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
MIA MIA
16
383
4.8
115.8
16
363
47
59
7.7
22.7
1
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,683
2002
SD SD
16
372
4.5
105.2
14
489
79
101
6.2
30.6
1
3Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
1,615
2002
KC KC
14
313
5.2
115.4
21
672
70
81
9.6
48.0
3
4Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,508
2002
DEN DEN
16
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
5Travis Henry
T. Henry
1,438
2002
BUF BUF
16
325
4.4
89.9
13
309
43
59
7.2
19.3
1
6Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
1,388
2002
NO NO
15
325
4.3
92.5
13
352
47
74
7.5
23.5
3
7Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,387
2002
NYG NYG
16
304
4.6
86.7
11
597
69
95
8.7
37.3
0
8Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,327
2002
BAL BAL
16
308
4.3
82.9
6
442
47
60
9.4
27.6
1
9Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,314
2002
JAX JAX
16
287
4.6
82.1
8
408
49
57
8.3
25.5
0
10Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,311
2002
CIN CIN
16
314
4.2
81.9
7
298
43
61
6.9
18.6
0
11Michael Bennett
M. Bennett
1,296
2002
MIN MIN
16
255
5.1
81.0
5
351
37
41
9.5
21.9
1
12Ahman Green
A. Green
1,240
2002
GB GB
14
286
4.3
88.6
7
393
57
74
6.9
28.1
2
13Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,175
2002
SEA SEA
16
295
4.0
73.4
16
460
59
78
7.8
28.8
2
14Eddie George
E. George
1,165
2002
TEN TEN
16
343
3.4
72.8
12
255
36
46
7.1
15.9
2
15Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,094
2002
NYJ NYJ
16
261
4.2
68.4
7
362
49
56
7.4
22.6
0
16Duce Staley
D. Staley
1,029
2002
PHI PHI
16
269
3.8
64.3
5
541
51
69
10.6
33.8
3
17James Stewart
J. Stewart
1,021
2002
DET DET
14
231
4.4
72.9
4
333
46
70
7.2
23.8
2
18Edgerrin James
E. James
989
2002
IND IND
14
277
3.6
70.6
2
354
61
80
5.8
25.3
1
19Antowain Smith
A. Smith
982
2002
NE NE
16
252
3.9
61.4
6
243
31
42
7.8
15.2
2
20Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
975
2002
DAL DAL
16
254
3.8
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
21Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
972
2002
SF SF
16
215
4.5
60.8
8
317
48
69
6.6
19.8
1
22Charlie Garner
C. Garner
962
2002
OAK OAK
16
182
5.3
60.1
7
941
91
111
10.3
58.8
4
23Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
953
2002
STL STL
14
212
4.5
68.1
8
537
80
102
6.7
38.4
2
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
927
2002
ATL ATL
15
230
4.0
61.8
7
377
50
65
7.5
25.1
2
25William Green
W. Green
887
2002
CLE CLE
16
243
3.7
55.4
6
113
16
27
7.1
7.1
0
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PPG

20.0

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OPP PPG

27.0

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RUSH YDS/G

97.2

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PASS YDS/G

208.0

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
Dolphins Dolphins
2
7
0
.222
Jets Jets
1
7
0
.125
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/16
WAS WAS
@
MIA MIA
9:30 AM
Sun
11/30
NO NO
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Sun
12/21
CIN CIN
@
MIA MIA
8:20 PM
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Final

6

MIA Dolphins

2 - 7 - 0

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
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3
5
0
.375
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8
2
0
.800
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3
0
.625
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8
2
0
.800
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6
3
0
.667
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6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
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2
0
.750

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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9/6
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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11/9
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
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4:25 PM
Sun
11/9
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4:25 PM
Sun
11/9
PIT PIT
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LAC LAC
8:20 PM
Mon
11/10
PHI PHI
@
GB GB
8:15 PM