rushing leaders 2016 to 2021

Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards, with 7,386 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
7,386
88
1,650
4.5
83.9
56
2,244
288
380
7.8
25.5
12
2Derrick Henry
D. Henry
6,797
86
1,401
4.9
79.0
65
846
94
125
9.0
9.8
3
3Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
5,503
84
1,293
4.3
65.5
53
2,052
251
343
8.2
24.4
14
4Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4,976
75
1,231
4.0
66.3
57
2,066
222
310
9.3
27.5
12
5Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
4,820
56
1,018
4.7
86.1
39
1,499
182
231
8.2
26.8
3
6Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
4,816
58
908
5.3
83.0
36
751
92
121
8.2
12.9
3
7Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4,683
84
1,007
4.7
55.8
38
1,364
184
228
7.4
16.2
10
8Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
4,564
66
1,104
4.1
69.2
33
1,322
171
208
7.7
20.0
8
9Jordan Howard
J. Howard
4,361
71
1,018
4.3
61.4
37
653
85
129
7.7
9.2
2
10Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
4,238
73
912
4.6
58.1
47
3,263
373
476
8.7
44.7
20
11Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
4,176
81
1,027
4.1
51.6
30
746
134
194
5.6
9.2
3
12Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
4,163
69
822
5.1
60.3
41
1,448
183
249
7.9
21.0
12
13Latavius Murray
L. Murray
4,002
91
962
4.2
44.0
41
994
137
168
7.3
10.9
2
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,960
77
1,033
3.8
51.4
11
835
108
136
7.7
10.8
6
15Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
3,810
63
943
4.0
60.5
31
1,696
239
305
7.1
26.9
4
16Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
3,777
61
948
4.0
61.9
23
1,900
247
305
7.7
31.1
6
17Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
3,673
58
615
6.0
63.3
21
0
0
2
0.0
0
18Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
3,587
58
781
4.6
61.8
30
3,015
357
439
8.4
52.0
17
19Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
3,557
59
772
4.6
60.3
28
1,596
176
220
9.1
27.1
16
20Chris Carson
C. Carson
3,502
49
769
4.6
71.5
24
804
107
131
7.5
16.4
7
21David Johnson
D. Johnson
3,466
71
870
4.0
48.8
31
2,301
237
340
9.7
32.4
14
22Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
3,416
67
808
4.2
51.0
26
1,460
195
241
7.5
21.8
8
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
3,415
68
793
4.3
50.2
26
1,324
186
233
7.1
19.5
4
24Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
3,384
89
758
4.5
38.0
29
1,535
199
270
7.7
17.2
7
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,243
64
849
3.8
50.7
23
537
67
96
8.0
8.4
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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5
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10
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11
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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.647
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9
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.441
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12
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.294
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13
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.235
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7
1
.559
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8
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8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
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.824
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5
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5
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.706
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14
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