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NFL Single-Season Rushing Yards Leaders

Rank Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active Yds Year Teams
1. Eric Dickerson+ (24) 2,105 1984 RAM
2. Adrian Peterson (27) 2,097 2012 MIN
3. Jamal Lewis (24) 2,066 2003 BAL
4. Barry Sanders+ (29) 2,053 1997 DET
5. Terrell Davis (26) 2,008 1998 DEN
6. Chris Johnson (24) 2,006 2009 TEN
7. O.J. Simpson+ (26) 2,003 1973 BUF
8. Earl Campbell+ (25) 1,934 1980 HOU
9. Barry Sanders+ (26) 1,883 1994 DET
Ahman Green (26) 1,883 2003 GNB
11. Shaun Alexander (28) 1,880 2005 SEA
12. Jim Brown+ (27) 1,863 1963 CLE
13. Tiki Barber (30) 1,860 2005 NYG
14. Ricky Williams (25) 1,853 2002 MIA
15. Walter Payton+ (23) 1,852 1977 CHI
16. Jamal Anderson (26) 1,846 1998 ATL
17. Eric Dickerson+ (26) 1,821 1986 RAM
18. O.J. Simpson+ (28) 1,817 1975 BUF
19. LaDainian Tomlinson (27) 1,815 2006 SDG
20. Eric Dickerson+ (23) 1,808 1983 RAM
21. Larry Johnson (27) 1,789 2006 KAN
22. Emmitt Smith+ (26) 1,773 1995 DAL
23. Adrian Peterson (23) 1,760 2008 MIN
24. Marcus Allen+ (25) 1,759 1985 RAI
25. Larry Johnson (26) 1,750 2005 KAN
Terrell Davis (25) 1,750 1997 DEN
27. Gerald Riggs (25) 1,719 1985 ATL
28. Emmitt Smith+ (23) 1,713 1992 DAL
29. Edgerrin James (22) 1,709 2000 IND
30. Michael Turner (26) 1,699 2008 ATL
31. Curtis Martin+ (31) 1,697 2004 NYJ
Earl Campbell+ (24) 1,697 1979 HOU
33. Shaun Alexander (27) 1,696 2004 SEA
34. Frank Gore (23) 1,695 2006 SFO
35. Barry Foster (24) 1,690 1992 PIT
36. Walter Payton+ (30) 1,684 1984 CHI
37. LaDainian Tomlinson (23) 1,683 2002 SDG
38. George Rogers (23) 1,674 1981 NOR
39. Jerome Bettis (25) 1,665 1997 PIT
40. Tiki Barber (31) 1,662 2006 NYG
41. Eric Dickerson+ (28) 1,659 1988 IND
42. Tony Dorsett+ (27) 1,646 1981 DAL
43. LaDainian Tomlinson (24) 1,645 2003 SDG
44. Deuce McAllister (25) 1,641 2003 NOR
45. Corey Dillon (30) 1,635 2004 NWE
46. Arian Foster (24) 1,616 2010 HOU
47. Priest Holmes (29) 1,615 2002 KAN
48. Alfred Morris (24) 1,613 2012 WAS
49. Walter Payton+ (25) 1,610 1979 CHI
50. Maurice Jones-Drew (26) 1,606 2011 JAX
51. Ottis Anderson (22) 1,605 1979 STL
52. Clinton Portis (22) 1,591 2003 DEN
53. Marshawn Lynch (26) 1,590 2012 SEA
54. Fred Taylor (27) 1,572 2003 JAX
55. Garrison Hearst (27) 1,570 1998 SFO
56. William Andrews (28) 1,567 1983 ATL
57. Emmitt Smith+ (22) 1,563 1991 DAL
58. Priest Holmes (28) 1,555 2001 KAN
59. Edgerrin James (21) 1,553 1999 IND
Barry Sanders+ (28) 1,553 1996 DET
61. Walter Payton+ (31) 1,551 1985 CHI
62. Barry Sanders+ (23) 1,548 1991 DET
Edgerrin James (26) 1,548 2004 IND
64. Chris Warren (26) 1,545 1994 SEA
65. James Wilder (26) 1,544 1984 TAM
Jim Brown+ (29) 1,544 1965 CLE
67. Terrell Davis (24) 1,538 1996 DEN
68. Steven Jackson (23) 1,528 2006 STL
69. Jim Brown+ (22) 1,527 1958 CLE
70. Robert Smith (28) 1,521 2000 MIN
71. Tiki Barber (29) 1,518 2004 NYG
72. Clinton Portis (24) 1,516 2005 WAS
Joe Morris (26) 1,516 1986 NYG
74. DeAngelo Williams (25) 1,515 2008 CAR
75. Herschel Walker (26) 1,514 1988 DAL
76. Curtis Martin+ (28) 1,513 2001 NYJ
77. Wilbert Montgomery (25) 1,512 1979 PHI
78. Jamaal Charles (26) 1,509 2012 KAN
Eddie George (27) 1,509 2000 TEN
80. Clinton Portis (21) 1,508 2002 DEN
