Single-Season Rushing Yards Leaders

Rank	Player (age), + - HOFer, Bold - Active	Yds	Year	Teams
1.	Eric Dickerson+ (24)	2,105	1984	RAM
2.	Jamal Lewis (24)	2,066	2003	BAL
3.	Barry Sanders+ (29)	2,053	1997	DET
4.	Terrell Davis (26)	2,008	1998	DEN
5.	O.J. Simpson+ (26)	2,003	1973	BUF
6.	Earl Campbell+ (25)	1,934	1980	HOU
7.	Barry Sanders+ (26)	1,883	1994	DET
	Ahman Green (26)	1,883	2003	GNB
9.	Shaun Alexander (28)	1,880	2005	SEA
10.	Jim Brown+ (27)	1,863	1963	CLE
11.	Tiki Barber (30)	1,860	2005	NYG
12.	Ricky Williams (25)	1,853	2002	MIA
13.	Walter Payton+ (23)	1,852	1977	CHI
14.	Jamal Anderson (26)	1,846	1998	ATL
15.	Eric Dickerson+ (26)	1,821	1986	RAM
16.	O.J. Simpson+ (28)	1,817	1975	BUF
17.	LaDainian Tomlinson (27)	1,815	2006	SDG
18.	Eric Dickerson+ (23)	1,808	1983	RAM
19.	Larry Johnson (27)	1,789	2006	KAN
20.	Emmitt Smith (26)	1,773	1995	DAL
21.	Marcus Allen+ (25)	1,759	1985	RAI
22.	Terrell Davis (25)	1,750	1997	DEN
	Larry Johnson (26)	1,750	2005	KAN
24.	Gerald Riggs (25)	1,719	1985	ATL
25.	Emmitt Smith (23)	1,713	1992	DAL
26.	Edgerrin James (22)	1,709	2000	IND
27.	Earl Campbell+ (24)	1,697	1979	HOU
	Curtis Martin (31)	1,697	2004	NYJ
29.	Shaun Alexander (27)	1,696	2004	SEA
30.	Frank Gore (23)	1,695	2006	SFO
31.	Barry Foster (24)	1,690	1992	PIT
32.	Walter Payton+ (30)	1,684	1984	CHI
33.	LaDainian Tomlinson (23)	1,683	2002	SDG
34.	George Rogers (23)	1,674	1981	NOR
35.	Jerome Bettis (25)	1,665	1997	PIT
36.	Tiki Barber (31)	1,662	2006	NYG
37.	Eric Dickerson+ (28)	1,659	1988	IND
38.	Tony Dorsett+ (27)	1,646	1981	DAL
39.	LaDainian Tomlinson (24)	1,645	2003	SDG
40.	Deuce McAllister (25)	1,641	2003	NOR
41.	Corey Dillon (30)	1,635	2004	NWE
42.	Priest Holmes (29)	1,615	2002	KAN
43.	Walter Payton+ (25)	1,610	1979	CHI
44.	Ottis Anderson (22)	1,605	1979	STL
45.	Clinton Portis (22)	1,591	2003	DEN
46.	Fred Taylor (27)	1,572	2003	JAX
47.	Garrison Hearst (27)	1,570	1998	SFO
48.	William Andrews (28)	1,567	1983	ATL
49.	Emmitt Smith (22)	1,563	1991	DAL
50.	Priest Holmes (28)	1,555	2001	KAN
51.	Barry Sanders+ (28)	1,553	1996	DET
	Edgerrin James (21)	1,553	1999	IND
53.	Walter Payton+ (31)	1,551	1985	CHI
54.	Barry Sanders+ (23)	1,548	1991	DET
	Edgerrin James (26)	1,548	2004	IND
56.	Chris Warren (26)	1,545	1994	SEA
57.	Jim Brown+ (29)	1,544	1965	CLE
	James Wilder (26)	1,544	1984	TAM
59.	Terrell Davis (24)	1,538	1996	DEN
60.	Steven Jackson (23)	1,528	2006	STL
61.	Jim Brown+ (22)	1,527	1958	CLE
