who led the nfl in rushing in 2016

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

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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PPG

21.6

21st

OPP PPG

26.9

30th

RUSH YDS/G

95.2

28th

PASS YDS/G

246.7

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2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
12
3
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
10
5
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
7
8
0
.467
Giants Giants
2
13
0
.133
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
4:25 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

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26

Final

24

TB Buccaneers

8 - 7 - 0

Sun 22 Dec 2024

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
12
3
0
.800
Dolphins Dolphins
7
8
0
.467
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
5
0
.667
Ravens Ravens
10
5
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
9
6
0
.600
Colts Colts
7
8
0
.467
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
14
1
0
.933
Chargers Chargers
9
6
0
.600
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
12
3
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
10
5
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
13
2
0
.867
Vikings Vikings
13
2
0
.867
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
8
7
0
.533
Buccaneers Buccaneers
8
7
0
.533
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
9
6
0
.600
Seahawks Seahawks
8
7
0
.533

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
12/21
TB TB
@
DAL DAL
24-26
Sat
12/21
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
17-29
Sat
12/21
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
14-19
Sat
12/21
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
21-24
Sat
12/21
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
27-24

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
1/5
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
1/5
HOU HOU
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
1/5
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
1/5
SF SF
@
ARI ARI
1:00 PM