81. Edgerrin James (27) 1,506 2005 IND
82. O.J. Simpson+ (29) 1,503 1976 BUF
83. Roger Craig (28) 1,502 1988 SFO
84. Barry Sanders+ (27) 1,500 1995 DET
85. Willie Parker (26) 1,494 2006 PIT
86. Barry Sanders+ (30) 1,491 1998 DET
87. Thurman Thomas+ (26) 1,487 1992 BUF
Mike Anderson (27) 1,487 2000 DEN
Clinton Portis (27) 1,487 2008 WAS
Curtis Martin+ (22) 1,487 1995 NWE
91. Emmitt Smith+ (24) 1,486 1993 DAL
Gerald Riggs (24) 1,486 1984 ATL
93. Emmitt Smith+ (25) 1,484 1994 DAL
94. Curt Warner (25) 1,481 1986 SEA
95. Christian Okoye (28) 1,480 1989 KAN
96. Jim Taylor+ (27) 1,474 1962 GNB
LaDainian Tomlinson (28) 1,474 2007 SDG
98. Barry Sanders+ (21) 1,470 1989 DET
99. Jamaal Charles (24) 1,467 2010 KAN
100. Curtis Martin+ (26) 1,464 1999 NYJ
101. LaDainian Tomlinson (26) 1,462 2005 SDG
102. Walter Payton+ (26) 1,460 1980 CHI
103. Rudi Johnson (26) 1,458 2005 CIN
Jim Nance (24) 1,458 1966 BOS
105. Rudi Johnson (25) 1,454 2004 CIN
Doug Martin (23) 1,454 2012 TAM
107. Earl Campbell+ (23) 1,450 1978 HOU
108. Curt Warner (22) 1,449 1983 SEA
109. Jim Brown+ (28) 1,446 1964 CLE
110. Stephen Davis (29) 1,444 2003 CAR
111. Travis Henry (24) 1,438 2002 BUF
112. Billy Sims (26) 1,437 1981 DET
113. Dorsey Levens (27) 1,435 1997 GNB
Corey Dillon (26) 1,435 2000 CIN
Shaun Alexander (26) 1,435 2003 SEA
116. Stephen Davis (27) 1,432 2001 WAS
Spec Sanders (29) 1,432 1947 NYY
118. Jerome Bettis (24) 1,431 1996 PIT
119. Jerome Bettis (21) 1,429 1993 RAM
120. Arian Foster (26) 1,424 2012 HOU
121. Walter Payton+ (29) 1,421 1983 CHI
122. Priest Holmes (30) 1,420 2003 KAN
123. Warrick Dunn (30) 1,416 2005 ATL
Steven Jackson (26) 1,416 2009 STL
125. Ricky Watters (27) 1,411 1996 PHI
126. Jim Brown+ (25) 1,408 1961 CLE
127. Otis Armstrong (24) 1,407 1974 DEN
Thurman Thomas+ (25) 1,407 1991 BUF
129. Stephen Davis (25) 1,405 1999 WAS
130. Thomas Jones (31) 1,402 2009 NYJ
Wilbert Montgomery (27) 1,402 1981 PHI
132. Eddie George (24) 1,399 1997 TEN
Fred Taylor (24) 1,399 2000 JAX
134. Emmitt Smith+ (30) 1,397 1999 DAL
135. Walter Payton+ (24) 1,395 1978 CHI
136. Maurice Jones-Drew (24) 1,391 2009 JAX
137. Walter Payton+ (22) 1,390 1976 CHI
138. Deuce McAllister (24) 1,388 2002 NOR
139. Tiki Barber (27) 1,387 2002 NYG
Ahman Green (24) 1,387 2001 GNB
141. Adrian Peterson (24) 1,383 2009 MIN
142. Marshall Faulk+ (28) 1,382 2001 STL
143. Marshall Faulk+ (26) 1,381 1999 STL
144. Ottis Anderson (24) 1,376 1981 STL
Earl Campbell+ (26) 1,376 1981 HOU
146. Charles White (29) 1,374 1987 RAM
147. Ricky Williams (26) 1,372 2003 MIA
148. Michael Turner (28) 1,371 2010 ATL
149. Eddie George (23) 1,368 1996 HOU
150. Chris Johnson (25) 1,364 2010 TEN
Jamal Lewis (21) 1,364 2000 BAL
Ray Rice (24) 1,364 2011 BAL
153. Marshall Faulk+ (27) 1,359 2000 STL
154. Travis Henry (25) 1,356 2003 BUF
155. Terry Allen (28) 1,353 1996 WAS
Rueben Mayes (23) 1,353 1986 NOR
157. Ottis Anderson (23) 1,352 1980 STL
Barry Sanders+ (24) 1,352 1992 DET
159. Natrone Means (22) 1,350 1994 SDG
160. John Riggins+ (34) 1,347 1983 WAS
161. Chris Warren (27) 1,346 1995 SEA
162. Jerome Bettis (28) 1,341 2000 PIT
Adrian Peterson (22) 1,341 2007 MIN
164. Michael Turner (29) 1,340 2011 ATL
165. Ray Rice (22) 1,339 2009 BAL
