who led the nfl in rushing yards from 1999 to 2005

From 1999 through 2005, Edgerrin James rushed for the most yards, with 9,226 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Edgerrin James E. James	9,226	96	2,188	4.2	96.1	64	2,839	356	464	8.0	29.6	11
2	Curtis Martin C. Martin	9,015	108	2,191	4.1	83.5	50	2,074	324	409	6.4	19.2	4
3	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	8,170	103	1,924	4.2	79.3	55	1,329	174	262	7.6	12.9	6
4	Tiki Barber T. Barber	8,110	110	1,702	4.8	73.7	47	4,071	452	626	9.0	37.0	8
5	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	7,817	96	1,717	4.6	81.4	89	1,387	188	274	7.4	14.4	11
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	7,361	79	1,702	4.3	93.2	72	2,392	342	455	7.0	30.3	8
7	Ahman Green A. Green	7,223	96	1,570	4.6	75.2	48	2,335	301	395	7.8	24.3	13
8	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	7,144	82	1,567	4.6	87.1	37	1,542	194	278	7.9	18.8	4
9	Ricky Williams R. Williams	7,097	82	1,757	4.0	86.5	47	1,899	246	324	7.7	23.2	4
10	Stephen Davis S. Davis	7,060	86	1,707	4.1	82.1	60	1,007	128	178	7.9	11.7	1
11	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	7,027	86	1,501	4.7	81.7	79	2,685	291	366	9.2	31.2	8
12	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	6,959	99	1,447	4.8	70.3	58	4,071	470	606	8.7	41.1	27
13	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	6,669	75	1,508	4.4	88.9	36	1,250	142	190	8.8	16.7	2
14	Eddie George E. George	6,380	93	1,825	3.5	68.6	49	1,691	201	269	8.4	18.2	8
15	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	6,317	102	1,501	4.2	61.9	33	2,795	321	440	8.7	27.4	11
16	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	6,290	99	1,672	3.8	63.5	57	484	72	100	6.7	4.9	0
17	Clinton Portis C. Portis	5,930	60	1,258	4.7	98.8	45	1,129	141	197	8.0	18.8	4
18	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	5,789	86	1,495	3.9	67.3	39	615	100	130	6.2	7.2	2
19	Antowain Smith A. Smith	4,917	99	1,290	3.8	49.7	38	794	103	134	7.7	8.0	3
20	Charlie Garner C. Garner	4,836	81	1,042	4.6	59.7	22	3,149	344	456	9.2	38.9	12
21	Duce Staley D. Staley	4,691	81	1,165	4.0	57.9	19	2,133	228	325	9.4	26.3	9
22	Michael Pittman M. Pittman	4,685	102	1,169	4.0	45.9	20	2,804	342	501	8.2	27.5	8
23	Deuce McAllister D. McAllister	4,529	66	1,054	4.3	68.6	34	1,379	182	246	7.6	20.9	4
24	Travis Henry T. Henry	4,184	64	1,051	4.0	65.4	27	808	116	160	7.0	12.6	2
25	Thomas Jones T. Jones	4,174	84	1,053	4.0	49.7	28	1,222	179	242	6.8	14.5	0

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