Rushing Yards Single Season Leaders and Records

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Leaders Table
Rk	Player	Yds	Year	School
1	Barry Sanders	2628	1988	Oklahoma State
2	Melvin Gordon*	2587	2014	Wisconsin
3	Kevin Smith*	2567	2007	UCF
4	Marcus Allen*	2427	1981	USC
5	Rashaad Penny*	2248	2017	San Diego State
6	Derrick Henry*	2219	2015	Alabama
7	Jonathan Taylor*	2194	2018	Wisconsin
8	Troy Davis	2185	1996	Iowa State
9	Andre Williams*	2177	2013	Boston College
10	LaDainian Tomlinson	2158	2000	Texas Christian
11	Tony Dorsett	2150	1976	Pitt
12	Mike Rozier	2148	1983	Nebraska
13	Donnel Pumphrey*	2133	2016	San Diego State
14	Matt Forte	2127	2007	Tulane
15	Ricky Williams	2124	1998	Texas
16	Bryce Love*	2118	2017	Stanford
17	Ron Dayne*	2109	1996	Wisconsin
18	Chuba Hubbard*	2094	2019	Oklahoma State
19	Larry Johnson*	2087	2002	Penn State
20	Donald Brown*	2083	2008	Connecticut
21	Lorenzo White*	2066	1985	Michigan State
22	Damien Anderson*	2063	2000	Northwestern
23	Rashaan Salaam	2055	1994	Colorado
24	Charles White*	2050	1979	USC
25	Tevin Coleman	2036	2014	Indiana
26	Ron Dayne	2034	1999	Wisconsin
27	D'Onta Foreman	2028	2016	Texas
28	Christian McCaffrey*	2019	2015	Stanford
29	J.J. Arrington*	2018	2004	California
30	Malcolm Perry*	2017	2019	Navy
31	Ray Rice*	2012	2007	Rutgers
32	Troy Davis	2010	1995	Iowa State
33	J.K. Dobbins*	2003	2019	Ohio State
	Jonathan Taylor*	2003	2019	Wisconsin
35	Byron Hanspard	2000	1996	Texas Tech
36	Darren Sproles*	1986	2003	Kansas State
37	Jonathan Taylor*	1977	2017	Wisconsin
38	LeShon Johnson	1976	1993	Northern Illinois
39	LaDainian Tomlinson*	1974	1999	Texas Christian
40	DeAngelo Williams*	1964	2005	Memphis
41	Ricky Bell*	1957	1975	USC
42	Leonard Fournette*	1953	2015	LSU
43	DeAngelo Williams*	1948	2004	Memphis
44	Ka'Deem Carey*	1929	2012	Arizona
45	Garrett Wolfe*	1928	2006	Northern Illinois
46	Eddie George*	1927	1995	Ohio State
47	Adrian Peterson*	1925	2004	Oklahoma
48	Montee Ball*	1923	2011	Wisconsin
49	Jordan Lynch*	1920	2013	Northern Illinois
50	Devin Singletary*	1918	2017	Florida Atlantic
51	Michael Turner	1915	2002	Northern Illinois
52	Darrell Henderson*	1909	2018	Memphis
53	Wasean Tait	1905	1995	Toledo
54	Jerome Harrison	1900	2005	Washington State
55	Ricky Williams	1893	1997	Texas
56	Herschel Walker	1891	1981	Georgia
57	Brian Pruitt	1890	1994	Central Michigan
58	Ka'Deem Carey*	1885	2013	Arizona
59	Quentin Griffin*	1884	2002	Oklahoma
60	Stefphon Jefferson*	1883	2012	Nevada
61	Ed Marinaro	1881	1971	Cornell
62	O.J. Simpson*	1880	1968	USC
63	Ezekiel Elliott*	1878	2014	Ohio State
64	Ahman Green	1877	1997	Nebraska
	Ernest Anderson	1877	1982	Oklahoma State
66	Toby Gerhart*	1871	2009	Stanford
67	Bishop Sankey*	1870	2013	Washington
68	Donnel Pumphrey*	1867	2014	San Diego State
69	Paul Palmer	1866	1986	Temple
70	Don McCauley*	1863	1970	North Carolina
71	Brian Hill*	1860	2016	Wyoming
72	Charles White*	1859	1978	USC
73	Shonn Greene*	1850	2008	Iowa
74	George Jones	1842	1995	San Diego State
75	Chris Brown*	1841	2002	Colorado
76	Royce Freeman*	1836	2015	Oregon
77	Cedric Benson*	1834	2004	Texas
78	Montee Ball*	1830	2012	Wisconsin
	Darren McFadden*	1830	2007	Arkansas
80	Jay Ajayi*	1823	2014	Boise State
81	Ezekiel Elliott*	1821	2015	Ohio State
82	Tre Mason*	1816	2013	Auburn
83	Jordan Lynch*	1815	2012	Northern Illinois
84	Ryan Mathews*	1808	2009	Fresno State
85	LaMichael James*	1805	2011	Oregon
	Vaughn Dunbar*	1805	1991	Indiana
87	Jamario Thomas*	1801	2004	North Texas
88	Jaret Patterson*	1799	2019	Buffalo
	Dion Lewis*	1799	2009	Pitt
90	Thomas Jones	1798	1999	Virginia
91	Ray Rice*	1794	2006	Rutgers
92	Le'Veon Bell*	1793	2012	Michigan State
	Anthony Thompson	1793	1989	Indiana
94	Craig Heyward*	1791	1987	Pitt
95	Obie Graves	1789	1978	Cal State Fullerton
96	Travis Prentice	1787	1998	Miami (OH)
97	Bo Jackson	1786	1985	Auburn
98	Darnell Autry*	1785	1995	Northwestern
99	George Rogers	1781	1980	South Carolina
100	Ryan Moats	1774	2004	Louisiana Tech

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