youngest running backs with 1000 yards rushing in a season

13 players are tied for the youngest running backs 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 running backs with 1000 or more yards rushing in a season
NAMEAgeRUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
21
1,169
2020
IND IND
15
232
5.0
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
2Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
21
1,150
2019
OAK OAK
13
242
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
3Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
21
1,307
2018
NYG NYG
16
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
4Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
21
1,631
2016
DAL DAL
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
5Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
21
1,106
2015
STL STL
13
229
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
6Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
21
1,115
2007
BUF BUF
13
280
4.0
85.8
7
184
18
26
10.2
14.2
0
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
21
1,508
2002
DEN DEN
16
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
8Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
21
1,364
2000
BAL BAL
16
309
4.4
85.3
6
296
27
36
11.0
18.5
0
9Edgerrin James
E. James
21
1,553
1999
IND IND
16
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
10Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
21
1,074
1995
CHI CHI
16
296
3.6
67.1
10
56
7
8.0
3.5
0
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
21
1,282
1994
IND IND
16
314
4.1
80.1
11
522
52
10.0
32.6
1
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
21
1,429
1993
RAM RAM
16
294
4.9
89.3
7
244
26
9.4
15.3
0
13Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
21
1,470
1989
DET DET
15
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
14Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
22
1,456
2024
ATL ATL
17
304
4.8
85.6
14
431
61
72
7.1
25.4
1
15Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
22
1,412
2024
DET DET
17
250
5.6
83.1
16
517
52
63
9.9
30.4
4
16Bucky Irving
B. Irving
22
1,122
2024
TB TB
17
207
5.4
66.0
8
392
47
52
8.3
23.1
0
17Kenneth Walker III
K. Walker III
22
1,050
2022
SEA SEA
15
228
4.6
70.0
9
165
27
35
6.1
11.0
0
18Tyler Allgeier
T. Allgeier
22
1,035
2022
ATL ATL
16
210
4.9
64.7
3
139
16
17
8.7
8.7
1
19Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
22
1,811
2021
IND IND
17
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
20Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
22
1,065
2020
LV LV
15
273
3.9
71.0
12
238
33
45
7.2
15.9
0
21James Robinson
J. Robinson
22
1,070
2020
JAX JAX
14
240
4.5
76.4
7
344
49
60
7.0
24.6
3
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
22
1,003
2019
NYG NYG
13
217
4.6
77.2
6
438
52
73
8.4
33.7
2
23Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
22
1,168
2018
CIN CIN
14
237
4.9
83.4
8
296
43
55
6.9
21.1
1
24Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
22
1,098
2018
CAR CAR
16
219
5.0
68.6
7
867
107
124
8.1
54.2
6
25Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
22
1,327
2017
KC KC
16
272
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
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5
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12/28
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1:00 PM
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11
2
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.846
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.692
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6
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6
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7
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12/14
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12/14
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