166. Joe Morris (25) 1,336 1985 NYG
167. Thomas Jones (27) 1,335 2005 CHI
LaDainian Tomlinson (25) 1,335 2004 SDG
169. Walter Payton+ (32) 1,333 1986 CHI
Brian Westbrook (28) 1,333 2007 PHI
171. Emmitt Smith+ (29) 1,332 1998 DAL
172. Freeman McNeil (26) 1,331 1985 NYJ
173. Jim Brown+ (23) 1,329 1959 CLE
174. Jamal Lewis (23) 1,327 2002 BAL
Gerald Riggs (26) 1,327 1986 ATL
176. Tony Dorsett+ (24) 1,325 1978 DAL
177. Maurice Jones-Drew (25) 1,324 2010 JAX
178. Tony Dorsett+ (29) 1,321 1983 DAL
179. Marshall Faulk+ (25) 1,319 1998 IND
180. Stephen Davis (26) 1,318 2000 WAS
Shaun Alexander (24) 1,318 2001 SEA
182. Willie Parker (27) 1,316 2007 PIT
183. Thurman Thomas+ (27) 1,315 1993 BUF
Corey Dillon (27) 1,315 2001 CIN
Clinton Portis (23) 1,315 2004 WAS
186. Fred Taylor (26) 1,314 2002 JAX
187. Thomas Jones (30) 1,312 2008 NYJ
188. Eric Dickerson+ (29) 1,311 1989 IND
Corey Dillon (28) 1,311 2002 CIN
190. Rudi Johnson (27) 1,309 2006 CIN
LeSean McCoy (23) 1,309 2011 PHI
Terry Allen (27) 1,309 1995 WAS
193. William Andrews (25) 1,308 1980 ATL
Curtis Martin+ (30) 1,308 2003 NYJ
195. Tony Dorsett+ (31) 1,307 1985 DAL
Jim Taylor+ (26) 1,307 1961 GNB
197. Eddie George (26) 1,304 1999 TEN
Jamal Lewis (28) 1,304 2007 CLE
Barry Sanders+ (22) 1,304 1990 DET
200. Billy Sims (25) 1,303 1980 DET
201. Earl Campbell+ (28) 1,301 1983 HOU
William Andrews (26) 1,301 1981 ATL
203. James Wilder (27) 1,300 1985 TAM
204. Adrian Peterson (25) 1,298 2010 MIN
205. Thurman Thomas+ (24) 1,297 1990 BUF
206. Michael Bennett (24) 1,296 2002 MIN
207. Mike Pruitt (25) 1,294 1979 CLE
Napoleon Kaufman (24) 1,294 1997 OAK
Eddie George (25) 1,294 1998 TEN
210. Eric Dickerson+ (27) 1,288 1987 2TM
211. Curtis Martin+ (25) 1,287 1998 NYJ
212. Steve Slaton (22) 1,282 2008 HOU
Marshall Faulk+ (21) 1,282 1994 IND
214. Neal Anderson (25) 1,275 1989 CHI
215. Duce Staley (24) 1,273 1999 PHI
Mark van Eeghen (25) 1,273 1977 OAK
Ricky Watters (26) 1,273 1995 PHI
Rashard Mendenhall (23) 1,273 2010 PIT
219. Ottis Anderson (26) 1,270 1983 STL
220. Robert Smith (25) 1,266 1997 MIN
221. Stevan Ridley (23) 1,263 2012 NWE
Ricky Bell (24) 1,263 1979 TAM
223. Wendell Tyler (29) 1,262 1984 SFO
Dalton Hilliard (25) 1,262 1989 NOR
Clinton Portis (26) 1,262 2007 WAS
226. Edgerrin James (25) 1,259 2003 IND
227. Delvin Williams (27) 1,258 1978 MIA
228. Jim Brown+ (24) 1,257 1960 CLE
229. Ryan Grant (27) 1,253 2009 GNB
230. O.J. Simpson+ (25) 1,251 1972 BUF
Cedric Benson (27) 1,251 2009 CIN
232. Adrian Murrell (26) 1,249 1996 NYJ
233. Willis McGahee (24) 1,247 2005 BUF
234. Franco Harris+ (25) 1,246 1975 PIT
235. Ricky Williams (24) 1,245 2001 NOR
236. Thurman Thomas+ (23) 1,244 1989 BUF
C.J. Spiller (25) 1,244 2012 BUF
238. Chris Johnson (27) 1,243 2012 TEN
239. Ricky Watters (31) 1,242 2000 SEA
240. Steven Jackson (27) 1,241 2010 STL
241. Ahman Green (25) 1,240 2002 GNB
Reuben Droughns (26) 1,240 2004 DEN
243. Ricky Watters (29) 1,239 1998 SEA
James Brooks (31) 1,239 1989 CIN
John Riggins+ (35) 1,239 1984 WAS
Leroy Kelly+ (26) 1,239 1968 CLE
247. Matt Forte (23) 1,238 2008 CHI
Lawrence McCutcheon (27) 1,238 1977 RAM
249. LaDainian Tomlinson (22) 1,236 2001 SDG
250. Ahmad Bradshaw (24) 1,235 2010 NYG