62.	Robert Smith (28)	1,521	2000	MIN
63.	Tiki Barber (29)	1,518	2004	NYG
64.	Clinton Portis (24)	1,516	2005	WAS
	Joe Morris (26)	1,516	1986	NYG
66.	Herschel Walker (26)	1,514	1988	DAL
67.	Curtis Martin (28)	1,513	2001	NYJ
68.	Wilbert Montgomery (25)	1,512	1979	PHI
69.	Eddie George (27)	1,509	2000	TEN
70.	Clinton Portis (21)	1,508	2002	DEN
71.	Edgerrin James (27)	1,506	2005	IND
72.	O.J. Simpson+ (29)	1,503	1976	BUF
73.	Roger Craig (28)	1,502	1988	SFO
74.	Barry Sanders+ (27)	1,500	1995	DET
75.	Willie Parker (26)	1,494	2006	PIT
76.	Barry Sanders+ (30)	1,491	1998	DET
77.	Curtis Martin (22)	1,487	1995	NWE
	Thurman Thomas+ (26)	1,487	1992	BUF
	Mike Anderson (27)	1,487	2000	DEN
80.	Emmitt Smith (24)	1,486	1993	DAL
	Gerald Riggs (24)	1,486	1984	ATL
82.	Emmitt Smith (25)	1,484	1994	DAL
83.	Curt Warner (25)	1,481	1986	SEA
84.	Christian Okoye (28)	1,480	1989	KAN
85.	Jim Taylor+ (27)	1,474	1962	GNB
	LaDainian Tomlinson (28)	1,474	2007	SDG
87.	Barry Sanders+ (21)	1,470	1989	DET
88.	Curtis Martin (26)	1,464	1999	NYJ
89.	LaDainian Tomlinson (26)	1,462	2005	SDG
90.	Walter Payton+ (26)	1,460	1980	CHI
91.	Jim Nance (24)	1,458	1966	BOS
	Rudi Johnson (26)	1,458	2005	CIN
93.	Rudi Johnson (25)	1,454	2004	CIN
94.	Earl Campbell+ (23)	1,450	1978	HOU
95.	Curt Warner (22)	1,449	1983	SEA
96.	Jim Brown+ (28)	1,446	1964	CLE
97.	Stephen Davis (29)	1,444	2003	CAR
98.	Travis Henry (24)	1,438	2002	BUF
99.	Billy Sims (26)	1,437	1981	DET
100.	Dorsey Levens (27)	1,435	1997	GNB
	Shaun Alexander (26)	1,435	2003	SEA
	Corey Dillon (26)	1,435	2000	CIN
103.	Stephen Davis (27)	1,432	2001	WAS
	Spec Sanders (29)	1,432	1947	NYY
105.	Jerome Bettis (24)	1,431	1996	PIT
106.	Jerome Bettis (21)	1,429	1993	RAM
107.	Walter Payton+ (29)	1,421	1983	CHI
108.	Priest Holmes (30)	1,420	2003	KAN
109.	Warrick Dunn (30)	1,416	2005	ATL
110.	Ricky Watters (27)	1,411	1996	PHI
111.	Jim Brown+ (25)	1,408	1961	CLE
112.	Otis Armstrong (24)	1,407	1974	DEN
	Thurman Thomas+ (25)	1,407	1991	BUF
114.	Stephen Davis (25)	1,405	1999	WAS
115.	Wilbert Montgomery (27)	1,402	1981	PHI
116.	Eddie George (24)	1,399	1997	TEN
	Fred Taylor (24)	1,399	2000	JAX
118.	Emmitt Smith (30)	1,397	1999	DAL
119.	Walter Payton+ (24)	1,395	1978	CHI
120.	Walter Payton+ (22)	1,390	1976	CHI
121.	Deuce McAllister (24)	1,388	2002	NOR
122.	Tiki Barber (27)	1,387	2002	NYG
	Ahman Green (24)	1,387	2001	GNB
124.	Marshall Faulk (28)	1,382	2001	STL
125.	Marshall Faulk (26)	1,381	1999	STL
