Gale Sayers has gained the most all-purpose yards by a rookie running back, with 2,272 yards in 1965.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	2,272	1965	CHI	14	867	166	5.2	61.9	14	507	29		17.5	36.2	6
2	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	2,250	2006	JAX	16	941	166	5.7	58.8	13	436	46	62	9.5	27.3	2
3	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,212	1983	RAM	16	1,808	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51		7.9	25.3	2
4	Edgerrin James E. James	2,139	1999	IND	16	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	13	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
5	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	2,100	1960	DLT	14	875	156	5.6	62.5	9	576	55		10.5	41.1	3
6	James Brooks J. Brooks	2,093	1981	SD	14	525	109	4.8	37.5	3	329	46		7.2	23.5	3
7	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	2,028	2018	NYG	16	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
8	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,021	2007	MIN	14	1,341	238	5.6	95.8	12	268	19	28	14.1	19.1	1
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,987	2016	DAL	15	1,631	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
10	Vic Washington V. Washington	1,986	1971	SF	14	811	191	4.2	57.9	3	317	36		8.8	22.6	4
11	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	1,947	1981	STL	16	175	31	5.6	10.9	0	35	6		5.8	2.2	1
12	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,926	2012	TB	16	1,454	319	4.6	90.9	11	472	49	70	9.6	29.5	1
13	David Wilson D. Wilson	1,925	2012	NYG	16	358	71	5.0	22.4	4	34	4	9	8.5	2.1	1
14	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,913	1979	STL	16	1,605	331	4.8	100.3	8	308	41		7.5	19.3	2
15	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	1,909	1969	BOS	14	691	137	5.0	49.4	5	267	29		9.2	19.1	2
16	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,907	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51		12.2	38.8	3
17	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	1,901	2017	NO	16	728	120	6.1	45.5	8	826	81	100	10.2	51.6	5
18	Tony Collins T. Collins	1,893	1981	NE	16	873	204	4.3	54.6	7	232	26		8.9	14.5	0
19	Clinton Portis C. Portis	1,872	2002	DEN	16	1,508	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
20	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,870	1989	DET	15	1,470	280	5.3	98.0	14	282	24		11.8	18.8	0
21	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,867	1977	NYJ	14	198	44	4.5	14.1	0	209	21		10.0	14.9	1
22	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	1,857	2015	DET	16	597	143	4.2	37.3	2	183	25	38	7.3	11.4	1
23	B.J. Sams	1,847	2004	BAL	16	19	4	4.8	1.2	1	2	1	5	2.0	0.1	0
24	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	1,843	1960	LAC	14	855	136	6.3	61.1	8	377	23		16.4	26.9	2
25	Mack Herron M. Herron	1,839	1973	NE	14	200	61	3.3	14.3	2	265	18		14.7	18.9	1

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