who lead the league in rushing yards in 2016

Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards in 2016, with 1,631 yards in his rookie season.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,631	2016	DAL	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1
2	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	252	5.2	87.5	6	298	29	50	10.3	19.9	1
3	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	1,287	2016	TEN	16	293	4.4	80.4	9	377	53	67	7.1	23.6	3
4	Jay Ajayi J. Ajayi	1,272	2016	MIA	15	260	4.9	84.8	8	151	27	35	5.6	10.1	0
5	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	1,268	2016	PIT	12	261	4.9	105.7	7	616	75	94	8.2	51.3	2
6	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	1,267	2016	BUF	15	234	5.4	84.5	13	356	50	57	7.1	23.7	1
7	David Johnson D. Johnson	1,239	2016	ARI	16	293	4.2	77.4	16	879	80	120	11.0	54.9	4
8	LeGarrette Blount L. Blount	1,161	2016	NE	16	299	3.9	72.6	18	38	7	8	5.4	2.4	0
9	Devonta Freeman D. Freeman	1,079	2016	ATL	16	227	4.8	67.4	11	462	54	65	8.6	28.9	2
10	Lamar Miller L. Miller	1,073	2016	HOU	14	268	4.0	76.6	5	188	31	39	6.1	13.4	1
11	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	1,043	2016	NO	16	205	5.1	65.2	6	319	46	58	6.9	19.9	4
12	Frank Gore F. Gore	1,025	2016	IND	16	263	3.9	64.1	4	277	38	47	7.3	17.3	4
13	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	997	2016	SD	13	254	3.9	76.7	10	419	41	57	10.2	32.2	2
14	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	988	2016	SF	13	217	4.6	76.0	6	163	27	33	6.0	12.5	3
15	Isaiah Crowell I. Crowell	952	2016	CLE	16	198	4.8	59.5	7	319	40	53	8.0	19.9	0
16	Spencer Ware S. Ware	921	2016	KC	14	214	4.3	65.8	3	447	33	42	13.5	31.9	2
17	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	885	2016	LA	16	278	3.2	55.3	6	327	43	58	7.6	20.4	0
18	Jeremy Hill J. Hill	839	2016	CIN	15	222	3.8	55.9	9	174	21	27	8.3	11.6	0
19	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	824	2016	CAR	13	218	3.8	63.4	9	60	8	21	7.5	4.6	0
20	Matt Forte M. Forte	813	2016	NYJ	14	218	3.7	58.1	7	263	30	43	8.8	18.8	1
21	Latavius Murray L. Murray	788	2016	OAK	14	195	4.0	56.3	12	264	33	43	8.0	18.9	0
22	Terrance West T. West	774	2016	BAL	16	193	4.0	48.4	5	236	34	45	6.9	14.8	1
23	Bilal Powell B. Powell	722	2016	NYJ	16	131	5.5	45.1	3	388	58	74	6.7	24.3	2
24	Rob Kelley R. Kelley	704	2016	WAS	15	168	4.2	46.9	6	82	12	18	6.8	5.5	1
25	Ryan Mathews R. Mathews	661	2016	PHI	13	155	4.3	50.8	8	115	13	14	8.8	8.8	1

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