rushing yards leaders 2005 to 2023

Between the 2005 and 2023 seasons, Frank Gore rushed for the most yards, with 16,000 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
3LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
4Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
10,765
146
2,630
4.1
73.7
65
3,494
442
603
7.9
23.9
9
5Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
10,413
149
2,453
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
6Matt Forte
M. Forte
9,796
146
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
7Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9,651
130
2,163
4.5
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
8Derrick Henry
D. Henry
9,502
119
2,030
4.7
79.8
90
1,458
155
202
9.4
12.3
3
9Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
8,904
120
2,065
4.3
74.2
71
2,649
356
468
7.4
22.1
14
10Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
8,167
126
1,847
4.4
64.8
68
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
11Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
8,111
156
1,817
4.5
52.0
65
2,125
303
376
7.0
13.6
10
12DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
8,096
142
1,730
4.7
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
13LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
7,785
107
1,811
4.3
72.8
91
2,750
333
490
8.3
25.7
11
14Thomas Jones
T. Jones
7,752
111
1,939
4.0
69.8
49
944
155
207
6.1
8.5
3
15Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
7,563
119
1,407
5.4
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
16Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
7,346
126
1,811
4.1
58.3
52
1,170
188
249
6.2
9.3
5
17Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
7,335
134
1,705
4.3
54.7
51
1,295
162
236
8.0
9.7
7
18Michael Turner
M. Turner
7,234
120
1,619
4.5
60.3
66
520
66
103
7.9
4.3
1
19DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
7,174
99
1,604
4.5
72.5
49
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
20Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
6,554
96
1,595
4.1
68.3
42
3,289
399
502
8.2
34.3
9
21Latavius Murray
L. Murray
6,552
151
1,560
4.2
43.4
59
1,620
239
301
6.8
10.7
2
22Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
6,543
112
1,593
4.1
58.4
56
2,513
312
415
8.1
22.4
14
23Arian Foster
A. Foster
6,527
80
1,476
4.4
81.6
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
24Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
6,511
77
1,238
5.3
84.6
48
1,011
123
162
8.2
13.1
4
25Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
6,412
97
1,571
4.1
66.1
49
2,139
283
347
7.6
22.1
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176