2012 NFL Rushing First Downs Leaders

Adrian Peterson led the whole NFL in rushing first downs in 2012 with 85, 2 ahead of Alfred Morris (83). It stands 19th among all single seasons in NFL history. It was one of 3 times Adrian Peterson led in rushing first downs.

Led the whole NFL in 2012 Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings

85 Rushing First Downs 2 clear of Alfred Morris

Showing Rushing First Downs and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	1D	G	ATT	YDS	TD
1	Adrian Peterson	MIN	85	16	348	2,097	12
2	Alfred Morris	WAS	83	16	335	1,613	13
3	Stevan Ridley	NE	82	16	290	1,263	12
4	Arian Foster	HOU	78	16	351	1,424	15
5	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	69	16	315	1,590	11
6	Frank Gore	SF	67	16	258	1,214	8
7	Jamaal Charles	KC	62	16	285	1,509	5
8	Doug Martin	TB	58	16	319	1,454	11
9	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	56	14	221	1,015	6
10	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	CIN	54	15	278	1,094	6
11	Shonn Greene	NYJ	52	16	276	1,063	8
12	C.J. Spiller	BUF	52	16	207	1,244	6
13	Cam Newton	CAR	51	16	127	741	8
14	Ray Rice	BAL	51	16	257	1,143	9
15	VB Vick Ballard	IND	50	16	211	814	2
16	Steven Jackson	LA	47	16	258	1,045	4
17	Mikel Leshoure	DET	46	14	215	798	9
18	Chris Johnson	TEN	45	16	276	1,243	6
19	Matt Forte	CHI	45	15	248	1,094	5
20	LeSean McCoy	PHI	45	12	200	840	2
21	Reggie Bush	MIA	43	16	227	986	6
22	Willis McGahee	DEN	43	10	167	731	4
23	Michael Turner	ATL	40	16	222	800	10
24	Robert Griffin III	WAS	40	15	120	815	7
25	DeMarco Murray	DAL	39	10	161	663	4
26	Trent Richardson	CLE	36	15	267	950	11
27	Ryan Mathews	LAC	34	12	184	707	1
28	Bryce Brown	PHI	33	16	115	564	4
29	Darren McFadden	LV	33	12	216	707	2
30	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	32	8	138	525	4
31	DeAngelo Williams	CAR	31	16	173	737	5
32	Russell Wilson	SEA	30	16	94	489	4
33	Mark Ingram	NO	28	16	156	602	5
34	Michael Bush	CHI	28	13	114	411	5
35	Isaac Redman	PIT	27	14	110	410	2
36	Jonathan Dwyer	PIT	27	13	156	623	2
37	Andre Brown	NYG	25	10	73	385	8
38	Fred Jackson	BUF	25	10	115	437	3
39	Mike Tolbert	CAR	24	16	54	183	7
40	Felix Jones	DAL	23	16	111	402	3
41	Andrew Luck	IND	23	16	62	255	5
42	Bilal Powell	NYJ	23	14	110	437	4
43	Bernard Pierce	BAL	21	15	108	532	1
44	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAX	21	6	86	414	1
45	Aaron Rodgers	GB	20	16	54	259	2
46	Colin Kaepernick	SF	20	13	63	415	5
47	Donald Brown	IND	20	10	108	417	1
48	Mike Vick	PHI	20	10	62	332	1
49	Daryl Richardson	LA	19	16	98	475	0
50	Jackie Battle	LAC	19	15	95	311	3

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