NCAA Division I FBS rushing leaders

[1] These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons: The NCAA recognizes San Diego State's Donnel Pumphrey as the career leading in rushing yards.

[1] Pumphrey set the record in the fourth quarter of his final game, the 2016 Las Vegas Bowl, ending with 6,405 total yards.

Navy's Malcolm Perry rushed for 2,017 yards in 2019, which currently leads non-running back players.

Prior to Perine and Gordon, the only player to rush for 400 yards in a game was LaDainian Tomlinson.

The single-game leader for a quarterback is Arizona's Khalil Tate, who rushed for 327 yards in a 2017 game against Colorado.