126.	Earl Campbell+ (26)	1,376	1981	HOU
	Ottis Anderson (24)	1,376	1981	STL
128.	Charles White (29)	1,374	1987	RAM
129.	Ricky Williams (26)	1,372	2003	MIA
130.	Eddie George (23)	1,368	1996	HOU
131.	Jamal Lewis (21)	1,364	2000	BAL
132.	Marshall Faulk (27)	1,359	2000	STL
133.	Travis Henry (25)	1,356	2003	BUF
134.	Terry Allen (28)	1,353	1996	WAS
	Rueben Mayes (23)	1,353	1986	NOR
136.	Ottis Anderson (23)	1,352	1980	STL
	Barry Sanders+ (24)	1,352	1992	DET
138.	Natrone Means (22)	1,350	1994	SDG
139.	John Riggins+ (34)	1,347	1983	WAS
140.	Chris Warren (27)	1,346	1995	SEA
141.	Adrian Peterson (22)	1,341	2007	MIN
	Jerome Bettis (28)	1,341	2000	PIT
143.	Joe Morris (25)	1,336	1985	NYG
144.	LaDainian Tomlinson (25)	1,335	2004	SDG
	Thomas Jones (27)	1,335	2005	CHI
146.	Walter Payton+ (32)	1,333	1986	CHI
	Brian Westbrook (28)	1,333	2007	PHI
148.	Emmitt Smith (29)	1,332	1998	DAL
149.	Freeman McNeil (26)	1,331	1985	NYJ
150.	Jim Brown+ (23)	1,329	1959	CLE
151.	Gerald Riggs (26)	1,327	1986	ATL
	Jamal Lewis (23)	1,327	2002	BAL
153.	Tony Dorsett+ (24)	1,325	1978	DAL
154.	Tony Dorsett+ (29)	1,321	1983	DAL
155.	Marshall Faulk (25)	1,319	1998	IND
156.	Shaun Alexander (24)	1,318	2001	SEA
	Stephen Davis (26)	1,318	2000	WAS
158.	Willie Parker (27)	1,316	2007	PIT
159.	Thurman Thomas+ (27)	1,315	1993	BUF
	Clinton Portis (23)	1,315	2004	WAS
	Corey Dillon (27)	1,315	2001	CIN
162.	Fred Taylor (26)	1,314	2002	JAX
163.	Eric Dickerson+ (29)	1,311	1989	IND
	Corey Dillon (28)	1,311	2002	CIN
	Adrian Peterson (23)	1,311	2008	MIN
166.	Rudi Johnson (27)	1,309	2006	CIN
	Terry Allen (27)	1,309	1995	WAS
168.	William Andrews (25)	1,308	1980	ATL
	Curtis Martin (30)	1,308	2003	NYJ
170.	Jim Taylor+ (26)	1,307	1961	GNB
	Tony Dorsett+ (31)	1,307	1985	DAL
172.	Jamal Lewis (28)	1,304	2007	CLE
	Eddie George (26)	1,304	1999	TEN
	Barry Sanders+ (22)	1,304	1990	DET
175.	Billy Sims (25)	1,303	1980	DET
176.	William Andrews (26)	1,301	1981	ATL
	Earl Campbell+ (28)	1,301	1983	HOU
178.	James Wilder (27)	1,300	1985	TAM
179.	Thurman Thomas+ (24)	1,297	1990	BUF
180.	Michael Bennett (24)	1,296	2002	MIN
181.	Eddie George (25)	1,294	1998	TEN
	Napoleon Kaufman (24)	1,294	1997	OAK
	Mike Pruitt (25)	1,294	1979	CLE
184.	Eric Dickerson+ (27)	1,288	1987	2TM
185.	Curtis Martin (25)	1,287	1998	NYJ
186.	Marshall Faulk (21)	1,282	1994	IND
187.	Neal Anderson (25)	1,275	1989	CHI
188.	Duce Staley (24)	1,273	1999	PHI
	Mark van Eeghen (25)	1,273	1977	OAK
