which running back had the most receiving yards as of 2016

David Johnson had the most receiving yards by a running back in 2016, with 879 yards.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1David Johnson
D. Johnson
879
2016
16
80
120
11.0
54.9
4
1,239
293
4.2
77.4
16
2Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
616
2016
12
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
1,268
261
4.9
105.7
7
3James White
J. White
551
2016
16
60
86
9.2
34.4
5
166
39
4.3
10.4
0
4Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
514
2016
16
53
74
9.7
32.1
0
358
73
4.9
22.4
1
5Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
462
2016
16
54
65
8.6
28.9
2
1,079
227
4.8
67.4
11
6Spencer Ware
S. Ware
447
2016
14
33
42
13.5
31.9
2
921
214
4.3
65.8
3
7Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
427
2016
15
52
71
8.2
28.5
2
438
94
4.7
29.2
2
8Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
421
2016
13
31
40
13.6
32.4
3
520
118
4.4
40.0
8
9Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
419
2016
13
41
57
10.2
32.2
2
997
254
3.9
76.7
10
10Bilal Powell
B. Powell
388
2016
16
58
74
6.7
24.3
2
722
131
5.5
45.1
3
11DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
377
2016
16
53
67
7.1
23.6
3
1,287
293
4.4
80.4
9
12Theo Riddick
T. Riddick
371
2016
10
53
67
7.0
37.1
5
357
92
3.9
35.7
1
13Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
363
2016
15
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
15
14LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
356
2016
15
50
57
7.1
23.7
1
1,267
234
5.4
84.5
13
15Chris Thompson
C. Thompson
349
2016
16
49
62
7.1
21.8
2
356
68
5.2
22.3
3
16Giovani Bernard
G. Bernard
336
2016
10
39
51
8.6
33.6
1
337
91
3.7
33.7
2
17Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
327
2016
16
43
58
7.6
20.4
0
885
278
3.2
55.3
6
18Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
319
2016
16
46
58
6.9
19.9
4
1,043
205
5.1
65.2
6
19Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
319
2016
16
40
53
8.0
19.9
0
952
198
4.8
59.5
7
20T.J. Yeldon
T.J. Yeldon
312
2016
15
50
68
6.2
20.8
1
465
130
3.6
31.0
1
21Jordan Howard
J. Howard
298
2016
15
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
1,313
252
5.2
87.5
6
22Travaris Cadet
T. Cadet
281
2016
15
40
54
7.0
18.7
4
19
4
4.8
1.3
0
23Frank Gore
F. Gore
277
2016
16
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
1,025
263
3.9
64.1
4
24Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
266
2016
16
37
49
7.2
16.6
0
22
5
4.4
1.4
1
25Devontae Booker
D. Booker
265
2016
16
31
45
8.5
16.6
1
612
174
3.5
38.3
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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