who had the most total yards as a running in one season

Darren Sproles has gained the most all-purpose yards with more than 0 rushing yards in a season, with 2,696 yards in 2011.

NAMEYDSRUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
2,696
603
2011
16
87
6.9
37.7
2
710
86
112
8.3
44.4
7
2Derrick Mason
D. Mason
2,690
1
2000
16
1
1.0
0.1
0
895
63
88
14.2
55.9
5
3Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
2,647
15
2002
16
1
15.0
0.9
0
200
8
19
25.0
12.5
0
4Lionel James
L. James
2,535
516
1985
16
105
4.9
32.3
2
1,027
86
11.9
64.2
6
5Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
2,516
1,062
2009
16
237
4.5
66.4
2
371
46
60
8.1
23.2
2
6Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2,510
381
2009
16
55
6.9
23.8
1
135
20
37
6.8
8.4
1
7Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,509
2,006
2009
16
358
5.6
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
8Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,477
311
1994
16
78
4.0
19.4
0
236
26
9.1
14.8
1
9Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
2,462
816
1975
13
165
4.9
62.8
9
378
43
8.8
29.1
2
10Dante Hall
D. Hall
2,446
73
2003
16
16
4.6
4.6
0
423
40
60
10.6
26.4
1
11Mack Herron
M. Herron
2,444
824
1974
14
231
3.6
58.9
7
474
38
12.5
33.9
5
12Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,440
1,231
1966
14
229
5.4
87.9
8
447
34
13.1
31.9
2
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,429
1,381
1999
16
253
5.5
86.3
7
1,048
87
103
12.0
65.5
5
14Timmy Brown
T. Brown
2,428
841
1963
14
192
4.4
60.1
6
487
36
13.5
34.8
4
15Chimere Dike
C. Dike
2,427
18
2025
17
11
1.6
1.1
0
423
48
74
8.8
24.9
4
16Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
2,392
1,387
2019
16
287
4.8
86.7
15
1,005
116
142
8.7
62.8
4
17Tiki Barber
T. Barber
2,390
1,860
2005
16
357
5.2
116.3
9
530
54
70
9.8
33.1
2
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,370
1,645
2003
16
313
5.3
102.8
13
725
100
137
7.3
45.3
4
19Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
2,364
81
2010
16
7
11.6
5.1
0
689
85
123
8.1
43.1
3
20Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,358
2,053
1997
16
335
6.1
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
21Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,357
208
1998
16
39
5.3
13.0
2
306
44
7.0
19.1
0
22KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
2,354
89
2025
15
17
5.2
5.9
0
396
26
38
15.2
26.4
2
23Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,348
301
1995
16
46
6.5
18.8
1
324
38
8.5
20.3
1
24Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
2,342
132
2012
15
10
13.2
8.8
0
954
80
104
11.9
63.6
8
25Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
2,342
1,120
2009
15
190
5.9
74.7
7
297
40
56
7.4
19.8
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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