youngest player to rush for 1000 yards in a season

13 players are tied for the youngest with >0 carries and with 1,000+ rushing yards in a season. They were 21 years old. The first three are Jonathan Taylor in 2020, Josh Jacobs in 2019 and Saquon Barkley in 2018.

Interpreted as:
youngest player to rush for 1000 or more rushing yards in a season
NAMEAGEATTRUSH YDSSEASONTMGPYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
21
232
1,169
2020
IND IND
15
5.0
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
2Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
21
242
1,150
2019
OAK OAK
13
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
3Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
21
261
1,307
2018
NYG NYG
16
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
4Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
21
322
1,631
2016
DAL DAL
15
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
5Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
21
229
1,106
2015
STL STL
13
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
6Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
21
280
1,115
2007
BUF BUF
13
4.0
85.8
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
21
273
1,508
2002
DEN DEN
16
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
8Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
21
309
1,364
2000
BAL BAL
16
4.4
85.3
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
9Edgerrin James
E. James
21
369
1,553
1999
IND IND
16
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
10Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
21
296
1,074
1995
CHI CHI
16
3.6
67.1
10
56
7
8.0
3.5
0
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
21
314
1,282
1994
IND IND
16
4.1
80.1
11
522
52
10.0
32.6
1
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
21
294
1,429
1993
RAM RAM
16
4.9
89.3
7
244
26
9.4
15.3
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
21
280
1,470
1989
DET DET
15
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
14Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
22
304
1,456
2024
ATL ATL
17
4.8
85.6
14
431
61
72
7.1
25.4
1
15Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
22
250
1,412
2024
DET DET
17
5.6
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
16Bucky Irving
B. Irving
22
207
1,122
2024
TB TB
17
5.4
66.0
8
392
47
52
8.3
23.1
0
17Kenneth Walker III
K. Walker III
22
228
1,050
2022
SEA SEA
15
4.6
70.0
9
165
27
35
6.1
11.0
0
18Tyler Allgeier
T. Allgeier
22
210
1,035
2022
ATL ATL
16
4.9
64.7
3
139
16
17
8.7
8.7
1
19Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
22
332
1,811
2021
IND IND
17
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
20Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
22
273
1,065
2020
LV LV
15
3.9
71.0
12
238
33
45
7.2
15.9
0
21James Robinson
J. Robinson
22
240
1,070
2020
JAX JAX
14
4.5
76.4
7
344
49
60
7.0
24.6
3
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
22
217
1,003
2019
NYG NYG
13
4.6
77.2
6
438
52
73
8.4
33.7
2
23Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
22
176
1,206
2019
BAL BAL
15
6.9
80.4
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
22
237
1,168
2018
CIN CIN
14
4.9
83.4
8
296
43
55
6.9
21.1
1
25Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
22
219
1,098
2018
CAR CAR
16
5.0
68.6
7
867
107
124
8.1
54.2
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

32.2

1st

OPP PPG

20.1

7th

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

8th

PASS YDS/G

268.1

5th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
Texans Texans
3
5
0
.375
Titans Titans
1
8
0
.111
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/23
IND IND
@
KC KC
1:00 PM
Sun
11/30
HOU HOU
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
IND IND
@
SEA SEA
4:25 PM
Last Game
IND Colts

7 - 2 - 0

20

Final

27

PIT Steelers

5 - 3 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
7
2
0
.778
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
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
6
2
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NO NO
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM