who had the most rushing yards in their 13th season

John Riggins had the most rushing yards in his 13th season, with 1,239 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,239	14	327	3.8	88.5	14	43	7		6.1	3.1	0
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	975	16	254	3.8	60.9	5	89	16	24	5.6	5.6	0
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	961	16	261	3.7	60.1	3	245	29	38	8.4	15.3	1
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	898	15	211	4.3	59.9	5	142	17	23	8.4	9.5	0
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	709	13	189	3.8	54.5	7	349	42		8.3	26.8	0
6	Earnest Byner E. Byner	634	16	159	4.0	39.6	4	270	30		9.0	16.9	1
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	533	12	146	3.7	44.4	4	217	33		6.6	18.1	1
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	368	12	110	3.3	30.7	9	40	4	4	10.0	3.3	0
9	Joe Perry J. Perry	359	12	94	3.8	29.9	0	194	22		8.8	16.2	0
10	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	231	16	63	3.7	14.4	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	226	14	70	3.2	16.1	3	150	8		18.8	10.7	0
12	Bill Brown B. Brown	206	14	47	4.4	14.7	3	22	5		4.4	1.6	1
13	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	202	14	41	4.9	14.4	1	0	0			0.0	0
14	Steve Young S. Young	199	15	50	4.0	13.3	3	0	0			0.0	0
15	Tyrod Taylor T. Taylor	197	11	38	5.2	17.9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	John Elway J. Elway	176	16	41	4.3	11.0	1	0	0			0.0	0
17	Franco Harris F. Harris	170	8	68	2.5	21.3	0	3	1		3.0	0.4	0
18	Alex Smith A. Smith	168	10	41	4.1	16.8	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	156	14	17	9.2	11.1	1	0	0			0.0	0
20	Russell Wilson R. Wilson	155	11	43	3.6	14.1	2	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	155	7	43	3.6	22.1	0	6	2	3	3.0	0.9	0
22	Mack Strong M. Strong	149	16	33	4.5	9.3	1	159	29	44	5.5	9.9	0
23	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	147	10	31	4.7	14.7	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	147	13	22	6.7	11.3	1	0	0			0.0	0
25	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	141	10	53	2.7	14.1	1	41	11		3.7	4.1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

294

Mariota

RUSH

142

Croskey-Merritt

REC

141

McLaurin

Team Rankings

PPG

25.0

13th

OPP PPG

30.7

31st

RUSH YDS/G

132.0

8th

PASS YDS/G

184.7

28th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Giants	2	1	.667
Eagles	2	1	.667
Commanders	1	2	.333
Cowboys	1	2	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	IND	@	WAS	9:30 AM
Sun 10/11	NYG	@	WAS	1:00 PM
Mon 10/19	WAS	@	SF	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	PHI	@	WAS	8:20 PM
Sun 11/8	LAR	@	WAS	1:00 PM

Last Game

Seahawks

2 - 1

Final

Commanders

1 - 2

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

999

Rodgers

939

Young

917

Shough

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

Allen

6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

Goff

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.5

Watt

4.0

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

33.3

Fannin

Fantasy K Rankings

42

McPherson

39

McLaughlin

38

Shrader

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

2-0-1

3-1

2-1

Worst Record ATS

0-3

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000