NFL Rushing yards leaders, 2000–2010

The NFL players with the most rushing yards from 2000 through 2010.

Player	POS	Team
#1LaDainian Tomlinson	RB		156	13,406	144	3,101	4.3	669	-16.2	335	84	23	21	4,318	582	3,316.1
#2Edgerrin James	RB		132	10,701	67	2,658	4	587	-99.8	231	36	2	30	2,770	372	2,133.1
#3Jamal Lewis	RB		131	10,603	58	2,544	4.2	470	-210.8	252	57	13	36	1,879	221	1,793.2
#4Thomas Jones	RB		163	10,108	68	2,527	4	484	-196.5	231	43	9	25	1,980	303	1,909.6
#5Clinton Portis	RB		113	9,923	75	2,230	4.4	490	-45.1	232	57	13	26	2,018	247	1,901
#6Fred Taylor	RB		128	9,740	46	2,111	4.6	414	-160.4	275	62	14	18	1,880	236	1,676
#7Tiki Barber	RB	NYG	110	9,513	52	1,967	4.8	438	-65.7	263	71	20	28	3,927	444	2,102
#8Shaun Alexander	RB		123	9,445	100	2,187	4.3	496	-62.3	253	64	17	29	1,520	215	1,949.5
#9Ahman Green	RB		117	8,876	59	1,995	4.4	438	-53.5	208	53	12	27	2,888	376	1,951.2
#10Ricky Williams	RB		119	8,681	62	2,071	4.2	426	-170.3	219	33	10	37	2,351	301	1,771.6
#11Warrick Dunn	RB		134	8,345	43	2,006	4.2	351	-176.4	177	55	13	14	2,943	363	1,785.8
#12Steven Jackson	RB	LAR	100	7,957	47	1,880	4.2	376	-164.9	194	51	13	17	2,662	326	1,690
#13Corey Dillon	RB		103	7,782	63	1,860	4.2	406	-72.6	195	42	9	21	1,186	158	1,432.8
#14Curtis Martin	RB	NYJ	92	7,551	45	1,824	4.1	370	-90	192	38	5	10	1,815	279	1,507
#15Priest Holmes	RB		81	6,658	78	1,458	4.6	397	121	207	34	2	10	2,598	283	1,704.6
#16Frank Gore	RB	SF	84	6,414	35	1,372	4.7	270	-116.5	147	49	14	22	2,283	270	1,369.7
#17Brian Westbrook	RB		119	6,320	41	1,386	4.6	315	-0.9	165	44	4	3	3,948	443	1,900.8
#18Larry Johnson	RB		81	6,202	55	1,426	4.3	323	-27.4	154	43	11	15	1,373	154	1,263.7
#19Willis McGahee	RB		103	6,167	55	1,541	4	319	-104.2	151	30	5	17	1,047	164	1,211.4
#20Deuce McAllister	RB	NO	97	6,100	50	1,430	4.3	293	-92.6	135	39	10	18	1,720	234	1,324.5
#21Travis Henry	RB		87	6,083	38	1,489	4.1	294	-147.5	154	31	3	32	951	141	1,050.4
#22Rudi Johnson	RB		92	5,991	49	1,517	3.9	310	-102.8	143	25	4	15	676	113	1,071.7
#23Stephen Davis	RB		86	5,829	43	1,456	4	306	-114.6	139	29	2	19	986	117	1,040.5
#24Adrian Peterson	RB	MIN	61	5,785	52	1,200	4.8	287	-46.5	159	52	14	21	1,170	119	1,110.5
#25Marshall Faulk	RB	LAR	82	5,578	51	1,194	4.7	308	23.1	158	27	9	7	3,023	383	1,677.1
#26Willie Parker	RB	PIT	75	5,376	24	1,252	4.3	222	-88.7	132	40	7	15	699	85	848.5
#27Michael Pittman	RB		125	5,250	23	1,300	4	251	-158.3	127	24	5	19	3,310	409	1,421
#28Maurice Jones-Drew	RB	JAX	77	5,248	54	1,141	4.6	283	36.9	131	34	9	11	2,099	235	1,329.7
#29Jerome Bettis	RB	PIT	81	5,199	50	1,373	3.8	282	-48.9	104	22	4	10	374	51	908
#30Michael Turner	RB		90	5,198	45	1,117	4.7	247	-5.8	125	41	9	9	232	34	831
#31Eddie George	RB		77	5,076	40	1,505	3.4	256	-190.3	103	13	0	16	1,233	154	1,028.9
#32Julius Jones	RB		94	5,064	22	1,282	4	228	-143.3	117	27	6	11	1,029	150	885.3
#33Ronnie Brown	RB	MIA	76	4,812	36	1,129	4.3	249	-50.7	114	21	7	13	1,491	184	1,032.4
#34Cedric Benson	RB		76	4,706	25	1,257	3.7	230	-176.6	117	23	3	14	654	91	767
#35Chester Taylor	RB		139	4,655	25	1,140	4.1	214	-142.8	122	25	5	14	2,233	285	1,140
#36Mike Vick	QB		98	4,643	32	652	7.1	264	241.3	183	53	8	23	3	2	1,443
#37Chris Johnson	RB	TEN	47	4,598	34	925	5	188	-25.6	122	44	14	6	1,008	137	915.6
#38Emmitt Smith	RB		71	4,392	28	1,166	3.8	216	-130.1	131	23	2	15	496	73	718.6
#39Marion Barber	RB	DAL	88	4,356	47	1,042	4.2	266	-15.6	119	27	2	7	1,280	174	1,045.6
#40Antowain Smith	RB		82	4,303	32	1,125	3.8	209	-130.3	93	20	6	11	762	101	799.5
#41Brandon Jacobs	RB	NYG	85	4,280	49	924	4.6	240	-4.8	107	29	3	14	602	65	845.2
#42DeAngelo Williams	RB	CAR	64	4,214	31	842	5	186	22.9	122	36	9	5	924	119	834.8
#43Mike Anderson	RB		91	4,080	37	919	4.4	223	19.6	84	24	5	11	727	92	812.7
#44Joseph Addai	RB	IND	66	4,020	38	977	4.1	240	-6.1	93	9	2	6	1,355	176	992.4
#45Kevan Barlow	RB		84	3,984	30	1,022	3.9	188	-97.7	90	22	3	10	1,164	144	840.8
#46Anthony Thomas	RB		83	3,891	23	1,044	3.7	178	-114.8	83	20	3	8	756	113	713.7
#47LaMont Jordan	RB		106	3,734	28	897	4.2	199	-38.5	97	20	4	7	1,301	158	839.5
#48Ron Dayne	RB		90	3,722	28	983	3.8	217	-83	84	13	4	6	340	57	627.2
#49Michael Bennett	RB		97	3,701	13	841	4.4	141	-68.5	100	22	5	11	1,292	159	754.3
#50Cadillac Williams	RB	TB	70	3,670	20	966	3.8	177	-97	78	23	2	9	911	135	721.1
#51Charlie Garner	RB		65	3,607	18	801	4.5	161	-17.2	100	23	1	7	2,614	288	1,068.1
#52Reuben Droughns	RB		102	3,602	19	929	3.9	199	-108.1	81	18	4	17	989	123	716.1
#53DeShaun Foster	RB		74	3,573	11	928	3.9	172	-137	92	9	3	13	1,120	141	684.3
#54Ryan Grant	RB	GB	48	3,457	23	790	4.4	152	-33.7	77	25	5	4	460	73	598.7
#55Duce Staley	RB		64	3,412	15	841	4.1	168	-68.8	79	12	3	11	1,839	187	832.1
#56Justin Fargas	RB	LV	85	3,371	10	828	4.1	155	-90.4	74	13	4	9	523	77	518.4
#57Marshawn Lynch	RB		57	3,349	23	853	3.9	161	-92.8	78	18	4	8	808	115	667
#58Maurice Morris	RB		125	3,332	12	787	4.2	167	-76.1	93	17	7	6	933	125	647.5
#59Ladell Betts	RB		110	3,326	15	821	4.1	172	-90.9	93	14	0	10	1,646	188	781.2
#60Kevin Faulk	RB	NE	143	3,325	15	781	4.3	160	-52	74	10	2	8	3,569	412	1,264.2
#61Dominic Rhodes	RB		98	3,286	26	814	4	181	-92.8	83	13	3	10	1,025	148	749.1
#62Matt Forte	RB	CHI	48	3,229	18	810	4	143	-89.4	69	20	6	6	1,502	172	787.1
#63Domanick Williams	RB	HOU	40	3,187	23	769	4.1	142	-67.2	82	13	5	5	1,284	155	754.1
#64Kevin Jones	RB		63	3,176	24	795	4	155	-83.1	78	22	4	10	1,011	144	710.7
#65Donovan McNabb	QB		148	3,107	28	553	5.6	198	71.2	121	27	3	30	-1	4	2,493.5
#66Garrison Hearst	RB		50	3,027	16	665	4.6	152	7.9	79	16	2	5	895	116	612.2
#67Chris Brown	RB		68	3,026	19	721	4.2	137	-87.8	71	15	2	13	741	90	572.7
#68Ray Rice	RB	BAL	44	3,013	12	668	4.5	123	-34.6	65	18	5	3	1,531	174	704.4
#69Correll Buckhalter	RB		101	2,944	21	655	4.5	146	-46.2	81	22	3	10	1,355	143	712.9
#69Jamaal Charles	RB	KC	47	2,944	12	487	6	141	59.9	82	22	8	5	1,037	112	608.1
#71Sammy Morris	RB		133	2,938	25	703	4.2	180	-20.5	70	15	4	7	1,239	159	722.7
#72James Stewart	RB	DET	41	2,890	15	713	4.1	135	-70.6	70	20	1	4	862	101	592.2
#73Fred Jackson	RB	BUF	55	2,849	10	647	4.4	130	-62	63	17	1	7	1,093	136	609.3
#74Lamar Smith	RB		45	2,843	27	818	3.5	142	-121	61	10	3	8	595	80	589.8
#75T.J. Duckett	RB		89	2,814	44	717	3.9	172	-43.7	66	17	3	9	303	35	598.7
#76Tatum Bell	RB		48	2,773	16	569	4.9	120	-9.1	71	23	4	7	419	71	470.2
#77Tyrone Wheatley	RB	LV	62	2,746	24	672	4.1	153	-40.1	54	16	4	9	486	71	538.2
#78Jonathan Stewart	RB	CAR	46	2,738	22	582	4.7	128	-20.9	71	24	6	9	289	34	466.7
#79Daunte Culpepper	QB		104	2,646	34	511	5.2	201	62.4	97	14	1	40	0	1	1,763.8
#80Ahmad Bradshaw	RB	NYG	56	2,558	17	529	4.8	127	-23.8	70	24	4	12	575	75	482.3
#81Laurence Maroney	RB		49	2,504	21	618	4.1	138	-32.3	56	11	4	5	459	44	464.3
#82Derrick Ward	RB		77	2,481	10	508	4.9	118	6.5	66	18	2	4	787	96	504.8
#83Rashard Mendenhall	RB	PIT	36	2,439	20	585	4.2	111	-43.6	55	20	2	5	445	50	454.4
#84LenDale White	RB	TEN	58	2,347	24	629	3.7	124	-63.2	42	9	2	5	204	42	429.1
#85Mike Alstott	FB	TB	92	2,251	33	630	3.6	172	-46.1	54	11	0	7	1,158	168	718.9
#86Marcel Shipp	RB	ARI	81	2,197	11	605	3.6	116	-109.5	61	8	2	10	937	113	490.4
#87Troy Hambrick	RB		59	2,179	9	536	4.1	114	-55.1	65	10	4	6	276	46	341.5
#88Shawn Bryson	RB		83	2,140	6	523	4.1	99	-56.6	53	11	2	3	1,351	184	585.1
#89William Green	RB	CLE	44	2,109	9	568	3.7	102	-98	54	10	2	11	277	45	325.6
#90James Allen	RB		48	2,108	3	580	3.6	102	-87.9	48	6	0	7	796	116	432.6
#91Mewelde Moore	RB		97	2,090	6	472	4.4	105	-21	67	11	0	2	1,769	203	683.7
#92Amos Zereoue	RB		68	2,089	10	535	3.9	105	-70.5	64	11	2	5	1,094	135	509.3
#93Reggie Bush	RB	NO	60	2,083	17	523	4	103	-64.4	58	10	2	13	2,148	295	904.1
#94Darren McFadden	RB	LV	38	2,012	12	440	4.6	82	-41.6	48	19	5	10	1,037	97	477.9
#95Jerious Norwood	RB	ATL	57	1,997	7	373	5.4	86	5.7	58	15	6	1	912	97	443.9
#96Pierre Thomas	RB	NO	47	1,938	18	409	4.7	113	16.4	50	11	1	2	939	118	547.7
#97Jeff Garcia	QB		112	1,918	24	419	4.6	150	11.7	70	9	0	26	6	1	1,683.1
#98Leon Washington	RB		71	1,881	14	396	4.8	73	-4.4	49	10	4	4	1,048	132	560.3
#99Arian Foster	RB	HOU	21	1,871	19	380	4.9	104	18.2	49	13	3	3	697	74	450.8
#100Kevin Smith	RB	DET	35	1,847	12	489	3.8	90	-46.9	48	10	1	6	818	90	428.5