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Stanford's best running backs since 2004

Stepfan Taylor leads with 4,300 rushing yards in 52 games at Stanford; Christian McCaffrey had 3,922.

Every running back with 5 or more games at Stanford since 2004, ranked by rushing yards; the lines are each player's rushing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.

rushing yards · by game

rushing touchdowns · by game

yards from scrimmage · by game

44 running backs with 5+ games at Stanfordrushing yards

#	player	seasons	games	rushing yards	rushing touchdowns	yards from scrimmage	receptions
1	Stepfan Taylor	2009–2012	52	4,300	40	5,078	97
2	Christian McCaffrey	2014–2016	37	3,922	21	5,128	99
3	Bryce Love	2015–2018	49	3,866	30	4,331	49
4	Toby Gerhart	2006–2009	38	3,522	43	3,917	39
5	Tyler Gaffney	2009–2013	46	2,500	33	2,764	32
6	Anthony Kimble	2005–2008	39	1,940	18	2,425	60
7	Cameron Scarlett	2016–2019	49	1,676	24	2,199	41
8	Micah Ford	2024–2026	25	1,481	12	1,802	43
9	Anthony Wilkerson	2010–2013	49	1,267	9	1,364	12
10	Austin Jones	2019–2021	29	1,155	12	1,686	67
11	Remound Wright	2012–2015	45	1,023	26	1,174	15
12	Jeremy Stewart	2007–2011	39	920	14	1,043	18
13	Casey Filkins	2020–2023	22	737	5	988	27
14	Barry Sanders	2013–2015	33	672	5	761	12
15	Nathaniel Peat	2019–2021	27	665	4	771	16
16	J.R. Lemon	2004–2005	17	662	6	802	28
17	Kelsey Young	2012–2014	36	601	3	743	16
18	Cole Tabb	2024–2025	14	575	3	606	6
19	EJ Smith	2020–2023	23	557	5	943	59
20	Sedrick Irvin	2023–2026	30	468	2	670	17
21	Kenneth Tolon	2004	11	422	3	459	6
22	Jason Evans	2004–2007	20	381	2	575	24
23	Trevor Speights	2017–2018	19	363	1	417	7
24	Alex Loukas	2008–2010	16	336	2	339	1
25	Chris Davis Jr.	2024–2026	19	311	0	322	3
26	Tyrone McGraw	2007	8	294	2	352	8
27	Dorian Maddox	2017–2019	20	215	1	264	5
28	Ricky Seale	2011–2014	27	171	1	184	3
29	Nick Frank	2005–2006	13	137	4	267	18
30	Usua Amanam	2010–2012	12	126	0	144	5
31	Ryan Butler	2023–2024	11	104	0	119	3
32	Caleb Robinson	2022	6	91	0	120	6
33	Champ Hampton	2023–2026	14	88	0	105	3
34	Ray Jones	2004–2006	7	86	2	90	2
35	Brendon Barrow	2022	8	80	0	104	4
36	Owen Marecic	2007–2010	31	67	9	325	25
37	Tuna Altahir	2025–2026	5	63	0	63	0
38	Emeka Nnoli	2004–2006	11	54	0	116	8
39	Patrick Skov	2012–2014	12	25	4	50	4
40	Lee Ward	2011–2014	7	11	0	26	4
41	Daniel Marx	2014–2017	9	7	0	66	6
42	Shield Taylor	2022–2024	6	2	0	26	4
43	Houston Heimuli	2018–2021	10	0	0	32	8
44	Jay Symonds	2019–2021	9	0	0	69	10

Also at Stanford: quarterbacks, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.