Barry Sanders has gained the most all-purpose yards by a Heisman Trophy winner in a season, with 3,249 yards in 1988.

Interpreted as:

most total yards by a heisman in a season by a player winner

	NAME	YDS	HEISMAN	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,249	1	1988	OKST	11		39	2,628	238.9	37	106	9.6	0	421	38.3	1	94	8.5	1
2	Reggie Bush R. Bush	2,890	1	2005	USC	13		19	1,740	133.8	16	478	36.8	2	493	37.9	0	179	13.8	1
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,559	1	1981	USC	11		23	2,342	212.9	22	217	19.7	1
4	Mike Rozier M. Rozier	2,486	1	1983	NEB	12		29	2,148	179.0	29	106	8.8	0	232	19.3	0
5	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,386	1	1998	TEX	11		28	2,124	193.1	27	262	23.8	1
6	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	2,349	1	1994	COLO	11		24	2,055	186.8	24	294	26.7	0
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,310	1	2015	ALA	15		28	2,219	147.9	28	91	6.1	0
8	Eddie George E. George	2,225	1	1995	OSU	12		24	1,826	152.2	23	399	33.3	1
9	DeVonta Smith D. Smith	2,151	1	2020	ALA	13	165.5	25	6	0.5	1	1,856	142.8	23	52	4.0	0	237	18.2	1
10	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,021	1	1976	PITT	11		22	1,948	177.1	21	73	6.6	1
11	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	1,992	1	2009	ALA	14		20	1,658	118.4	17	334	23.9	3
12	Charles White C. White	1,941	1	1979	USC	11		18	1,803	163.9	18	138	12.5	0
13	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,877	1	1982	UGA	11		17	1,752	159.3	16	89	8.1	1	36	3.3	0
14	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	1,859	1	1985	AUB	11		17	1,786	162.4	17	73	6.6	0
15	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,855	1	1977	TEX	11		19	1,744	158.5	18	111	10.1	1
16	Tim Brown T. Brown	1,847	1	1987	ND	11		7	144	13.1	1	846	76.9	3	456	41.5	0	401	36.5	3
17	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	1,843	1	1999	WIS	11		19	1,834	166.7	19	9	0.8	0
18	O.J. Simpson	1,835	1	1968	USC	10		22	1,709	170.9	22	126	12.6	0
19	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,804	1	1980	SC	11		14	1,781	161.9	14	23	2.1	0
20	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,797	1	1978	OKLA	11		20	1,762	160.2	20	35	3.2	0
21	Desmond Howard D. Howard	1,749	1	1991	MICH	11		23	165	15.0	2	950	86.4	19	373	33.9	1	261	23.7	1
22	Archie Griffin A. Griffin	1,672	1	1974	OSU	11		12	1,620	147.3	12	52	4.7	0
23	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	1,591	1	1973	PSU	11		17	1,522	138.4	17	69	6.3	0
24	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	1,571	1	2016	LOU	13		21	1,571	120.8	21
25	Steve Owens S. Owens	1,555	1	1969	OKLA	10		23	1,523	152.3	23	32	3.2	0