rushing yards leaders during 2016 to 2020

Between the 2016 and 2020 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards, with 6,384 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
6,384
71
1,413
4.5
89.9
46
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
2 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5,860
78
1,182
5.0
75.1
55
692
76
105
9.1
8.9
3
3 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
4,976
75
1,231
4.0
66.3
57
2,066
222
310
9.3
27.5
12
4 Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
4,585
68
1,090
4.2
67.4
45
1,839
223
305
8.2
27.0
12
5 Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
4,129
70
847
4.9
59.0
36
1,202
157
193
7.7
17.2
10
6 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,960
77
1,033
3.8
51.4
11
835
108
136
7.7
10.8
6
7 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
3,955
64
932
4.2
61.8
34
634
83
124
7.6
9.9
2
8 Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
3,923
69
955
4.1
56.9
29
681
122
173
5.6
9.9
3
9 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
3,676
53
909
4.0
69.4
21
1,870
242
298
7.7
35.3
5
10 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
3,661
43
769
4.8
85.1
33
1,275
148
182
8.6
29.7
3
11 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
3,557
44
680
5.2
80.8
28
577
72
96
8.0
13.1
2
12 Latavius Murray
L. Murray
3,501
77
843
4.2
45.5
35
919
127
155
7.2
11.9
2
13 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
3,415
68
793
4.3
50.2
26
1,324
186
233
7.1
19.5
4
14 Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
3,364
54
651
5.2
62.3
37
1,057
131
184
8.1
19.6
6
15 Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
3,359
50
812
4.1
67.2
20
1,008
129
160
7.8
20.2
5
16 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
3,340
60
672
5.0
55.7
43
2,824
326
409
8.7
47.1
15
17 Chris Carson
C. Carson
3,270
45
715
4.6
72.7
21
775
101
125
7.7
17.2
7
18 David Johnson
D. Johnson
3,238
58
803
4.0
55.8
31
2,076
205
298
10.1
35.8
13
19 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
3,171
51
694
4.6
62.2
23
1,422
154
193
9.2
27.9
16
20 Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
3,145
51
682
4.6
61.7
29
2,672
320
398
8.4
52.4
16
21 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,145
60
811
3.9
52.4
21
529
63
92
8.4
8.8
1
22 Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
3,130
77
695
4.5
40.6
27
1,244
169
230
7.4
16.2
6
23 Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
2,998
49
763
3.9
61.2
23
1,242
170
221
7.3
25.3
2
24 Lamar Miller
L. Miller
2,934
45
716
4.1
65.2
13
684
94
121
7.3
15.2
5
25 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
2,906
46
482
6.0
63.2
19
0
0
2
0.0
0
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