NFL Rushing Leaders |
| Career Leaders |
| Category | Player | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Attempts | Emmitt Smith | 4409 |
| Yards | Emmitt Smith | 18355 |
| Average (750 attempts minimum) | Michael Vick | 7.0 |
| Touchdowns | Emmitt Smith | 164 |
| First Downs | Emmitt Smith | 962 |
| Gains of 20 yards and more | Adrian Peterson | 121 |
| Gains of 40 yards and more | Barry Sanders | 42 |
| Fumbles | Kerry Collins | 57 |
| Year | League | Player | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | APFA | Cedric Smith | 4 | |||
| 1921 | APFA | Ockie Anderson | 5 | |||
| 1921 | APFA | Fritz Pollard | 6 | |||
| 1922 | NFL | Jimmy Conzelman | 7 | |||
| 1922 | NFL | Jimmy Conzelman | 7 | |||
| 1923 | NFL | Lou Smyth | 7 | |||
| 1924 | NFL | Tex Hamer | 12 | |||
| 1925 | NFL | Tony Latone | 7 | |||
| 1926 | AFL | Red Grange | 5 | |||
| 1926 | AFL | Eddie Tryon | 5 | |||
| 1926 | NFL | Barney Wentz | 10 | |||
| 1927 | NFL | Jack McBride | 6 | |||
| 1928 | NFL | Tiny Feather | 6 | |||
| 1928 | NFL | Benny Friedman | 6 | |||
| 1928 | NFL | Verne Lewellen | 6 | |||
| 1929 | NFL | Ernie Nevers | 12 | |||
| 1930 | NFL | Verne Lewellen | 8 | |||
| 1930 | NFL | Jack McBride | 8 | |||
| 1931 | NFL | Dutch Clark | 9 | |||
| 1932 | NFL | Cliff Battles | 148 | 576 | 3 | |
| 1933 | NFL | Jim Musick | 173 | 809 | 5 | |
| 1934 | NFL | Beattie Feathers | 119 | 1004 | 82t | 8 |
| 1935 | NFL | Doug Russell | 140 | 499 | 0 | |
| 1936 | NFL | Tuffy Leemans | 206 | 830 | 2 | |
| 1937 | NFL | Cliff Battles | 216 | 874 | 5 | |
| 1938 | NFL | Whizzer White | 152 | 567 | 4 | |
| 1939 | NFL | Bill Osmanski | 121 | 699 | 7 | |
| 1940 | NFL | Whizzer White | 146 | 514 | 5 | |
| 1941 | NFL | Pug Manders | 111 | 486 | 46 | 6 |
| 1942 | NFL | Bill Dudley | 162 | 696 | 66 | 5 |
| 1943 | NFL | Bill Paschal | 147 | 572 | 54t | 10 |
| 1944 | NFL | Bill Paschal | 196 | 737 | 68t | 9 |
| 1945 | NFL | Steve Van Buren | 143 | 832 | 69t | 15 |
| 1946 | NFL | Bill Dudley | 146 | 604 | 41 | 3 |
| 1946 | AAFC | Spec Sanders | 140 | 709 | 75t | 6 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Spec Sanders | 231 | 1432 | 70t | 18 |
| 1947 | NFL | Steve Van Buren | 217 | 1008 | 45 | 13 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Marion Motley | 157 | 964 | 5 | |
| 1948 | NFL | Steve Van Buren | 201 | 945 | 29 | 10 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Joe Perry | 115 | 783 | 59t | 8 |
| 1949 | NFL | Steve Van Buren | 263 | 1146 | 41 | 11 |
| 1950 | NFL | Marion Motley | 140 | 810 | 69t | 3 |
| 1951 | NFL | Eddie Price | 271 | 971 | 80t | 7 |
| 1952 | NFL | Dan Towler | 156 | 894 | 44t | 10 |
| 1953 | NFL | Joe Perry | 192 | 1018 | 51t | 10 |
| 1954 | NFL | Joe Perry | 173 | 1049 | 58 | 8 |
| 1955 | NFL | Alan Ameche | 213 | 961 | 79t | 9 |
| 1956 | NFL | Rick Casares | 234 | 1126 | 68t | 12 |
| 1957 | NFL | Jim Brown | 202 | 942 | 69t | 9 |
| 1958 | NFL | Jim Brown | 257 | 1527 | 65t | 17 |
| 1959 | NFL | Jim Brown | 290 | 1329 | 70t | 14 |
| 1960 | NFL | Jim Brown | 215 | 1257 | 71t | 9 |
| 1960 | AFL | Abner Haynes | 156 | 875 | 67t | 9 |
| 1961 | NFL | Jim Brown | 305 | 1408 | 38 | 8 |
| 1961 | AFL | Billy Cannon | 200 | 948 | 61t | 6 |
| 1962 | AFL | Cookie Gilchrist | 214 | 1096 | 44 | 13 |
| 1962 | NFL | Jim Taylor | 272 | 1474 | 51 | 19 |
| 1963 | NFL | Jim Brown | 291 | 1863 | 80t | 12 |
| 1963 | AFL | Clem Daniels | 215 | 1099 | 74t | 3 |
| 1964 | NFL | Jim Brown | 280 | 1446 | 71 | 7 |
| 1964 | AFL | Cookie Gilchrist | 230 | 981 | 67t | 6 |
| 1965 | NFL | Jim Brown | 289 | 1544 | 67 | 17 |
