rushing leaders 2016 to 2019

Between the 2016 and 2019 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards, with 5,405 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
5,405
56
1,169
4.6
96.5
40
1,619
189
244
8.6
28.9
8
2Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4,298
60
1,036
4.1
71.6
48
1,902
197
275
9.7
31.7
12
3Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3,895
57
897
4.3
68.3
30
637
82
123
7.8
11.2
2
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
3,833
62
804
4.8
61.8
38
578
57
74
10.1
9.3
3
5Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
3,830
59
775
4.9
64.9
34
1,152
151
185
7.6
19.5
10
6Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
3,599
53
875
4.1
67.9
36
1,681
191
261
8.8
31.7
11
7Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
3,567
59
874
4.1
60.5
25
588
106
153
5.5
10.0
3
8LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
3,384
58
783
4.3
58.3
26
1,223
171
214
7.2
21.1
4
9Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
3,348
42
827
4.0
79.7
19
1,732
226
278
7.7
41.2
5
10Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,307
62
846
3.9
53.3
9
746
92
117
8.1
12.0
6
11Lamar Miller
L. Miller
2,934
44
716
4.1
66.7
13
678
92
119
7.4
15.4
5
12Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
2,931
44
693
4.2
66.6
17
870
108
134
8.1
19.8
4
13Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
2,920
48
623
4.7
60.8
24
2,523
303
379
8.3
52.6
15
14Latavius Murray
L. Murray
2,845
62
697
4.1
45.9
31
743
104
129
7.1
12.0
1
15Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
2,668
46
621
4.3
58.0
20
1,212
154
189
7.9
26.3
7
16Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
2,631
36
666
4.0
73.1
17
1,009
134
174
7.5
28.0
2
17Chris Carson
C. Carson
2,589
33
574
4.5
78.5
16
488
64
79
7.6
14.8
3
18David Johnson
D. Johnson
2,547
46
656
3.9
55.4
25
1,762
172
252
10.2
38.3
11
19Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,541
44
655
3.9
57.8
14
428
51
74
8.4
9.7
1
20Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
2,492
58
578
4.3
43.0
23
1,176
111
153
10.6
20.3
12
21Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
2,490
32
490
5.1
77.8
16
427
56
78
7.6
13.3
2
22Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
2,490
45
547
4.6
55.3
15
653
89
123
7.3
14.5
0
23Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
2,408
45
485
5.0
53.5
27
2,068
243
302
8.5
46.0
10
24Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
2,359
36
523
4.5
65.5
12
329
56
76
5.9
9.1
1
25Marlon Mack
M. Mack
2,357
40
535
4.4
58.9
20
410
52
76
7.9
10.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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