NFL Rushing Yards Leaders

Carries, yards, yards per attempt and touchdowns across the league.

Rushing leaders

2026 season50 of 54 qualified

NFL Rushing leaders
#	Player	Pos	Team	GP	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG	BIG	TD	YDS/G	FUM	LST	FD
1	Kenneth Walker III	RB	KC	4	87	537	6.2	76	6	4	134.3	0	0	25
2	Bijan Robinson	RB	ATL	4	85	494	5.8	59	4	4	123.5	1	0	26
3	James Cook III	RB	BUF	4	70	421	6.0	35	4	3	105.3	2	1	22
4	Derrick Henry	RB	BAL	4	89	374	4.2	32	3	7	93.5	0	0	23
5	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND	4	86	353	4.1	24	2	6	88.3	0	0	22
6	Jahmyr Gibbs	RB	DET	4	80	353	4.4	21	1	5	88.3	0	0	26
7	Kyle Monangai	RB	CHI	4	60	324	5.4	61	2	3	81.0	0	0	16
8	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI	4	69	311	4.5	32	2	3	77.8	2	2	12
9	Jaylen Warren	RB	PIT	4	55	309	5.6	35	3	0	77.3	0	0	16
10	Chuba Hubbard	RB	CAR	4	61	306	5.0	32	2	3	76.5	0	0	17
11	Aaron Jones Sr.	RB	MIN	4	72	297	4.1	20	1	1	74.3	0	0	14
12	Kyren Williams	RB	LAR	4	54	294	5.4	30	3	3	73.5	1	1	16
13	Bhayshul Tuten	RB	JAX	4	60	277	4.6	20	1	2	69.3	0	0	15
14	Ashton Jeanty	RB	LV	4	78	264	3.4	19	0	0	66.0	0	0	12
15	Bucky Irving	RB	TB	4	56	241	4.3	38	1	1	60.3	0	0	10
16	Omarion Hampton	RB	LAC	4	59	238	4.0	17	0	3	59.5	2	2	17
17	Cam Skattebo	RB	NYG	4	68	235	3.5	13	0	1	58.8	2	0	13
18	Javonte Williams	RB	DAL	4	62	231	3.7	22	1	5	57.8	1	0	14
19	Jeremiyah Love	RB	ARI	4	55	223	4.1	18	0	1	55.8	0	0	9
20	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN	4	54	221	4.1	18	0	1	55.3	0	0	10
21	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	4	50	218	4.4	16	0	4	54.5	0	0	12
22	Chase Brown	RB	CIN	4	58	207	3.6	13	0	1	51.8	0	0	10
23	Brian Robinson Jr.	RB	ATL	4	44	194	4.4	16	0	4	48.5	0	0	15
24	Emanuel Wilson	RB	SEA	4	53	190	3.6	18	0	1	47.5	1	0	9
25	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI	4	36	182	5.1	42	1	0	45.5	1	0	6
26	Quinshon Judkins	RB	CLE	4	59	177	3.0	11	0	1	44.3	0	0	8
27	Breece Hall	RB	NYJ	3	51	163	3.2	14	0	1	54.3	0	0	13
28	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE	4	44	163	3.7	24	1	1	40.8	0	0	12
29	Blake Corum	RB	LAR	4	33	162	4.9	18	0	0	40.5	1	0	7
30	J.K. Dobbins	RB	DEN	4	46	161	3.5	17	0	0	40.3	1	0	6
31	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	RB	WSH	4	56	157	2.8	11	0	1	39.3	1	0	11
32	Ollie Gordon II	RB	MIA	4	29	148	5.1	53	1	2	37.0	0	0	7
33	TreVeyon Henderson	RB	NE	3	38	141	3.7	39	1	1	47.0	0	0	5
34	Travis Etienne Jr.	RB	NO	3	30	128	4.3	18	0	0	42.7	0	0	7
35	Deshaun Watson	QB	CLE	4	31	127	4.1	21	2	0	31.8	2	1	10
36	David Montgomery	RB	HOU	4	47	127	2.7	18	0	2	31.8	0	0	5
37	De'Von Achane	RB	MIA	3	34	127	3.7	17	0	0	42.3	0	0	5
38	Keaton Mitchell	RB	LAC	4	27	124	4.6	20	1	0	31.0	0	0	3
39	Braelon Allen	RB	NYJ	4	33	120	3.6	10	0	1	30.0	0	0	8
40	Kaelon Black	RB	SF	4	31	120	3.9	14	0	0	30.0	0	0	6
41	Jadarian Price	RB	SEA	3	28	119	4.3	25	1	0	39.7	2	2	8
42	Josh Allen	QB	BUF	4	33	118	3.6	21	1	7	29.5	0	0	15
43	Tyler Allgeier	RB	ARI	4	32	112	3.5	22	1	1	28.0	0	0	6
44	Chris Rodriguez Jr.	RB	JAX	4	26	108	4.2	25	1	2	27.0	0	0	8
45	Caleb Williams	QB	CHI	2	15	107	7.1	29	1	2	53.5	0	0	7
46	Rachaad White	RB	WSH	3	22	100	4.5	19	0	0	33.3	0	0	6
47	Tank Bigsby	RB	PHI	4	28	91	3.3	19	0	1	22.8	0	0	5
48	Najee Harris	RB	NYG	3	22	88	4.0	11	0	0	29.3	1	1	3
49	Woody Marks	RB	HOU	4	28	87	3.1	12	0	2	21.8	0	0	8
50	MarShawn Lloyd	RB	GB	4	30	81	2.7	12	0	0	20.3	1	1	5

Season totals from ESPN. Rate stats (AVG, YDS/G) depend on volume, so this table is limited to the 54 players who met ESPN's qualifying minimum for rushing — the league's own published cut, not one we invented. Games played is shown on every row so you can judge the sample yourself.

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