who led the nfl in rushing in 2002

Ricky Williams rushed for the most yards in 2002, with 1,853 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,853
2002
16
383
4.8
115.8
16
363
47
59
7.7
22.7
1
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,683
2002
16
372
4.5
105.2
14
489
79
101
6.2
30.6
1
3Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
1,615
2002
14
313
5.2
115.4
21
672
70
81
9.6
48.0
3
4Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,508
2002
16
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
5Travis Henry
T. Henry
1,438
2002
16
325
4.4
89.9
13
309
43
59
7.2
19.3
1
6Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
1,388
2002
15
325
4.3
92.5
13
352
47
74
7.5
23.5
3
7Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,387
2002
16
304
4.6
86.7
11
597
69
95
8.7
37.3
0
8Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,327
2002
16
308
4.3
82.9
6
442
47
60
9.4
27.6
1
9Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,314
2002
16
287
4.6
82.1
8
408
49
57
8.3
25.5
0
10Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,311
2002
16
314
4.2
81.9
7
298
43
61
6.9
18.6
0
11Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
1,296
2002
16
255
5.1
81.0
5
351
37
41
9.5
21.9
1
12Ahman Green
A. Green
1,240
2002
14
286
4.3
88.6
7
393
57
74
6.9
28.1
2
13Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,175
2002
16
295
4.0
73.4
16
460
59
78
7.8
28.8
2
14Eddie George
E. George
1,165
2002
16
343
3.4
72.8
12
255
36
46
7.1
15.9
2
15Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,094
2002
16
261
4.2
68.4
7
362
49
56
7.4
22.6
0
16Duce Staley
D. Staley
1,029
2002
16
269
3.8
64.3
5
541
51
69
10.6
33.8
3
17James Stewart
J. Stewart
1,021
2002
14
231
4.4
72.9
4
333
46
70
7.2
23.8
2
18Edgerrin James
E. James
989
2002
14
277
3.6
70.6
2
354
61
80
5.8
25.3
1
19Antowain Smith
A. Smith
982
2002
16
252
3.9
61.4
6
243
31
42
7.8
15.2
2
20Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
975
2002
16
254
3.8
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
21Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
972
2002
16
215
4.5
60.8
8
317
48
69
6.6
19.8
1
22Charlie Garner
C. Garner
962
2002
16
182
5.3
60.1
7
941
91
111
10.3
58.8
4
23Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
953
2002
14
212
4.5
68.1
8
537
80
102
6.7
38.4
2
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
927
2002
15
230
4.0
61.8
7
377
50
65
7.5
25.1
2
25William Green
W. Green
887
2002
16
243
3.7
55.4
6
113
16
27
7.1
7.1
0
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