most total yards by a rookie running back in a season

Gale Sayers has the most all-purpose yards by a rookie running back, with 2,272 yards in 1965.

NAME YDS SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,272
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
2 Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
2,250
2006
JAX JAX
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
3 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,212
1983
RAM RAM
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
4 Edgerrin James
E. James
2,139
1999
IND IND
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
5 Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
2,100
1960
DLT DLT
14
875
156
5.6
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
6 James Brooks
J. Brooks
2,093
1981
SD SD
14
525
109
4.8
37.5
3
329
46
7.2
23.5
3
7 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2,028
2018
NYG NYG
16
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
8 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,021
2007
MIN MIN
14
1,341
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
9 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,987
2016
DAL DAL
15
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
10 Vic Washington
V. Washington
1,986
1971
SF SF
14
811
191
4.2
57.9
3
317
36
8.8
22.6
4
11 Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1,947
1981
STL STL
16
175
31
5.6
10.9
0
35
6
5.8
2.2
1
12 Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,926
2012
TB TB
16
1,454
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
13 David Wilson
D. Wilson
1,925
2012
NYG NYG
16
358
71
5.0
22.4
4
34
4
9
8.5
2.1
1
14 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,913
1979
STL STL
16
1,605
331
4.8
100.3
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
15 Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
1,909
1969
BOS BOS
14
691
137
5.0
49.4
5
267
29
9.2
19.1
2
16 Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,907
1980
DET DET
16
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
13
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
17 Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
1,901
2017
NO NO
16
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
18 Tony Collins
T. Collins
1,893
1981
NE NE
16
873
204
4.3
54.6
7
232
26
8.9
14.5
0
19 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,872
2002
DEN DEN
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
20 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,870
1989
DET DET
15
1,470
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
21 Bruce Harper
B. Harper
1,867
1977
NYJ NYJ
14
198
44
4.5
14.1
0
209
21
10.0
14.9
1
22 Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
1,857
2015
DET DET
16
597
143
4.2
37.3
2
183
25
38
7.3
11.4
1
23 B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
1,847
2004
BAL BAL
16
19
4
4.8
1.2
1
2
1
5
2.0
0.1
0
24 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
1,843
1960
LAC LAC
14
855
136
6.3
61.1
8
377
23
16.4
26.9
2
25 Mack Herron
M. Herron
1,839
1973
NE NE
14
200
61
3.3
14.3
2
265
18
14.7
18.9
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18.2

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21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

102.0

25th

PASS YDS/G

208.9

28th

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2
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