Who Has The Most Rushing Yards In The NFL 2021?

The NFL regular season is over, and we now know who the rushing leaders are for the 2021 season. Here’s a look at the top 10 running backs in the NFL, based on total rushing yards.

Rushing Yards

As of right now, the leader in rushing yards is Derrick Henry with fifteen hundred and sixty-six yards. He is followed by Davante Adams with thirteen hundred and ninety-six yards. These are the only two players who have rushed for more than one thousand yards so far this season.

NFL 2021

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, the highest professional level of American football in the world. The 2021 NFL season will be the 102nd season of the National Football League (NFL).

Rushing yards are a key statistic in American football, carrier of the ball runs with the intention of advance downfield to score a touchdown. A run that goes out-of-bounds instead of being touched by a defender behind him is a rushing touchback and carries no yardage, while no play resulting in a sack counts towards rushing yards.

The holder for this record as of right now is Derrick Henry from the Tennessee Titans with 2,027 yards in 2020.

Most Rushing Yards

Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans leads the NFL with 2,027 rushing yards as of January 3, 2021. He is followed by Dalvin Cook of the Minnesota Vikings with 1,918 yards.

Who Has The Most Rushing Yards In The NFL 2021?

As of right now, the person with the most rushing yards in the NFL is Steelers RB James Conner. He has 771 yards so far this season.

Derrick Henry

Derrick Henry is an American football running back for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and was drafted in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Titans. In December 2020, he became the NFL’s rushing yards leader for the season.

Dalvin Cook

Dalvin Cook is an American football running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida State and was drafted by the Vikings in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft

Josh Jacobs

Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders has the most rushing yards in the NFL in 2021 with 1,327 yards.