1994 running backs leaders by yards

Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards by a running back in 1994, with 1,883 yards.

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1994 running backs leaders by rushing yards
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,883
1994
DET DET
16
331
5.7
117.7
7
283
44
6.4
17.7
1
2Chris Warren
C. Warren
1,545
1994
SEA SEA
16
333
4.6
96.6
9
323
41
7.9
20.2
2
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,484
1994
DAL DAL
15
368
4.0
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
4Natrone Means
N. Means
1,350
1994
SD SD
16
343
3.9
84.4
12
235
39
6.0
14.7
0
5Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,282
1994
IND IND
16
314
4.1
80.1
11
522
52
10.0
32.6
1
6Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,093
1994
BUF BUF
15
287
3.8
72.9
7
349
50
7.0
23.3
2
7Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
1,075
1994
NYG NYG
14
327
3.3
76.8
6
103
14
7.4
7.4
0
8Terry Allen
T. Allen
1,031
1994
MIN MIN
16
255
4.0
64.4
8
148
17
8.7
9.3
0
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,025
1994
RAM RAM
16
319
3.2
64.1
3
293
31
9.5
18.3
1
10Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
1,011
1994
TB TB
16
284
3.6
63.2
7
119
22
5.4
7.4
0
11Harvey Williams
H. Williams
983
1994
RAI RAI
16
282
3.5
61.4
4
391
47
8.3
24.4
3
12Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
931
1994
NYJ NYJ
16
240
3.9
58.2
3
303
42
7.2
18.9
2
13Lewis Tillman
L. Tillman
899
1994
CHI CHI
16
275
3.3
56.2
7
222
27
8.2
13.9
0
14Leroy Hoard
L. Hoard
890
1994
CLE CLE
16
209
4.3
55.6
5
445
45
9.9
27.8
4
15Ricky Watters
R. Watters
877
1994
SF SF
16
239
3.7
54.8
6
719
66
10.9
44.9
5
16Bernie Parmalee
B. Parmalee
868
1994
MIA MIA
15
216
4.0
57.9
6
249
34
7.3
16.6
1
17Barry Foster
B. Foster
851
1994
PIT PIT
11
216
3.9
77.4
5
124
20
6.2
11.3
0
18Bam Morris
B. Morris
836
1994
PIT PIT
15
198
4.2
55.7
7
204
22
9.3
13.6
0
19Ronald Moore
R. Moore
780
1994
ARI ARI
16
232
3.4
48.8
4
52
8
6.5
3.3
1
20Craig Heyward
C. Heyward
779
1994
ATL ATL
16
183
4.3
48.7
7
335
32
10.5
20.9
1
21Lorenzo White
L. White
757
1994
HOU HOU
15
191
4.0
50.5
3
188
21
9.0
12.5
1
22Marcus Allen
M. Allen
709
1994
KC KC
13
189
3.8
54.5
7
349
42
8.3
26.8
0
23Marion Butts
M. Butts
703
1994
NE NE
16
243
2.9
43.9
8
54
9
6.0
3.4
0
24Ricky Ervins
R. Ervins
650
1994
WAS WAS
16
185
3.5
40.6
3
293
51
5.7
18.3
1
25Gary Brown
G. Brown
648
1994
HOU HOU
12
169
3.8
54.0
4
194
18
10.8
16.2
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