who lead the nfl in rushing yards in 2000

Edgerrin James rushed for the most yards in 2000, with 1,709 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Edgerrin James
E. James
1,709
2000
16
387
4.4
106.8
13
594
63
87
9.4
37.1
5
2Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,521
2000
16
295
5.2
95.1
7
348
36
44
9.7
21.8
3
3Eddie George
E. George
1,509
2000
16
403
3.7
94.3
14
453
50
65
9.1
28.3
2
4Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
1,487
2000
16
297
5.0
92.9
15
169
23
32
7.3
10.6
0
5Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,435
2000
16
315
4.6
89.7
7
158
18
26
8.8
9.9
0
6Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,399
2000
13
292
4.8
107.6
12
240
36
53
6.7
18.5
2
7Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,364
2000
16
309
4.4
85.3
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
8Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,359
2000
14
253
5.4
97.1
18
830
81
113
10.2
59.3
8
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,341
2000
16
355
3.8
83.8
8
97
13
19
7.5
6.1
0
10Stephen Davis
S. Davis
1,318
2000
15
332
4.0
87.9
11
313
33
49
9.5
20.9
0
11Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,242
2000
16
278
4.5
77.6
7
613
63
92
9.7
38.3
2
12Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,204
2000
16
316
3.8
75.3
9
508
70
97
7.3
31.8
2
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,203
2000
16
294
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
14James Stewart
J. Stewart
1,184
2000
16
339
3.5
74.0
10
287
32
48
9.0
17.9
1
15Ahman Green
A. Green
1,175
2000
16
263
4.5
73.4
10
559
73
99
7.7
34.9
3
16Charlie Garner
C. Garner
1,142
2000
16
258
4.4
71.4
7
647
68
94
9.5
40.4
3
17Lamar Smith
L. Smith
1,139
2000
15
309
3.7
75.9
14
201
31
38
6.5
13.4
2
18Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,133
2000
16
248
4.6
70.8
8
422
44
67
9.6
26.4
1
19James Allen
J. Allen
1,120
2000
16
290
3.9
70.0
2
291
39
60
7.5
18.2
1
20Tyrone Wheatley
T. Wheatley
1,046
2000
14
232
4.5
74.7
9
156
20
34
7.8
11.1
1
21Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
1,024
2000
16
282
3.6
64.0
6
382
42
58
9.1
23.9
0
22Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,006
2000
16
213
4.7
62.9
8
719
70
95
10.3
44.9
1
23Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,000
2000
10
248
4.0
100.0
8
409
44
55
9.3
40.9
1
24Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
770
2000
16
228
3.4
48.1
5
11
3
3
3.7
0.7
0
25Michael Pittman
M. Pittman
719
2000
16
184
3.9
44.9
4
579
73
91
7.9
36.2
2
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