which running back has the most rushinh yards in first eight games

Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 8 games, with 1,036 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player game data complete from 1960
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,036
8
158
6.6
129.5
8
206
12
18
17.2
25.8
1
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
995
8
203
4.9
124.4
12
240
27
8.9
30.0
2
3Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
891
8
177
5.0
111.4
7
155
16
20
9.7
19.4
0
4George Rogers
G. Rogers
859
8
178
4.8
107.4
5
74
8
9.3
9.3
0
5Billy Sims
B. Sims
859
8
173
5.0
107.4
9
316
20
15.8
39.5
1
6Julius Jones
J. Jones
819
8
197
4.2
102.4
7
109
17
26
6.4
13.6
0
7Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
799
8
158
5.1
99.9
7
14
8
1.8
1.8
0
8Doug Martin
D. Martin
794
8
154
5.2
99.3
7
245
20
33
12.3
30.6
1
9Don Woods
D. Woods
790
8
138
5.7
98.8
5
235
16
14.7
29.4
2
10Jim Brown
J. Brown
780
8
140
5.6
97.5
7
98
13
7.5
12.3
0
11Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
775
8
155
5.0
96.9
6
132
16
19
8.3
16.5
0
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
768
8
161
4.8
96.0
3
189
26
7.3
23.6
0
13Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
763
8
146
5.2
95.4
4
307
28
32
11.0
38.4
2
14Edgerrin James
E. James
746
8
196
3.8
93.3
5
295
29
45
10.2
36.9
1
15Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
740
8
152
4.9
92.5
6
102
11
15
9.3
12.8
0
16Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
740
8
175
4.2
92.5
6
156
19
27
8.2
19.5
1
17Alfred Morris
A. Morris
717
8
151
4.7
89.6
5
35
5
8
7.0
4.4
0
18Eddie George
E. George
717
8
162
4.4
89.6
3
66
11
6.0
8.3
0
19Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
715
8
146
4.9
89.4
5
164
24
35
6.8
20.5
1
20Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
702
8
172
4.1
87.8
6
349
31
11.3
43.6
1
21Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
696
8
152
4.6
87.0
10
87
11
7.9
10.9
0
22Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
693
8
143
4.8
86.6
4
108
14
15
7.7
13.5
0
23Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
690
8
177
3.9
86.3
5
96
12
16
8.0
12.0
0
24Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
688
8
131
5.3
86.0
5
153
13
11.8
19.1
0
25Olandis Gary
O. Gary
686
8
187
3.7
85.8
5
127
15
20
8.5
15.9
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