Eric Dickerson has the most rushing yards by a rookie, with 1,808 yards in 1983.

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NAME SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
Eric Dickerson Eric Dickerson 1983
RAM RAM
16 1,808 390 4.6 113.0 18 404 51 7.9 25.3 2
George Rogers George Rogers 1981
NO NO
16 1,674 378 4.4 104.6 13 126 16 7.9 7.9 0
Ezekiel Elliott Ezekiel Elliott 2016
DAL DAL
15 1,631 322 5.1 108.7 15 363 32 40 11.3 24.2 1
Alfred Morris Alfred Morris 2012
WAS WAS
16 1,613 335 4.8 100.8 13 77 11 16 7.0 4.8 0
Ottis Anderson Ottis Anderson 1979
STL STL
16 1,605 331 4.8 100.3 8 308 41 7.5 19.3 2
Edgerrin James Edgerrin James 1999
IND IND
16 1,553 369 4.2 97.1 13 586 62 87 9.5 36.6 4
Clinton Portis Clinton Portis 2002
DEN DEN
16 1,508 273 5.5 94.3 15 364 33 48 11.0 22.8 2
Mike Anderson Mike Anderson 2000
DEN DEN
16 1,487 297 5.0 92.9 15 169 23 32 7.3 10.6 0
Curtis Martin Curtis Martin 1995
NE NE
16 1,487 368 4.0 92.9 14 261 30 8.7 16.3 1
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 1989
DET DET
15 1,470 280 5.3 98.0 14 282 24 11.8 18.8 0
Doug Martin Doug Martin 2012
TB TB
16 1,454 319 4.6 90.9 11 472 49 70 9.6 29.5 1
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 1978
HOU HOU
15 1,450 302 4.8 96.7 13 48 12 4.0 3.2 0
Curt Warner Curt Warner 1983
SEA SEA
16 1,449 335 4.3 90.6 13 325 42 7.7 20.3 1
Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 1993
RAM RAM
16 1,429 294 4.9 89.3 7 244 26 9.4 15.3 0
Eddie George Eddie George 1996
HOU HOU
16 1,368 335 4.1 85.5 8 182 23 7.9 11.4 0
Jamal Lewis Jamal Lewis 2000
BAL BAL
16 1,364 309 4.4 85.3 6 296 27 36 11.0 18.5 0
Rueben Mayes Rueben Mayes 1986
NO NO
16 1,353 286 4.7 84.6 8 96 17 5.6 6.0 0
Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson 2007
MIN MIN
14 1,341 238 5.6 95.8 12 268 19 28 14.1 19.1 1
Kareem Hunt Kareem Hunt 2017
KC KC
16 1,327 272 4.9 82.9 8 455 53 63 8.6 28.4 3
Jordan Howard Jordan Howard 2016
CHI CHI
15 1,313 252 5.2 87.5 6 298 29 50 10.3 19.9 1
Saquon Barkley Saquon Barkley 2018
NYG NYG
16 1,307 261 5.0 81.7 11 721 91 121 7.9 45.1 4
Billy Sims Billy Sims 1980
DET DET
16 1,303 313 4.2 81.4 13 621 51 12.2 38.8 3
Steve Slaton Steve Slaton 2008
HOU HOU
16 1,282 268 4.8 80.1 9 377 50 59 7.5 23.6 1
Marshall Faulk Marshall Faulk 1994
IND IND
16 1,282 314 4.1 80.1 11 522 52 10.0 32.6 1
Matt Forte Matt Forte 2008
CHI CHI
16 1,238 316 3.9 77.4 8 477 63 76 7.6 29.8 4
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