Kenneth Walker III takes the NFL rushing lead with 665 yards; Bijan Robinson and James Cook III are within 38

Kenneth Walker III is the NFL’s rushing leader after Week 6. His 128 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries in Kansas City’s 22–6 win over the Chargers lifted him to 665 yards, past Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson, who led through Week 5 and managed 61 yards on nine carries against Chicago. Buffalo’s James Cook III is third at 627 after 95 yards at Las Vegas, so the top three are separated by 38 yards.

Walker has done it in five games, because the Chiefs had their bye in Week 5. His 133.0 yards per game are 26.2 more than anyone else in the league (Robinson, 106.8), and his 6.27 yards per carry are the best among the 21 players with at least 75 carries. All rushes league-wide this season have averaged 4.15 yards.

NFL rushing yards leaders after Week 6

Rank	Player	Team	G	Att	Yds	Yds/G	Avg	TD	Long	Week 6
1	Kenneth Walker III	KC	5	106	665	133.0	6.27	6	76	19-128, 2 TD
2	Bijan Robinson	ATL	6	111	641	106.8	5.77	4	59	9-61
3	James Cook III	BUF	6	117	627	104.5	5.36	6	35	22-95, 1 TD
4	Derrick Henry	BAL	6	130	534	89.0	4.11	7	32	17-58
5	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	5	105	504	100.8	4.80	7	22	Bye
6	Jonathan Taylor	IND	6	122	492	82.0	4.03	7	24	21-94, 1 TD
7	Jaylen Warren	PIT	6	84	460	76.7	5.48	1	50	14-50
8	Bucky Irving	TB	6	96	452	75.3	4.71	2	72	19-46
9	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	5	89	426	85.2	4.79	4	32	28-120, 1 TD
10	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	5	97	410	82.0	4.23	2	20	Bye
11	D’Andre Swift	CHI	6	94	398	66.3	4.23	6	32	16-44, 2 TD
12	Kyren Williams	LAR	6	80	393	65.5	4.91	4	30	10-50
13	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	6	94	388	64.7	4.13	2	20	12-39
14	Christian McCaffrey	SF	6	77	350	58.3	4.55	7	16	16-64, 2 TD
15	Tony Pollard	TEN	6	87	349	58.2	4.01	1	18	19-76

Only five players have reached 500 yards: Walker, Robinson, Cook, Baltimore’s Derrick Henry (534) and Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs (504), who was on bye. Henry has the most carries in the league at 130, ahead of Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor at 122.

How the top 10 moved in Week 6

Player	Team	Yds through Week 5	Rank through Week 5	Week 6 yds	Yds now	Rank now
Kenneth Walker III	KC	537	2	128	665	1
Bijan Robinson	ATL	580	1	61	641	2
James Cook III	BUF	532	3	95	627	3
Derrick Henry	BAL	476	5	58	534	4
Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	504	4	Bye	504	5
Jonathan Taylor	IND	398	9	94	492	6
Jaylen Warren	PIT	410	6	50	460	7
Bucky Irving	TB	406	8	46	452	8
Chuba Hubbard	CAR	306	14	120	426	9
Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	410	7	Bye	410	10

Carolina’s Chuba Hubbard made the biggest jump. He carried 28 times for 120 yards and a touchdown in the 25–14 win at Philadelphia, moving from 14th to ninth at 426 yards. Taylor’s 94 yards against Tennessee took him from ninth to sixth.

A quiet week for 100-yard games

Week 6 produced only two 100-yard rushing games, Walker’s 128 and Hubbard’s 120, the fewest of any week this season. Week 5 had nine, and the season total is 29.

Week	100-yard rushing games
1	7
2	3
3	3
4	5
5	9
6	2
Total	29

Walker has four of those 29 games, the most in the league: 173 yards against Denver in Week 1, 117 against Indianapolis, 177 at Las Vegas and 128 against the Chargers. Cook has three. Robinson, Gibbs, Henry, Hubbard, Pittsburgh’s Jaylen Warren, Minnesota’s Aaron Jones Sr. and Chicago’s Kyle Monangai have two apiece.

Yards per carry, minimum 75 carries

Rank	Player	Team	Att	Yds	Avg
1	Kenneth Walker III	KC	106	665	6.27
2	Bijan Robinson	ATL	111	641	5.77
3	Jaylen Warren	PIT	84	460	5.48
4	James Cook III	BUF	117	627	5.36
5	Kyren Williams	LAR	80	393	4.91
6	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	105	504	4.80
7	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	89	426	4.79
8	Bucky Irving	TB	96	452	4.71
9	Christian McCaffrey	SF	77	350	4.55
10	D’Andre Swift	CHI	94	398	4.23
11	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	97	410	4.23
12	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	94	388	4.13
13	Derrick Henry	BAL	130	534	4.11
14	Jonathan Taylor	IND	122	492	4.03
15	Tony Pollard	TEN	87	349	4.01
16	Javonte Williams	DAL	85	317	3.73
17	Cam Skattebo	NYG	81	294	3.63
18	Omarion Hampton	LAC	80	289	3.61
19	Emanuel Wilson	SEA	87	303	3.48
20	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	81	270	3.33
21	Ashton Jeanty	LV	98	313	3.19

Robinson (5.77), Warren (5.48) and Cook (5.36) are the only other qualifiers above 5.0. Las Vegas’ Ashton Jeanty is last among qualifiers at 3.19 on 98 carries.

Touchdowns and what is next

Walker’s six rushing touchdowns put him in a tie with Cook and Chicago’s D’Andre Swift. Gibbs, Henry, Taylor, San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey and Dallas’ Javonte Williams have seven, one behind Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen’s eight.

Week 7 sends Walker to Seattle, his former team, for Sunday night. Robinson and the Falcons host the 6–0 49ers, Henry and the Ravens host Cincinnati, and Gibbs returns from the bye with Green Bay visiting Detroit. Cook cannot add to his total, because Buffalo is on bye.