Rushing Success Rate Leaders: College Football Running backs, 2026

Shahn Alston (USC) leads FBS running backs in rushing success rate with 76.0%, ahead of Jalen Dupree (Kansas, 68.0%) and A'Marion Peterson (UTSA, 63.6%). Rates count players with enough of a sample to qualify, the same minimum as the player pages.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 381 running backs rank; the top 150 are below.

Running backs by rushing success rate

Rank	Player	Team	Rushing success rate
1	Shahn Alston	USC	76.0%
2	Jalen Dupree	Kansas	68.0%
3	A'Marion Peterson	UTSA	63.6%
4	Kam Davis	Liberty	63.2%
5	Brandon Smith	Oregon	62.5%
6	Jabree Coleman	South Carolina	61.3%
7	Lucas Farrington	Jacksonville State	61.1%
8	Timothy Carter	Arkansas State	60.9%
9	Jake Rendina	Army	60.0%
10	Nolan James Jr.	Notre Dame	60.0%
11	Shekai Mills-Knight	Ole Miss	60.0%
12	KJ Edwards	Texas A&M	60.0%
13	Jason Patterson	Kentucky	59.7%
14	Nate Frazier	Georgia	59.6%
15	Darrell Smith	Louisiana	58.6%
16	Jake Reichle	Oregon State	58.3%
17	Keyjuan Brown	Louisville	57.6%
18	LJ Martin	BYU	56.8%
19	Ayo Adeyi	Oklahoma State	56.7%
20	Irving Brown	Ohio	56.5%
21	EJ Crowell	Alabama	56.3%
22	Harlem Berry	LSU	56.3%
23	AJ Newberry	Oregon State	56.3%
24	Anthony Woods	UCLA	55.4%
25	Stacy Gage	LSU	55.0%
26	La'Vell Wright	Pittsburgh	54.8%
27	Makhi Hughes	Houston	54.7%
28	Wayne Knight	UCLA	54.6%
29	Makhi Frazier	Ole Miss	54.4%
30	Bo MacCormack III	Boston College	54.4%
31	Vic Listorti	Navy	54.3%
32	Chauncey Bowens	Georgia	54.3%
33	Jayden Clerveaux	Central Michigan	54.0%
34	Derrek Cooper	Texas	53.6%
35	Jaivian Thomas	UCLA	53.6%
36	Daniel Hill	Alabama	53.5%
37	Javian Mallory	Miami	53.4%
38	Sire Gaines	Boise State	53.3%
39	Jaylon Coleman	Liberty	53.3%
40	Durell Robinson	Colorado State	53.3%
41	Cole Tabb	Cincinnati	53.2%
42	Damian Henderson II	Colorado	53.1%
43	Ja'Kobi Jackson	Ohio State	52.5%
44	Jayvian Tanelus	Duke	52.4%
45	Nathan Mcneil	Iowa	52.4%
46	DJ Murray Jr.	Georgia State	52.3%
47	Cornell Hatcher Jr.	Oregon State	52.3%
48	Markell Holman	Wyoming	51.9%
49	Wayshawn Parker	Utah	51.9%
50	Yasin Willis	Kansas	51.9%
51	TJ Lester	Marshall	51.4%
52	Ja'Vin Simpkins	UAB	51.3%
53	Amari Latimer	West Virginia	51.3%
54	Clay Thevenin	Rutgers	51.3%
55	Fluff Bothwell	Mississippi State	51.1%
56	Gage LaDue	Air Force	51.0%
57	Daniel Swinney	Sacramento State	51.0%
58	Cardae Mack	Arizona State	50.9%
59	Dwight Phillips Jr.	Georgia	50.9%
60	Judah Price	Marshall	50.9%
61	Trae'von Dunbar	South Alabama	50.9%
62	Godspower Nwawuihe	Army	50.8%
63	George Pettaway	James Madison	50.8%
64	Jonaz Walton	Notre Dame	50.7%
65	CJ Baxter Jr.	Kentucky	50.6%
66	Jaylin Carter	Memphis	50.4%
67	Kenyon Clay	Arkansas State	50.0%
68	Braydon Bennett	Eastern Michigan	50.0%
69	Jaziun Patterson	Michigan State	50.0%
70	Daune Morris	Tennessee	50.0%
71	Cameron Dickey	Texas Tech	50.0%
