The Caucasian with the most rushing yards is John Riggins with 11,352 yards 16th on the all time list. He played from 1971-1985 with the New York Jets and Washington Redskins.
For a career that is Michael Vick with 7.1 yards per rushing attempt (through 10 games of the 2010 season). Most of the career leaders in this category are quarterbacks. The running back with the highest yards per rushing attempt is Marion Motley at 5.7. For a single season, the record is held by Vick of the 2006 Falcons and running back Beattie Feathers of the 1934 Bears with 8.4 yards per rushing attempt.
Mike Anderson with 251 rushing yards against the New Orleans Saints on December 3, 2000.
Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns. Brown played in 118 games and gained 12,312 rushing yards for an average of 104.3 rushing yards per game.
In 2009, the Steelers rushed for a total of 1,793 yards. The team was led by running back Rashard Mendenhall with 1,108 yards.
Yes. The running back will get credit for the number of yards past the line of scrimmage the fumble occurred. If the line of scrimmage was at the defense's 20 yard line and the fumble occurred at the defense's 14 yard line, the running back would be credited with 6 yards rushing. If the line of scrimmage was at the defense's 14 yard line and the fumble occurred at the defense's 20 yard line, the running back would be credited with -6 yards rushing.
Frank Gore with 110 rushing yards.
Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos had the most rushing yards in 1998. He had 2008 yards and was the fourth running back in NFL history to rush for over 2000 yards.
Joseph Addai of the Colts who had 77 rushing yards
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Ahmad Bradshaw (New York Giants) with 72 rushing yards.
Ahmad Bradshaw had 72 yards.
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Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander lead the NFL in rushing yards in 2005. He amassed 1,880 yards on the ground, 20 yards more then the runner up, NY Giants Tiki Barber who had a total of 1,860 yards.