who had the most rushing yards in their sixth season

Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards in his 6th season, with 2,097 yards in 2012.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,097	2012	MIN	16	348	6.0	131.1	12	217	40	51	5.4	13.6	1
2	Ahman Green A. Green	1,883	2003	GB	16	355	5.3	117.7	15	367	50	60	7.3	22.9	5
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,883	1994	DET	16	331	5.7	117.7	7	283	44		6.4	17.7	1
4	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	1,880	2005	SEA	16	370	5.1	117.5	27	78	15	29	5.2	4.9	1
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	1,815	2006	SD	16	348	5.2	113.4	28	508	56	80	9.1	31.8	3
6	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,773	1995	DAL	16	377	4.7	110.8	25	375	62		6.0	23.4	0
7	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,659	1988	IND	16	388	4.3	103.7	14	377	36		10.5	23.6	1
8	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	1,615	2002	KC	14	313	5.2	115.4	21	672	70	81	9.6	48.0	3
9	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	1,606	2011	JAX	16	343	4.7	100.4	8	374	43	63	8.7	23.4	3
10	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	1,590	2012	SEA	16	315	5.0	99.4	11	196	23	30	8.5	12.3	1
11	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1,585	2025	IND	17	323	4.9	93.2	18	378	46	55	8.2	22.2	2
12	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	1,572	2003	JAX	16	345	4.6	98.3	6	370	48	74	7.7	23.1	1
13	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	1,570	1998	SF	16	310	5.1	98.1	7	535	39		13.7	33.4	2
14	Edgerrin James E. James	1,548	2004	IND	16	334	4.6	96.8	9	483	51	60	9.5	30.2	0
15	Roger Craig R. Craig	1,502	1988	SF	16	310	4.8	93.9	9	534	76		7.0	33.4	1
16	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,460	1980	CHI	16	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46		8.0	22.9	1
17	Stephen Davis S. Davis	1,432	2001	WAS	16	356	4.0	89.5	5	205	28	37	7.3	12.8	0
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	1,416	2009	STL	15	324	4.4	94.4	4	322	51	75	6.3	21.5	0
19	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,387	2002	NYG	16	304	4.6	86.7	11	597	69	95	8.7	37.3	0
20	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,381	1999	STL	16	253	5.5	86.3	7	1,048	87	103	12.0	65.5	5
21	Chris Warren C. Warren	1,346	1995	SEA	16	310	4.3	84.1	15	247	35		7.1	15.4	1
22	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,339	2013	CHI	16	289	4.6	83.7	9	594	74	94	8.0	37.1	3
23	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,335	2005	CHI	15	314	4.3	89.0	9	143	26	39	5.5	9.5	0
24	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	1,333	2007	PHI	15	278	4.8	88.9	7	771	90	120	8.6	51.4	5
25	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	1,329	2024	GB	17	301	4.4	78.2	15	342	36	43	9.5	20.1	1

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