what running back had the most rushing yards in their age 22 season

Jonathan Taylor has rushed for the most yards by a 22-year-old running back in a season, with 1,811 yards in 2021.

NAMERUSH YDSAgeSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
1,811
22
2021
IND IND
17
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
2Edgerrin James
E. James
1,709
22
2000
IND IND
16
387
4.4
106.8
13
594
63
87
9.4
37.1
5
3Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,605
22
1979
STL STL
16
331
4.8
100.3
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
4Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,591
22
2003
DEN DEN
13
290
5.5
122.4
14
314
38
51
8.3
24.2
0
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,563
22
1991
DAL DAL
16
365
4.3
97.7
12
258
49
5.3
16.1
1
6Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,527
22
1958
CLE CLE
12
257
5.9
127.3
17
138
16
8.6
11.5
1
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,487
22
1995
NE NE
16
368
4.0
92.9
14
261
30
8.7
16.3
1
8Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
1,456
22
2024
ATL ATL
17
304
4.8
85.6
14
431
61
72
7.1
25.4
1
9Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,449
22
1983
SEA SEA
16
335
4.3
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
10Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
1,412
22
2024
DET DET
17
250
5.6
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,390
22
1976
CHI CHI
14
311
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
12Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,361
22
2014
PIT PIT
16
290
4.7
85.1
8
854
83
105
10.3
53.4
3
13Natrone Means
N. Means
1,350
22
1994
SD SD
16
343
3.9
84.4
12
235
39
6.0
14.7
0
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,341
22
2007
MIN MIN
14
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
15Ray Rice
R. Rice
1,339
22
2009
BAL BAL
16
254
5.3
83.7
7
702
78
101
9.0
43.9
1
16Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,327
22
2017
KC KC
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
17Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
22
2016
CHI CHI
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
18Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,304
22
1990
DET DET
16
255
5.1
81.5
13
480
36
13.3
30.0
3
19Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
1,282
22
2008
HOU HOU
16
268
4.8
80.1
9
377
50
59
7.5
23.6
1
20LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,236
22
2001
SD SD
16
339
3.6
77.3
10
367
59
74
6.2
22.9
0
21Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,223
22
1998
JAX JAX
15
264
4.6
81.5
14
421
44
9.6
28.1
3
22Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,185
22
1980
BUF BUF
16
306
3.9
74.1
11
415
52
8.0
25.9
1
23Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,168
22
2018
CIN CIN
14
237
4.9
83.4
8
296
43
55
6.9
21.1
1
24John Stephens
J. Stephens
1,168
22
1988
NE NE
16
297
3.9
73.0
4
98
14
7.0
6.1
0
25Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
1,133
22
2009
CAR CAR
16
221
5.1
70.8
10
139
18
26
7.7
8.7
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