who led the nfl in rushing in 2018

Ezekiel Elliott rushed for the most yards in 2018, with 1,434 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,434
2018
15
304
4.7
95.6
6
567
77
95
7.4
37.8
3
2Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,307
2018
16
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
3Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,251
2018
14
256
4.9
89.4
17
580
59
81
9.8
41.4
4
4Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,168
2018
14
237
4.9
83.4
8
296
43
55
6.9
21.1
1
5Chris Carson
C. Carson
1,151
2018
14
247
4.7
82.2
9
163
20
24
8.2
11.6
0
6Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,098
2018
16
219
5.0
68.6
7
867
107
124
8.1
54.2
6
7Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,059
2018
16
215
4.9
66.2
12
99
15
18
6.6
6.2
0
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,042
2018
16
251
4.2
65.1
7
208
20
26
10.4
13.0
1
9Phillip Lindsay
P. Lindsay
1,037
2018
15
192
5.4
69.1
9
241
35
47
6.9
16.1
1
10Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
996
2018
16
192
5.2
62.3
8
149
20
29
7.5
9.3
2
11Lamar Miller
L. Miller
973
2018
14
210
4.6
69.5
5
163
25
35
6.5
11.6
1
12James Conner
J. Conner
970
2018
13
215
4.5
74.6
12
497
55
71
9.0
38.2
1
13David Johnson
D. Johnson
940
2018
16
258
3.6
58.8
7
446
50
76
8.9
27.9
3
14Jordan Howard
J. Howard
935
2018
16
250
3.7
58.4
9
145
20
27
7.3
9.1
0
15Sony Michel
S. Michel
931
2018
13
209
4.5
71.6
6
50
7
11
7.1
3.8
0
16Marlon Mack
M. Mack
908
2018
12
195
4.7
75.7
9
103
17
26
6.1
8.6
1
17Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
885
2018
12
175
5.1
73.8
10
490
50
66
9.8
40.8
4
18Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
883
2018
15
194
4.6
58.9
14
709
81
105
8.8
47.3
4
19Peyton Barber
P. Barber
871
2018
16
234
3.7
54.4
5
92
20
29
4.6
5.8
1
20Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
824
2018
11
181
4.6
74.9
7
378
26
35
14.5
34.4
7
21Matt Breida
M. Breida
814
2018
14
153
5.3
58.1
3
261
27
31
9.7
18.6
2
22Tevin Coleman
T. Coleman
800
2018
16
167
4.8
50.0
4
276
32
44
8.6
17.3
5
23Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
728
2018
12
133
5.5
60.7
8
206
26
35
7.9
17.2
1
24Doug Martin
D. Martin
723
2018
16
172
4.2
45.2
4
116
18
24
6.4
7.3
0
25Frank Gore
F. Gore
722
2018
14
156
4.6
51.6
0
124
12
16
10.3
8.9
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