most rushing yards in 2016

Ezekiel Elliott had the most rushing yards in 2016, with 1,631 yards in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in 2016
NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,631
2016
DAL DAL
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
1,313
2016
CHI CHI
15
252
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
3 DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,287
2016
TEN TEN
16
293
4.4
80.4
9
377
53
67
7.1
23.6
3
4 Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
1,272
2016
MIA MIA
15
260
4.9
84.8
8
151
27
35
5.6
10.1
0
5 Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,268
2016
PIT PIT
12
261
4.9
105.7
7
616
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
6 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1,267
2016
BUF BUF
15
234
5.4
84.5
13
356
50
57
7.1
23.7
1
7 David Johnson
D. Johnson
1,239
2016
ARI ARI
16
293
4.2
77.4
16
879
80
120
11.0
54.9
4
8 LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
1,161
2016
NE NE
16
299
3.9
72.6
18
38
7
8
5.4
2.4
0
9 Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
1,079
2016
ATL ATL
16
227
4.8
67.4
11
462
54
65
8.6
28.9
2
10 Lamar Miller
L. Miller
1,073
2016
HOU HOU
14
268
4.0
76.6
5
188
31
39
6.1
13.4
1
11 Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
1,043
2016
NO NO
16
205
5.1
65.2
6
319
46
58
6.9
19.9
4
12 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,025
2016
IND IND
16
263
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
13 Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
997
2016
SD SD
13
254
3.9
76.7
10
419
41
57
10.2
32.2
2
14 Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
988
2016
SF SF
13
217
4.6
76.0
6
163
27
33
6.0
12.5
3
15 Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
952
2016
CLE CLE
16
198
4.8
59.5
7
319
40
53
8.0
19.9
0
16 Spencer Ware
S. Ware
921
2016
KC KC
14
214
4.3
65.8
3
447
33
42
13.5
31.9
2
17 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
885
2016
LA LA
16
278
3.2
55.3
6
327
43
58
7.6
20.4
0
18 Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
839
2016
CIN CIN
15
222
3.8
55.9
9
174
21
27
8.3
11.6
0
19 Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
824
2016
CAR CAR
13
218
3.8
63.4
9
60
8
21
7.5
4.6
0
20 Matt Forte
M. Forte
813
2016
NYJ NYJ
14
218
3.7
58.1
7
263
30
43
8.8
18.8
1
21 Latavius Murray
L. Murray
788
2016
OAK OAK
14
195
4.0
56.3
12
264
33
43
8.0
18.9
0
22 Terrance West
T. West
774
2016
BAL BAL
16
193
4.0
48.4
5
236
34
45
6.9
14.8
1
23 Bilal Powell
B. Powell
722
2016
NYJ NYJ
16
131
5.5
45.1
3
388
58
74
6.7
24.3
2
24 Rob Kelley
R. Kelley
704
2016
WAS WAS
15
168
4.2
46.9
6
82
12
18
6.8
5.5
1
25 Ryan Mathews
R. Mathews
661
2016
PHI PHI
13
155
4.3
50.8
8
115
13
14
8.8
8.8
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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29.3

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2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
7
4
0
.636
Cowboys Cowboys
3
7
0
.300
Giants Giants
2
8
0
.200
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
WAS WAS
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DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/15
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Mon
12/9
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Last Game
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10

Final

34

HOU Texans

7 - 4 - 0

Mon 18 Nov 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
7
4
0
.636
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
9
1
0
.900
Vikings Vikings
8
2
0
.800
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
6
0
.400
NFC West W L T PCT
Cardinals Cardinals
6
4
0
.600
Rams Rams
5
5
0
.500
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
4
6
0
.400
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
3
0
.727
Ravens Ravens
7
4
0
.636
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
4
0
.636
Colts Colts
5
6
0
.455
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
9
1
0
.900
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
11/20
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
19-24
Sun
11/17
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
34-10
Sat
11/16
CIN CIN
@
LAC LAC
27-34
Sat
11/16
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
21-30
Sat
11/16
ATL ATL
@
DEN DEN
6-38

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/8
ATL ATL
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Thu
12/5
GB GB
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Mon
12/2
CLE CLE
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
12/1
SF SF
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
12/1
PHI PHI
@
BAL BAL
4:25 PM