	Ricky Watters (26)	1,273	1995	PHI
191.	Ottis Anderson (26)	1,270	1983	STL
192.	Robert Smith (25)	1,266	1997	MIN
193.	Ricky Bell (24)	1,263	1979	TAM
194.	Wendell Tyler (29)	1,262	1984	SFO
	Dalton Hilliard (25)	1,262	1989	NOR
	Clinton Portis (26)	1,262	2007	WAS
197.	Edgerrin James (25)	1,259	2003	IND
198.	Delvin Williams (27)	1,258	1978	MIA
199.	Jim Brown+ (24)	1,257	1960	CLE
200.	O.J. Simpson+ (25)	1,251	1972	BUF
201.	Adrian Murrell (26)	1,249	1996	NYJ
202.	Willis McGahee (24)	1,247	2005	BUF
203.	Franco Harris+ (25)	1,246	1975	PIT
204.	Ricky Williams (24)	1,245	2001	NOR
205.	Thurman Thomas+ (23)	1,244	1989	BUF
206.	Ricky Watters (31)	1,242	2000	SEA
207.	Reuben Droughns (26)	1,240	2004	DEN
	Ahman Green (25)	1,240	2002	GNB
209.	Leroy Kelly+ (26)	1,239	1968	CLE
	John Riggins+ (35)	1,239	1984	WAS
	James Brooks (31)	1,239	1989	CIN
	Ricky Watters (29)	1,239	1998	SEA
213.	Lawrence McCutcheon (27)	1,238	1977	RAM
214.	LaDainian Tomlinson (22)	1,236	2001	SDG
215.	Eric Dickerson+ (25)	1,234	1985	RAM
216.	Reuben Droughns (27)	1,232	2005	CLE
217.	Gale Sayers+ (23)	1,231	1966	CHI
218.	Charlie Garner (27)	1,229	1999	SFO
219.	Clinton Portis (27)	1,228	2008	WAS
220.	Craig James (24)	1,227	1985	NWE
221.	Lorenzo White (26)	1,226	1992	HOU
222.	Marion Butts (24)	1,225	1990	SDG
223.	Fred Taylor (28)	1,224	2004	JAX
224.	Fred Taylor (22)	1,223	1998	JAX
225.	Walter Payton+ (27)	1,222	1981	CHI
	Edgerrin James (29)	1,222	2007	ARI
227.	Wilbert Montgomery (24)	1,220	1978	PHI
228.	Earnest Byner (28)	1,219	1990	WAS
229.	Brian Westbrook (27)	1,217	2006	PHI
230.	Chester Taylor (27)	1,216	2006	MIN
	Tiki Barber (28)	1,216	2003	NYG
	Larry Brown (25)	1,216	1972	WAS
	Jim Nance (25)	1,216	1967	BOS
234.	Greg Bell (26)	1,212	1988	RAM
235.	Travis Henry (28)	1,211	2006	TEN
236.	Ricky Watters (30)	1,210	1999	SEA
	Thomas Jones (28)	1,210	2006	CHI
238.	Michael Turner (26)	1,208	2008	ATL
239.	Errict Rhett (25)	1,207	1995	TAM
	Willis McGahee (26)	1,207	2007	BAL
241.	Garrison Hearst (30)	1,206	2001	SFO
242.	Leroy Kelly+ (25)	1,205	1967	CLE
243.	Emmitt Smith (27)	1,204	1996	DAL
	Curtis Martin (27)	1,204	2000	NYJ
245.	Emmitt Smith (31)	1,203	2000	DAL
	Delvin Williams (25)	1,203	1976	SFO
	George Rogers (28)	1,203	1986	WAS
248.	Bobby Humphrey (24)	1,202	1990	DEN
	Willie Parker (25)	1,202	2005	PIT
	Fred Taylor (31)	1,202	2007	JAX
249.	Terry Allen (24)	1,201	1992	MIN
250.	Lydell Mitchell (27)	1,200	1976	BAL
	Corey Dillon (25)	1,200	1999	CIN