rushing yards leaders 2008 to 2020

Between the 2008 and 2020 seasons, Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards, with 13,479 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
13,479
166
2,954
4.6
81.2
106
2,198
282
391
7.8
13.2
5
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
12,595
196
3,036
4.1
64.3
65
2,933
355
519
8.3
15.0
16
3LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
4Matt Forte
M. Forte
9,796
146
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
5Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9,651
130
2,163
4.5
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
6Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
9,298
136
2,173
4.3
68.4
78
2,030
269
365
7.5
14.9
9
7Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
7,563
119
1,407
5.4
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
8Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
7,335
134
1,705
4.3
54.7
51
1,295
162
236
8.0
9.7
7
9Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
7,324
132
1,595
4.6
55.5
62
1,895
260
323
7.3
14.4
10
10Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
7,189
103
1,793
4.0
69.8
39
2,097
271
386
7.7
20.4
3
11DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
7,174
99
1,604
4.5
72.5
49
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
12DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
6,878
113
1,465
4.7
60.9
56
1,618
180
245
9.0
14.3
7
13Arian Foster
A. Foster
6,527
80
1,476
4.4
81.6
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
14Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
6,458
95
1,514
4.3
68.0
46
2,101
260
347
8.1
22.1
9
15Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
6,453
88
1,556
4.1
73.3
40
3,259
394
495
8.3
37.0
8
16Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
6,384
71
1,413
4.5
89.9
46
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
17LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
6,306
132
1,495
4.2
47.8
56
454
64
89
7.1
3.4
2
18Ray Rice
R. Rice
6,180
92
1,430
4.3
67.2
37
3,034
369
487
8.2
33.0
6
19Alfred Morris
A. Morris
6,173
114
1,429
4.3
54.1
35
513
68
99
7.5
4.5
1
20Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
6,082
88
1,460
4.2
69.1
67
2,254
243
336
9.3
25.6
12
21Michael Turner
M. Turner
6,081
75
1,411
4.3
81.1
60
457
59
92
7.7
6.1
1
22Lamar Miller
L. Miller
5,864
106
1,354
4.3
55.3
32
1,571
211
274
7.4
14.8
8
23Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5,860
78
1,182
5.0
75.1
55
692
76
105
9.1
8.9
3
24Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
5,446
114
1,247
4.4
47.8
30
2,707
332
448
8.2
23.7
9
25Darren McFadden
D. McFadden
5,421
103
1,302
4.2
52.6
28
2,114
254
359
8.3
20.5
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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