who led the nfl in rushing in 2008

Adrian Peterson rushed for the most yards in 2008, with 1,760 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,760
2008
MIN MIN
16
363
4.8
110.0
10
125
21
39
6.0
7.8
0
2Michael Turner
M. Turner
1,699
2008
ATL ATL
16
376
4.5
106.2
17
41
6
9
6.8
2.6
0
3DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
1,515
2008
CAR CAR
16
273
5.5
94.7
18
121
22
30
5.5
7.6
2
4Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,487
2008
WAS WAS
16
342
4.3
92.9
9
218
28
36
7.8
13.6
0
5Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,312
2008
NYJ NYJ
16
290
4.5
82.0
13
207
36
42
5.8
12.9
2
6Steve Slaton
S. Slaton
1,282
2008
HOU HOU
16
268
4.8
80.1
9
377
50
59
7.5
23.6
1
7Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,238
2008
CHI CHI
16
316
3.9
77.4
8
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
8Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
1,228
2008
TEN TEN
15
251
4.9
81.9
9
260
43
62
6.0
17.3
1
9Ryan Grant
R. Grant
1,203
2008
GB GB
16
312
3.9
75.2
4
116
18
22
6.4
7.3
1
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,110
2008
SD SD
16
292
3.8
69.4
11
426
52
77
8.2
26.6
1
11Brandon Jacobs
B. Jacobs
1,089
2008
NYG NYG
13
219
5.0
83.8
15
36
6
12
6.0
2.8
0
12Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
1,042
2008
STL STL
12
253
4.1
86.8
7
379
40
62
9.5
31.6
1
13Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,036
2008
SF SF
14
240
4.3
74.0
6
373
43
66
8.7
26.6
2
14Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,036
2008
BUF BUF
15
250
4.1
69.1
8
300
47
67
6.4
20.0
1
15Derrick Ward
D. Ward
1,025
2008
NYG NYG
16
182
5.6
64.1
2
384
41
55
9.4
24.0
0
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,002
2008
CLE CLE
16
279
3.6
62.6
4
178
23
32
7.7
11.1
0
17Kevin Smith
K. Smith
976
2008
DET DET
16
238
4.1
61.0
8
286
39
54
7.3
17.9
0
18Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
936
2008
PHI PHI
14
233
4.0
66.9
9
402
54
73
7.4
28.7
5
19Ronnie Brown
R. Brown
916
2008
MIA MIA
16
214
4.3
57.3
10
254
33
43
7.7
15.9
0
20Le'Ron McClain
L. McClain
902
2008
BAL BAL
16
232
3.9
56.4
10
123
19
30
6.5
7.7
1
21Marion Barber
M. Barber
885
2008
DAL DAL
15
238
3.7
59.0
7
417
52
61
8.0
27.8
2
22Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
874
2008
KC KC
12
193
4.5
72.8
5
74
12
16
6.2
6.2
0
23Justin Fargas
J. Fargas
853
2008
OAK OAK
14
218
3.9
60.9
1
52
10
15
5.2
3.7
0
24Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
836
2008
CAR CAR
16
184
4.5
52.3
10
47
8
17
5.9
2.9
0
25Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
824
2008
JAX JAX
16
197
4.2
51.5
12
565
62
75
9.1
35.3
2
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