Gale Sayers has the most points in his rookie season by a running back, with 132 points in 1965.

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Data note: Points: player season data complete from 1921

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	132	1965	CHI	14	867	166	5.2	61.9	14	507	29		17.5	36.2	6
2	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	128	1962	BUF	14	1,096	214	5.1	78.3	13	319	24		13.3	22.8	2
3	Doak Walker D. Walker	128	1950	DET	12	386	83	4.7	32.2	5	534	35		15.3	44.5	6
4	Gene Mingo G. Mingo	123	1960	DEN	14	323	83	3.9	23.1	4	156	19		8.2	11.1	1
5	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	120	1983	RAM	16	1,808	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51		7.9	25.3	2
6	Jack Spikes J. Spikes	104	1960	DLT	14	457	115	4.0	32.6	5	158	11		14.4	11.3	0
7	Clinton Portis C. Portis	102	2002	DEN	16	1,508	273	5.5	94.3	15	364	33	48	11.0	22.8	2
8	Edgerrin James E. James	102	1999	IND	16	1,553	369	4.2	97.1	13	586	62	87	9.5	36.6	4
9	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	102	1998	JAX	15	1,223	264	4.6	81.5	14	421	44		9.6	28.1	3
10	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	96	2016	DAL	15	1,631	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
11	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	96	2006	JAX	16	941	166	5.7	58.8	13	436	46	62	9.5	27.3	2
12	Billy Sims B. Sims	96	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51		12.2	38.8	3
13	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	92	2018	NYG	16	1,307	261	5.0	81.7	11	721	91	121	7.9	45.1	4
14	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	92	2000	DEN	16	1,487	297	5.0	92.9	15	169	23	32	7.3	10.6	0
15	Curtis Martin C. Martin	92	1995	NE	16	1,487	368	4.0	92.9	14	261	30		8.7	16.3	1
16	Ickey Woods I. Woods	90	1988	CIN	16	1,066	203	5.3	66.6	15	199	21		9.5	12.4	0
17	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	86	2017	NO	16	728	120	6.1	45.5	8	826	81	100	10.2	51.6	5
18	Bill Shockley B. Shockley	86	1960	NYT	14	156	37	4.2	11.1	0	69	8		8.6	4.9	2
19	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	84	1989	DET	15	1,470	280	5.3	98.0	14	282	24		11.8	18.8	0
20	Herschel Walker H. Walker	84	1986	DAL	16	737	151	4.9	46.1	12	837	76		11.0	52.3	2
21	Curt Warner C. Warner	84	1983	SEA	16	1,449	335	4.3	90.6	13	325	42		7.7	20.3	1
22	Marcus Allen M. Allen	84	1982	RAI	9	697	160	4.4	77.4	11	401	38		10.6	44.6	3
23	David Johnson D. Johnson	78	2015	ARI	16	581	125	4.6	36.3	8	457	36	57	12.7	28.6	4
24	Alfred Morris A. Morris	78	2012	WAS	16	1,613	335	4.8	100.8	13	77	11	16	7.0	4.8	0
25	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	78	2007	MIN	14	1,341	238	5.6	95.8	12	268	19	28	14.1	19.1	1

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