nfl who rushed for 2,000 yards in a season in the least amount of games

O.J. Simpson has the fewest rush attempts with 2,000+ rushing yards in a season, with 332 rush attempts in 1973.

Interpreted as:
NFL who rushed for 2,000 or more rushing yards in a season in the least amount of games
NAME ATT RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
332
2,003
1973
BUF BUF
14
6.0
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
2 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
335
2,053
1997
DET DET
16
6.1
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
3 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
345
2,005
2024
PHI PHI
16
5.8
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
4 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
348
2,097
2012
MIN MIN
16
6.0
131.1
12
217
40
51
5.4
13.6
1
5 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
358
2,006
2009
TEN TEN
16
5.6
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
6 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
378
2,027
2020
TEN TEN
16
5.4
126.7
17
114
19
31
6.0
7.1
0
7 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
379
2,105
1984
RAM RAM
16
5.6
131.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
8 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
387
2,066
2003
BAL BAL
16
5.3
129.1
14
205
26
38
7.9
12.8
0
9 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
392
2,008
1998
DEN DEN
16
5.1
125.5
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

34.0

4th

OPP PPG

23.7

20th

RUSH YDS/G

163.0

1st

PASS YDS/G

262.3

6th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
Jets Jets
0
3
0
.000
Dolphins Dolphins
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
4:25 PM
Last Game
BUF Bills

3 - 0 - 0

31

Final

21

MIA Dolphins

0 - 3 - 0

Thu 18 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

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

Schedule

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