what rookie had the most rushing yards in the last decade

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards by a rookie, with 1,631 yards in 2016.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
DAL DAL
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2 Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,613
2012
WAS WAS
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
3 Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,454
2012
TB TB
16
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
4 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,327
2017
KC KC
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
5 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
2016
CHI CHI
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
6 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,307
2018
NYG NYG
16
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
7 Eddie Lacy
E. Lacy
1,178
2013
GB GB
15
284
4.1
78.5
11
257
35
44
7.3
17.1
0
8 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,150
2019
OAK OAK
13
242
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
9 Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
1,124
2014
CIN CIN
16
222
5.1
70.3
9
215
27
32
8.0
13.4
0
10 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,106
2015
STL STL
13
229
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
11 Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
1,040
2017
JAX JAX
13
268
3.9
80.0
9
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
12 Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
1,037
2018
DEN DEN
15
192
5.4
69.1
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
13 LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
1,007
2010
TB TB
13
201
5.0
77.5
6
14
5
7
2.8
1.1
0
14 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
996
2018
CLE CLE
16
192
5.2
62.3
8
149
20
29
7.5
9.3
2
15 Zac Stacy
Z. Stacy
973
2013
STL STL
14
250
3.9
69.5
7
141
26
35
5.4
10.1
1
16 Trent Richardson
T. Richardson
950
2012
CLE CLE
15
267
3.6
63.3
11
367
51
70
7.2
24.5
1
17 Ben Tate
B. Tate
942
2011
HOU HOU
15
175
5.4
62.8
4
98
13
19
7.5
6.5
0
18 Sony Michel
S. Michel
931
2018
NE NE
13
209
4.5
71.6
6
50
7
11
7.1
3.8
0
19 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
897
2011
DAL DAL
13
164
5.5
69.0
2
183
26
35
7.0
14.1
0
20 David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
889
2019
CHI CHI
16
242
3.7
55.6
6
185
25
35
7.4
11.6
1
21 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
860
2013
PIT PIT
13
244
3.5
66.2
8
399
45
66
8.9
30.7
0
22 Thomas Rawls
T. Rawls
830
2015
SEA SEA
13
147
5.6
63.8
4
76
9
11
8.4
5.8
1
23 Miles Sanders
M. Sanders
818
2019
PHI PHI
16
179
4.6
51.1
3
509
50
63
10.2
31.8
3
24 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
815
2012
WAS WAS
15
120
6.8
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Vick Ballard
V. Ballard
814
2012
IND IND
16
211
3.9
50.9
2
152
17
27
8.9
9.5
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29.7

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30.7

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RUSH YDS/G

117.2

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276.3

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Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
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2
3
1
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10/19
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DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
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DAL DAL
4:25 PM
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30

Final

27

DAL Cowboys

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Sun 12 Oct 2025

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AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
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2
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.667
Bills Bills
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2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
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4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

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Wed
9/3
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@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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10/19
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Sun
10/19
NE NE
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TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
CAR CAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM