rookie rushing leaders 2020 per game

Jonathan Taylor had the most rushing yards per game by a rookie in 2020, with 77.9 per game.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
77.9
2020
15
1,169
232
5.0
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
2James Robinson
J. Robinson
76.4
2020
14
1,070
240
4.5
7
344
49
60
7.0
24.6
3
3Antonio Williams
A. Williams
63.0
2020
1
63
12
5.3
2
20
1
1
20.0
20.0
0
4Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
61.8
2020
13
803
181
4.4
4
297
36
54
8.3
22.8
1
5Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
56.8
2020
14
795
170
4.7
11
247
36
44
6.9
17.6
0
6John Wolford
J. Wolford
56.0
2020
1
56
6
9.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
7J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
53.7
2020
15
805
134
6.0
9
120
18
24
6.7
8.0
0
8Salvon Ahmed
S. Ahmed
53.2
2020
6
319
75
4.3
3
61
11
14
5.5
10.2
0
9Cam Akers
C. Akers
48.1
2020
13
625
145
4.3
2
123
11
14
11.2
9.5
1
10D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
40.1
2020
13
521
114
4.6
8
357
46
57
7.8
27.5
2
11Zack Moss
Z. Moss
37.0
2020
13
481
112
4.3
4
95
14
18
6.8
7.3
1
12Joshua Kelley
J. Kelley
25.3
2020
14
354
111
3.2
2
148
23
23
6.4
10.6
0
13Tommy Stevens
T. Stevens
24.0
2020
1
24
4
6.0
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
23.6
2020
15
354
63
5.6
3
3
1
1
3.0
0.2
0
15La'Mical Perine
L. Perine
23.2
2020
10
232
64
3.6
2
63
11
15
5.7
6.3
0
16Rodney Smith
R. Smith
22.3
2020
7
156
41
3.8
1
59
9
11
6.6
8.4
0
17AJ Dillon
AJ Dillon
22.0
2020
11
242
46
5.3
2
21
2
2
10.5
1.9
0
18JaMycal Hasty
J. Hasty
18.5
2020
8
148
39
3.8
1
33
7
8
4.7
4.1
0
19J.J. Taylor
J.J. Taylor
18.3
2020
6
110
23
4.8
0
4
1
2
4.0
0.7
0
20Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
15.6
2020
15
234
55
4.3
5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
14.2
2020
10
142
37
3.8
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Tony Jones
T. Jones
13.0
2020
1
13
3
4.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Tyler Huntley
T. Huntley
11.5
2020
2
23
10
2.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
10.9
2020
10
109
36
3.0
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Ke'Shawn Vaughn
K. Vaughn
10.9
2020
10
109
26
4.2
0
34
5
10
6.8
3.4
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Team Leaders

PASS

1,722

Jones

Daniel Jones

RUSH

656

Taylor

Jonathan Taylor

REC

354

Downs

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.4

24th

OPP PPG

27.7

30th

RUSH YDS/G

115.2

15th

PASS YDS/G

192.2

27th

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TEAMWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
Colts Colts
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
Schedule
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11/15
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11/19
@
8:15 PM
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11/29
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1:00 PM
Sun
12/13
@
1:00 PM
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12/20
@
1:00 PM
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27

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
2
7
0
.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
6
3
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
6
0
.333
3
6
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
5
4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
AFC EastWLTPCT
6
1
0
.857
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
0
8
0
.000

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
Thu
9/10
@
27-7
Sun
9/13
@
59-37
Sun
9/13
@
41-23
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9/13
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11/12
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11/15
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11/15
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11/15
@
1:00 PM