72	Maurice Turner	Tulane	50.0%
73	Waymond Jordan	USC	50.0%
74	Jekail Middlebrook	Virginia	50.0%
75	Noah Vaughn	Virginia	50.0%
76	Kendrick Raphael	SMU	49.6%
77	Bo Jackson	Ohio State	49.5%
78	Will Henderson III	UTSA	49.5%
79	Connor Walendzak	Toledo	49.3%
80	Peyton Jones	Liberty	49.3%
81	Steven Blanco	Louisiana	49.2%
82	Rocco Conti	Air Force	49.1%
83	Curtis Kimmons IV	Massachusetts	49.1%
84	Jahiem White	North Texas	49.0%
85	Cam Barfield	Hawai'i	48.9%
86	DeSean Bishop	Tennessee	48.8%
87	Carson Smith	Army	48.7%
88	Jambres Dubar	Missouri State	48.7%
89	Caleb Hawkins	Oklahoma State	48.6%
90	Quincy Craig	Arizona	48.6%
91	Dramekco Green	SMU	48.6%
92	Landen Chambers	UCF	48.6%
93	J'Koby Williams	Texas Tech	48.5%
94	Camryn Edwards	Michigan State	48.4%
95	Jordan Gant	Akron	48.0%
96	Nicholas Woodford	Central Michigan	48.0%
97	Jarvis Green	Clemson	47.8%
98	TJ Horton	Ball State	47.8%
99	Jovantae Barnes	Kentucky	47.6%
100	Cincere Rhaney	Sacramento State	47.6%
101	Cyncir Bowers	UConn	47.6%
102	Herschel Turner	Nevada	47.5%
103	Sean Patrick	Akron	47.5%
104	Jamal Rule	Nebraska	47.5%
105	Preston Rex	BYU	47.4%
106	Carsyn Baker	Texas A&M	47.4%
107	Jaylen Jenkins	Texas State	47.4%
108	Rodney Fields Jr.	Kansas State	47.3%
109	Devonte Lyons	Florida International	47.2%
110	D.J. Crowther	South Florida	47.1%
111	Dominic Kelley	Nevada	47.0%
112	Dierre Hill Jr.	Oregon	47.0%
113	Ca'Lil Valentine	Illinois	46.9%
114	Landan Brown	Sam Houston	46.9%
115	Steven Robinson	Southern Miss	46.8%
116	Scottre Humphrey	New Mexico	46.8%
117	CJ Miller	Toledo	46.8%
118	Terron Kellman	Liberty	46.7%
119	JT Lindsey	Ole Miss	46.4%
120	Shavane Anderson Jr.	Syracuse	46.4%
121	Samuel Brown V	Temple	46.4%
122	Tylik Hill	Syracuse	46.4%
123	James Jones	New Mexico State	46.4%
124	Samuel Harris	Wyoming	46.3%
125	Zylan Perry	Cincinnati	46.2%
126	David Mbadinga	Georgia Southern	46.2%
127	Connor Lair	Missouri State	46.2%
128	Javion Kinnard	San Diego State	46.2%
129	Jason Collins Jr.	South Florida	46.2%
130	Daylan Smothers	Texas	46.2%
131	Torrance Burgess Jr.	Texas State	46.2%
132	Jamar Searcy	Wake Forest	46.2%
133	Ofa Mataele	Western Michigan	46.2%
134	Damon Ferguson Jr.	Pittsburgh	46.1%
135	Leonard Farrow	Florida Atlantic	46.1%
136	Dylan Riley	Boise State	46.0%
137	Kenji Christian	UConn	46.0%
138	Kaderris Roberts	Delaware	45.9%
139	Kyson Brown	Arizona State	45.9%
140	Nino Hill	Buffalo	45.9%
141	Kamari Moulton	Iowa	45.9%
142	Aneyas Williams	Notre Dame	45.8%
143	Lanear McCrary Jr.	Georgia State	45.8%
144	TJ Engleman	East Carolina	45.7%
145	Duncan Brune	Ohio	45.7%
146	Jaden Allen-Hendrix	Coastal Carolina	45.5%
147	Ramone Green Jr.	Missouri State	45.5%
148	Roderick Robinson II	UAB	45.4%
149	Jaylen McGill	North Carolina	45.2%
150	Dawson Pendergrass	Baylor	45.2%

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