who has had the most rushing yards in the nfl over the last 20 years

Between November 2, 2006 and November 2, 2026, Adrian Peterson has the most rushing yards, with 14,918 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
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
14,761
220
3,484
4.2
67.1
75
3,643
443
636
8.2
16.6
18
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,650
161
2,820
4.8
84.8
130
1,876
201
259
9.3
11.7
6
4LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
5Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
10,413
149
2,453
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
6Matt Forte
M. Forte
9,796
146
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
7Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9,651
130
2,163
4.5
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
8Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
9,130
135
2,139
4.3
67.6
74
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
9Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
9,114
124
2,225
4.1
73.5
54
2,895
371
514
7.8
23.3
7
10Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
8,630
112
1,882
4.6
77.1
57
2,692
365
499
7.4
24.0
16
11Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
8,208
92
1,699
4.8
89.2
77
1,671
208
270
8.0
18.2
7
12Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
8,111
156
1,817
4.5
52.0
65
2,125
303
376
7.0
13.6
10
13Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
8,084
133
1,674
4.8
60.8
54
2,773
366
488
7.6
20.8
21
14Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
7,978
119
1,742
4.6
67.0
70
5,641
660
820
8.5
47.4
36
15DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
7,957
137
1,704
4.7
58.1
60
2,065
229
309
9.0
15.1
9
16Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
7,903
119
1,785
4.4
66.4
65
2,775
327
436
8.5
23.3
9
17Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
7,878
107
1,872
4.2
73.6
75
2,140
280
354
7.6
20.0
4
18Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
7,563
119
1,407
5.4
63.6
44
2,593
310
441
8.4
21.8
20
19Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
7,428
111
1,816
4.1
66.9
60
2,448
319
399
7.7
22.1
14
20Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
7,375
132
1,715
4.3
55.9
63
5,081
628
794
8.1
38.5
26
21Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
7,349
100
1,462
5.0
73.5
54
1,109
141
193
7.9
11.1
5
22Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
7,335
134
1,705
4.3
54.7
51
1,295
162
236
8.0
9.7
7
23DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
7,174
99
1,604
4.5
72.5
49
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
24Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6,666
121
1,100
6.1
55.1
36
0
0
2
0.0
0
25Michael Turner
M. Turner
6,576
97
1,511
4.4
67.8
61
503
64
100
7.9
5.2
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PASS

1,022

Murray

Kyler Murray

RUSH

458

Jones

Aaron Jones Sr.

REC

335

Jefferson

Justin Jefferson
Team Rankings

PPG

20.0

27th

OPP PPG

13.3

1st

RUSH YDS/G

113.9

17th

PASS YDS/G

185.4

29th

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11/29
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.857
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3
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.625
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6
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2
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.750
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2
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.714
5
3
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.625
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4
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.714
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.286
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6
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