Who Leads the NFL in Rushing?
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The NFL season is in full swing, and there are a lot of contenders for the title of leading rusher. Who do you think will take home the crown?
Ezekiel Elliott
As of September 8th, Ezekiel Elliott leads the NFL in rushing with 453 yards on 104 attempts. This averages out to 4.4 yards per carry. Elliott also has three rushing touchdowns.
Rushing Yards
In American football, the rushing yards statistic measures the number of yards a player has rushed for in a given game, season, or career. This is generally considered one of the most important statistics for running backs and is one of the offensive statistics used to determine who the best running back in a given season is.
Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys leads the NFL in rushing yards so far in 2019, with 1,150 yards. Elliott has been one of the best running backs in the NFL since he was drafted in 2016, and he looks like he is on pace to have another great season in 2019.
Touchdowns
Elliott scored his first career touchdown in the season opener against the New York Giants. He finished the game with 140 yards on 30 carries and added another 36 yards on four receptions, en route to a 26–20 Cowboys victory. In total, Elliott had 1,631 scrimmage yards and 15 touchdowns on the season. His 1,631 yards from scrimmage led all rookies as well as all NFL running backs. Elliott’s 1,994 total rushing yards was second in NFL history for a rookie behind only Adrian Peterson’s 2,097 yards in 2007
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 his rookie season, he became the Titans’ starting running back after DeMarco Murray was injured. As the starter, he helped the Titans make the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
Rushing Yards
Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans leads the NFL in rushing yards with 1,677. He is followed by Dallas Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott with 1,434 yards, and Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Jones with 1,376 yards.
Touchdowns
Derrick Henry leads the NFL in rushing touchdowns with sixteen. He is followed by Dalvin Cook with fifteen and Josh Jacobs with eleven.
Dalvin Cook
Dalvin Cook leads the NFL in rushing with 1,654 yards. He also has 13 rushing touchdowns. Cook has had an amazing season and is on pace to break the NFL’s single-season rushing record. He is a big reason why the Vikings are one of the best teams in the NFL.
Rushing Yards
As of October 25th, 2020, Dalvin Cook of the Minnesota Vikings leads the NFL in rushing yards with 991. He is closely followed by Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans with 964 yards. Ezekiel Elliott of the Dallas Cowboys is in third with 831 yards.
Touchdowns
Dalvin Cook leads the NFL in rushing touchdowns with 13. He also has the most total touchdowns with 15.
Josh Jacobs
Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders leads the NFL in rushing with 1,150 yards on the season. Jacobs has been a big part of the Raiders’ success this season, as they currently sit atop the AFC West with a 10-3 record.
Rushing Yards
Rushing yards is a statistic in American football that is kept to record the number of yards a player rushes for during a game. … In order for a player to receive credit for rushing yards, he must attempt to advance the ball past the line of scrimmage on a play
Touchdowns
Jacobs has been very efficient in finding the end zone, as he’s scored on 12 of his 178 career carries, good for a touchdown percentage of 6.7%. That ranks him sixth among the 27 running backs with at least 175 carries over the past two seasons, behind only Derrick Henry (9.4%), Dalvin Cook (8.2%), Nick Chubb (7.5%), Aaron Jones (7.3%) and Kenyan Drake (6.9%).
Chris Carson
Chris Carson is an American football running back for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oklahoma State and was drafted by the Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft. As of Week 8 of the 2020 NFL season, Carson leads the NFL in rushing with 761 yards.
Rushing Yards
Chris Carson of the Seattle Seahawks is the current leader in rushing yards in the NFL. As of Week 11 of the 2020 season, Carson has rushed for 1,023 yards. He is followed by Dalvin Cook of the Minnesota Vikings with 954 yards.
Touchdowns
As of Week 10, Chris Carson leads the NFL in rushing touchdowns with 9. He is closely followed by Dalvin Cook with 8 and Derrick Henry with 7.