| 1965 | AFL | Paul Lowe | 222 | 1121 | 59t | 7 |
| 1966 | AFL | Jim Nance | 299 | 1458 | 65t | 11 |
| 1966 | NFL | Gale Sayers | 229 | 1231 | 58t | 8 |
| 1967 | NFL | Leroy Kelly | 235 | 1205 | 42t | 11 |
| 1967 | AFL | Jim Nance | 269 | 1216 | 53 | 7 |
| 1968 | NFL | Leroy Kelly | 248 | 1239 | 65 | 16 |
| 1968 | AFL | Paul Robinson | 238 | 1023 | 87t | 8 |
| 1969 | AFL | Dickie Post | 182 | 873 | 60 | 6 |
| 1969 | NFL | Gale Sayers | 236 | 1032 | 28 | 8 |
| 1970 | NFL | Larry Brown | 237 | 1125 | 75t | 5 |
| 1971 | NFL | Floyd Little | 284 | 1133 | 40 | 6 |
| 1972 | NFL | O.J. Simpson | 292 | 1251 | 94t | 6 |
| 1973 | NFL | O.J. Simpson | 332 | 2003 | 80t | 12 |
| 1974 | NFL | Otis Armstrong | 263 | 1407 | 43 | 9 |
| 1975 | NFL | O.J. Simpson | 329 | 1817 | 88t | 16 |
| 1976 | NFL | O.J. Simpson | 290 | 1503 | 75t | 8 |
| 1977 | NFL | Walter Payton | 339 | 1852 | 73 | 14 |
| 1978 | NFL | Earl Campbell | 302 | 1450 | 81t | 13 |
| 1979 | NFL | Earl Campbell | 368 | 1697 | 61t | 19 |
| 1980 | NFL | Earl Campbell | 373 | 1934 | 55t | 13 |
| 1981 | NFL | George Rogers | 378 | 1674 | 79t | 13 |
| 1982 | NFL | Freeman McNeil | 151 | 786 | 48 | 6 |
| 1983 | NFL | Eric Dickerson | 390 | 1808 | 85t | 18 |
| 1984 | NFL | Eric Dickerson | 379 | 2105 | 66 | 14 |
| 1985 | NFL | Marcus Allen | 380 | 1759 | 61t | 11 |
| 1986 | NFL | Eric Dickerson | 404 | 1821 | 42t | 11 |
| 1987 | NFL | Charles White | 324 | 1374 | 58 | 11 |
| 1988 | NFL | Eric Dickerson | 388 | 1659 | 41t | 14 |
| 1989 | NFL | Christian Okoye | 370 | 1480 | 59 | 12 |
| 1990 | NFL | Barry Sanders | 255 | 1304 | 45t | 13 |
| 1991 | NFL | Emmitt Smith | 365 | 1563 | 75t | 12 |
| 1992 | NFL | Emmitt Smith | 373 | 1713 | 68t | 18 |
| 1993 | NFL | Emmitt Smith | 283 | 1486 | 62t | 9 |
| 1994 | NFL | Barry Sanders | 331 | 1883 | 85 | 7 |
| 1995 | NFL | Emmitt Smith | 377 | 1773 | 60t | 25 |
| 1996 | NFL | Barry Sanders | 307 | 1553 | 54t | 11 |
| 1997 | NFL | Barry Sanders | 335 | 2053 | 82t | 11 |
| 1998 | NFL | Terrell Davis | 392 | 2008 | 70 | 21 |
| 1999 | NFL | Edgerrin James | 369 | 1553 | 72 | 13 |
| 2000 | NFL | Edgerrin James | 387 | 1709 | 30 | 13 |
| 2001 | NFL | Priest Holmes | 327 | 1555 | 41 | 8 |
| 2002 | NFL | Ricky Williams | 383 | 1853 | 63t | 16 |
| 2003 | NFL | Jamal Lewis | 387 | 2066 | 82t | 14 |
| 2004 | NFL | Curtis Martin | 371 | 1697 | 25t | 12 |
| 2005 | NFL | Shaun Alexander | 370 | 1880 | 88t | 27 |
| 2006 | NFL | LaDainian Tomlinson | 348 | 1815 | 85t | 28 |
| 2007 | NFL | LaDainian Tomlinson | 315 | 1474 | 49 | 15 |
| 2008 | NFL | Adrian Peterson | 363 | 1760 | 67t | 10 |
| 2009 | NFL | Chris Johnson | 358 | 2006 | 91t | 14 |
| 2010 | NFL | Arian Foster | 327 | 1616 | 74t | 16 |
| 2011 | NFL | Maurice Jones-Drew | 343 | 1606 | 56 | 8 |
| 2012 | NFL | Adrian Peterson | 348 | 2097 | 82t | 12 |
| 2013 | NFL | LeSean McCoy | 314 | 1607 | 57t | 9 |
| 2014 | NFL | DeMarco Murray | 392 | 1845 | 51 | 13 |
| 2015 | NFL | Adrian Peterson | 327 | 1485 | 80t | 11 |
| 2016 | NFL | Ezekiel Elliott | 322 | 1631 | 60t | 15 |
| 2017 | NFL | Kareem Hunt | 272 | 1327 | 69t | 8 |
| 2018 | NFL | Ezekiel Elliott | 304 | 1434 | 41 | 6 |
| 2019 | NFL | Derrick Henry | 303 | 1540 | 74t | 16 |
| 2020 | NFL | Derrick Henry | 378 | 2027 | 94t | 17 |
| 2021 | NFL | Jonathan Taylor | 332 | 1811 | 83 | 18 |
| 2022 | NFL | Josh Jacobs | 340 | 1653 | 86t | 12 |
| 2023 | NFL | Christian McCaffrey | 272 | 1459 | 72 | 14 |
| 2024 | NFL | Saquon Barkley | 345 | 2005 | 72t | 13 |
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