fewest games to reach 1,000 rushing yard in 1 season

Ricky Williams has the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 1,000+ rushing yards in a season, with 10 games in 2000.

Interpreted as:
fewest games by a player to reach 1,000 or more rushing yard in 1 season
NAME GP RUSH YDS SEASON TM ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
10
1,000
2000
NO NO
248
4.0
100.0
8
409
44
55
9.3
40.9
1
2 Brandon Jacobs
B. Jacobs
11
1,009
2007
NYG NYG
202
5.0
91.7
4
174
23
38
7.6
15.8
2
3 Chris Brown
C. Brown
11
1,067
2004
TEN TEN
220
4.9
97.0
6
147
20
33
7.4
13.4
0
4 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
11
1,072
2001
PIT PIT
225
4.8
97.5
4
48
8
10
6.0
4.4
0
5 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11
1,115
1993
DET DET
243
4.6
101.4
3
205
36
5.7
18.6
0
6 Kyren Williams
K. Williams
12
1,144
2023
LAR LAR
228
5.0
95.3
12
206
32
48
6.4
17.2
3
7 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
12
1,067
2020
CLE CLE
190
5.6
88.9
12
150
16
18
9.4
12.5
0
8 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
12
1,268
2016
PIT PIT
261
4.9
105.7
7
616
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
9 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
12
1,042
2008
STL STL
253
4.1
86.8
7
379
40
62
9.5
31.6
1
10 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
12
1,002
2007
STL STL
237
4.2
83.5
5
271
38
52
7.1
22.6
1
11 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
12
1,006
2004
BAL BAL
235
4.3
83.8
7
116
10
12
11.6
9.7
0
12 Olandis Gary
O. Gary
12
1,159
1999
DEN DEN
276
4.2
96.6
7
159
21
29
7.6
13.3
0
13 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
12
1,077
1993
NYG NYG
292
3.7
89.8
5
210
18
11.7
17.5
0
14 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
12
1,288
1987
TOT
283
4.6
107.3
6
171
18
9.5
14.3
0
15 Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
12
1,070
1984
NYJ NYJ
229
4.7
89.2
5
294
25
11.8
24.5
1
16 Don Woods
D. Woods
12
1,162
1974
SD SD
227
5.1
96.8
7
349
26
13.4
29.1
3
17 Franco Harris
F. Harris
12
1,006
1974
PIT PIT
208
4.8
83.8
5
200
23
8.7
16.7
1
18 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
12
1,097
1973
LA LA
210
5.2
91.4
2
289
30
9.6
24.1
3
19 Larry Brown
L. Brown
12
1,216
1972
WAS WAS
285
4.3
101.3
8
473
32
14.8
39.4
4
20 Jim Brown
J. Brown
12
1,257
1960
CLE CLE
215
5.8
104.8
9
204
19
10.7
17.0
2
21 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
12
1,101
1960
GB GB
230
4.8
91.8
11
121
15
8.1
10.1
0
22 John David Crow
J. David Crow
12
1,071
1960
STL STL
183
5.9
89.3
6
462
25
18.5
38.5
3
23 James Conner
J. Conner
13
1,040
2023
ARI ARI
208
5.0
80.0
7
165
27
33
6.1
12.7
2
24 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
13
1,159
2021
MIN MIN
249
4.7
89.2
6
224
34
49
6.6
17.2
0
25 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
13
1,150
2019
OAK OAK
242
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
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PPG

15.7

29th

OPP PPG

30.0

25th

RUSH YDS/G

102.3

18th

PASS YDS/G

213.0

19th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Falcons Falcons
1
2
0
.333
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
Saints Saints
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
4:25 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
TB TB
@
NO NO
4:05 PM
Last Game
SEA Seahawks

2 - 1 - 0

44

Final

13

NO Saints

0 - 3 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM