
1999
TB TB
16
242
3.9
59.3
7
239
27
34
8.9
14.9
2
16Tyrone Wheatley
T. Wheatley
936
1999
OAK OAK
16
242
3.9
58.5
8
196
21
38
9.3
12.3
3
17James Stewart
J. Stewart
931
1999
JAX JAX
14
249
3.7
66.5
13
108
21
27
5.1
7.7
0
18Curtis Enis
C. Enis
916
1999
CHI CHI
15
287
3.2
61.1
3
340
45
68
7.6
22.7
2
19Terry Allen
T. Allen
896
1999
NE NE
16
254
3.5
56.0
8
125
14
19
8.9
7.8
1
20Ricky Williams
R. Williams
884
1999
NO NO
12
253
3.5
73.7
2
172
28
40
6.1
14.3
0
21Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
852
1999
BAL BAL
16
236
3.6
53.3
5
169
24
32
7.0
10.6
2
22Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
732
1999
JAX JAX
10
159
4.6
73.2
6
83
10
15
8.3
8.3
0
23Tim Biakabutuka
T. Biakabutuka
718
1999
CAR CAR
11
138
5.2
65.3
6
189
23
29
8.2
17.2
0
24Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
714
1999
OAK OAK
16
138
5.2
44.6
2
181
18
25
10.1
11.3
1
25Jonathan Linton
J. Linton
695
1999
BUF BUF
16
205
3.4
43.4
5
228
29
39
7.9
14.3
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