who led the nfl in rushing in 2012

Adrian Peterson had the most rushing yards in 2012, with 2,097 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,097
2012
MIN MIN
16
348
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
2Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1,613
2012
WAS WAS
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
3Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,590
2012
SEA SEA
16
315
5.0
99.4
11
196
23
30
8.5
12.3
1
4Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
1,509
2012
KC KC
16
285
5.3
94.3
5
236
35
48
6.7
14.8
1
5Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,454
2012
TB TB
16
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
6Arian Foster
A. Foster
1,424
2012
HOU HOU
16
351
4.1
89.0
15
217
40
58
5.4
13.6
2
7Stevan Ridley
S. Ridley
1,263
2012
NE NE
16
290
4.4
78.9
12
51
6
14
8.5
3.2
0
8C.J. Spiller
C.J. Spiller
1,244
2012
BUF BUF
16
207
6.0
77.8
6
459
43
57
10.7
28.7
2
9Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
1,243
2012
TEN TEN
16
276
4.5
77.7
6
232
36
49
6.4
14.5
0
10Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,214
2012
SF SF
16
258
4.7
75.9
8
234
28
36
8.4
14.6
1
11Ray Rice
R. Rice
1,143
2012
BAL BAL
16
257
4.4
71.4
9
478
61
83
7.8
29.9
1
12Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,094
2012
CHI CHI
15
248
4.4
72.9
5
340
44
60
7.7
22.7
1
13BenJarvus Green-Ellis
B. Green-Ellis
1,094
2012
CIN CIN
15
278
3.9
72.9
6
104
22
29
4.7
6.9
0
14Shonn Greene
S. Greene
1,063
2012
NYJ NYJ
16
276
3.9
66.4
8
151
19
31
7.9
9.4
0
15Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
1,045
2012
STL STL
16
258
4.1
65.3
4
321
38
53
8.4
20.1
0
16Ahmad Bradshaw
A. Bradshaw
1,015
2012
NYG NYG
14
221
4.6
72.5
6
245
23
31
10.7
17.5
0
17Reggie Bush
R. Bush
986
2012
MIA MIA
16
227
4.3
61.6
6
292
35
51
8.3
18.3
2
18Trent Richardson
T. Richardson
950
2012
CLE CLE
15
267
3.6
63.3
11
367
51
70
7.2
24.5
1
19LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
840
2012
PHI PHI
12
200
4.2
70.0
2
373
54
67
6.9
31.1
3
20Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
815
2012
WAS WAS
15
120
6.8
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Vick Ballard
V. Ballard
814
2012
IND IND
16
211
3.9
50.9
2
152
17
27
8.9
9.5
1
22Michael Turner
M. Turner
800
2012
ATL ATL
16
222
3.6
50.0
10
128
19
30
6.7
8.0
1
23Mikel Leshoure
M. Leshoure
798
2012
DET DET
14
215
3.7
57.0
9
214
34
48
6.3
15.3
0
24Cam Newton
C. Newton
741
2012
CAR CAR
16
127
5.8
46.3
8
6
0
0
0.4
0
25DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
737
2012
CAR CAR
16
173
4.3
46.1
5
187
13
20
14.4
11.7
2
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