nfl players to rush for 2,000 yards in a season

Cliff Battles had 839 carries when rushing for 2,000+ yards in his career.

Interpreted as:
NFL players to rush for 2,000 or more rushing yards in a season
NAME ATT RUSH YDS GP YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Cliff Battles
C. Battles
839
3,511
60
4.2
58.5
23
546
38
14.4
9.1
4
2 Dutch Clark
D. Clark
606
2,772
64
4.6
43.3
27
341
28
12.2
5.3
6
3 Ace Gutowsky
A. Gutowsky
922
3,279
86
3.6
38.1
20
64
3
21.3
0.7
0
4 Swede Hanson
S. Hanson
554
2,122
53
3.8
40.0
13
325
23
14.1
6.1
1
5 Clarke Hinkle
C. Hinkle
1,171
3,860
113
3.3
34.2
35
537
49
11.0
4.8
9
6 Bronko Nagurski
B. Nagurski
633
2,778
74
4.4
37.5
18
134
11
12.2
1.8
0
7 Ernie Caddel
E. Caddel
443
2,311
64
5.2
36.1
20
641
54
11.9
10.0
5
8 Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
919
3,132
80
3.4
39.2
17
422
28
15.1
5.3
3
9 Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
508
2,285
82
4.5
27.9
10
508
30
16.9
6.2
3
10 Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
587
2,103
70
3.6
30.0
21
1,086
80
13.6
15.5
13
11 Pug Manders
P. Manders
690
2,529
74
3.7
34.2
32
326
25
13.0
4.4
2
12 Tony Canadeo
T. Canadeo
1,025
4,197
116
4.1
36.2
26
579
69
8.4
5.0
5
13 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
765
3,057
90
4.0
34.0
18
1,383
123
11.2
15.4
18
14 Ted Fritsch
T. Fritsch
620
2,200
99
3.5
22.2
31
227
25
9.1
2.3
1
15 Bill Paschal
B. Paschal
677
2,430
57
3.6
42.6
28
326
32
10.2
5.7
8
16 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
1,320
5,860
83
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
17 Elmer Angsman
E. Angsman
683
2,908
83
4.3
35.0
27
654
41
16.0
7.9
5
18 Pat Harder
P. Harder
740
3,016
86
4.1
35.1
33
864
92
9.4
10.0
5
19 George Gulyanics
G. Gulyanics
509
2,081
61
4.1
34.1
19
600
52
11.5
9.8
2
20 Dick Hoerner
D. Hoerner
506
2,172
63
4.3
34.5
30
1,180
80
14.8
18.7
4
21 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
687
3,506
99
5.1
35.4
23
1,321
130
10.2
13.3
11
22 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
611
2,451
175
4.0
14.0
25
0
0
0.0
0
23 Rob Goode
R. Goode
596
2,531
59
4.2
42.9
16
640
53
12.1
10.8
1
24 Tank Younger
T. Younger
770
3,640
112
4.7
32.5
34
1,167
100
11.7
10.4
1
25 Bob Hoernschemeyer
B. Hoernschemeyer
553
2,439
59
4.4
41.3
17
951
96
9.9
16.1
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

26.8

7th

OPP PPG

20.2

9th

RUSH YDS/G

156.4

1st

PASS YDS/G

205.4

27th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
3
1
.417
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
WAS WAS
@
MIA MIA
9:30 AM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

3 - 2 - 0

10

Final

27

WAS Commanders

3 - 2 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

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

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM