who are the rushing yard leaders in the nfl in 2016 to 2017

Between the 2016 and 2017 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards, with 2,614 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
2,614
25
564
4.6
104.6
22
632
58
78
10.9
25.3
3
2 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
2,559
27
582
4.4
94.8
16
1,271
160
200
7.9
47.1
4
3 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
2,435
31
528
4.6
78.5
15
423
52
82
8.1
13.6
1
4 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,405
31
521
4.6
77.6
19
804
109
134
7.4
25.9
3
5 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
2,190
31
557
3.9
70.6
19
1,115
107
145
10.4
36.0
6
6 Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
2,167
32
435
5.0
67.7
18
735
104
129
7.1
23.0
4
7 Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
2,145
29
468
4.6
74.0
9
309
51
69
6.1
10.7
1
8 Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
2,102
29
538
3.9
72.5
18
895
99
140
9.0
30.9
6
9 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,986
32
524
3.8
62.1
7
522
67
85
7.8
16.3
5
10 Lamar Miller
L. Miller
1,961
30
506
3.9
65.4
8
515
67
84
7.7
17.2
4
11 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,946
31
477
4.1
62.8
15
643
92
114
7.0
20.7
4
12 Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
1,944
30
423
4.6
64.8
18
779
90
112
8.7
26.0
3
13 LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
1,927
32
472
4.1
60.2
20
88
15
16
5.9
2.8
1
14 Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
1,926
29
457
4.2
66.4
14
513
86
121
6.0
17.7
3
15 Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
1,805
32
404
4.5
56.4
9
501
68
95
7.4
15.7
0
16 Latavius Murray
L. Murray
1,630
30
411
4.0
54.3
20
367
48
60
7.6
12.2
0
17 Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
1,504
28
416
3.6
53.7
15
112
16
36
7.0
4.0
1
18 Bilal Powell
B. Powell
1,494
31
309
4.8
48.2
8
558
81
107
6.9
18.0
2
19 C.J. Anderson
C.J. Anderson
1,444
23
355
4.1
62.8
7
352
44
64
8.0
15.3
2
20 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
1,327
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
21 David Johnson
D. Johnson
1,262
17
304
4.2
74.2
16
946
86
129
11.0
55.6
4
22 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,234
31
286
4.3
39.8
10
273
24
32
11.4
8.8
1
23 Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,194
26
321
3.7
45.9
9
556
67
88
8.3
21.4
2
24 Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
1,179
23
244
4.8
51.3
6
308
49
59
6.3
13.4
3
25 Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
1,148
28
274
4.2
41.0
13
720
58
79
12.4
25.7
6
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Chargers

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1.000
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.500
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3
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.750
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1
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1
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.750
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9/3
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9/6
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