Saquon Barkley (and other Eagles players) records tracker

In case you haven't been watching Philadelphia Eagles games all season, Saquon Barkley is pretty good, and he's having an incredible season. Barkley has already broken the Eagles' single-season rushing record with four games to play, and he might also break the NFL's single-season rushing record, which has been in place since 1984. 

Here we'll track his progress toward that record, and other milestones along the way. And while we're at it, we'll track some other records that could also be broken by other Eagles players this season.

Single-season rushing record

As noted above, Barkley already owns the Eagles' single-season rushing record, formerly held by LeSean McCoy, who set his record in 2013. Barkley passed McCoy after just 13 games. An updated Eagles' single-season rushing leaderboard, as Barkley continues to put more distance between himself and the rest:

There's a pretty big gap between the Eagles' single-season high and the NFL's single-season rushing leaderboard. There have been eight 2000+ yard seasons, noted here:

After Week 15, Barkley is on pace for 2083 rushing yards this season, up from 2050 a week ago. 

The Eagles' two remaining opponents have crappy run defenses:

However, there's a decent chance the Eagles will have nothing to play for Week 18 against the Giants:

• With the Eagles' loss to the Commanders, and wins by the Vikings and Lions Week 16, the Eagles' chances for the 1 seed dwindled substantially. If the Vikings or Lions win Week 17, the Eagles will be eliminated from 1 seed contention.

• If the Eagles beat or tie the Cowboys or the Commanders lose to or tie the Falcons on Sunday, the Eagles will clinch the NFC East as well as at least the 2 seed.

If the Eagles are locked into the 2 seed Week 18, which feels like a high probability, they are highly unlikely to play Barkley, unless he needs some small number of yards to beat the record. Since he is 267 yards from the record, it's unlikely that Nick Sirianni will even have to consider it.

Yards from scrimmage

Barkley also has a chance to break records for yards from scrimmage in a single season. The Eagles' record for yards from scrimmage in a single season is held by McCoy, again, in 2013:

Barkley needs just 33 yards from scrimmage to pass McCoy. A look at the NFL's single-season yards from scrimmage leaderboard, headlined by Chris Johnson.

Barkley is on pace for 2396 yards from scrimmage, again though, with the possibility that he'll sit the final regular season game. If Barkley can keep his current pace, he would finish fourth all-time, just ahead of Tiki Barber, who had harsh words for Barkley after the Giants didn't want to bring Barkley back so he signed with the Eagles in free agency.

Single-season rushing touchdowns by a quarterback

The single-season record for rushing TDs by a quarterback is held by Jalen Hurts, who set the record last season. Hurts shares that record with the Bills' Josh Allen, who also ran for 15 TDs last season.

As you can see, Hurts has 14 rushing TDs in 2024, most of which have come via Brotherly Shoves after Barkley was tackled at the 1 yard line.

Hurts actually has at least 10 rushing TDs every season he has been a full-time starter. He is on pace for 17 rushing TDs, which would give him sole ownership of the single-season record.

Hurts is already third all-time in rushing TDs by a quarterback:

Allen and Hurts are both likely to pass Newton at some point in their respective careers. It's probably only a matter of who gets there first.

A week ago, it appeared that Hurts would likely break his own record, but after suffering a concussion against the Commanders Week 16, his availability Week 17 is in question.

Total tackles in a single season

Zack Baun has 145 tackles this season. He is on pace for 164 tackles this season. That would place him third in a single season in team history:

Baun would have to average 20 tackles per game over the final two games to break Evans' record. We can probably close the book on this one.