before 1986 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 9 seasons

Jim Brown had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 9 seasons, with 12,312 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262	9.5	21.2	20
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	11,625	130	2,666	4.4	89.4	78	3,088	328	9.4	23.8	9
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	10,832	132	2,441	4.4	82.1	66	2,988	338	8.8	22.6	11
4	O.J. Simpson	10,183	112	2,123	4.8	90.9	57	1,924	175	11.0	17.2	12
5	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121	6.7	7.0	0
6	Franco Harris F. Harris	9,352	124	2,220	4.2	75.4	76	1,507	204	7.4	12.2	6
7	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	8,207	115	1,811	4.5	71.4	81	1,505	187	8.0	13.1	10
8	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	7,843	95	1,807	4.3	82.6	44	2,404	289	8.3	25.3	5
9	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	6,933	116	1,580	4.4	59.8	46	672	83	8.1	5.8	3
10	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	6,885	123	1,595	4.3	56.0	71	2,101	175	12.0	17.1	13
11	John Riggins J. Riggins	6,822	111	1,666	4.1	61.5	42	1,891	216	8.8	17.0	12
12	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,789	107	1,540	4.4	63.4	45	2,502	273	9.2	23.4	12
13	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	6,702	110	1,561	4.3	60.9	71	2,323	263	8.8	21.1	3
14	Joe Perry J. Perry	6,549	101	1,276	5.1	64.8	46	1,218	166	7.3	12.1	7
15	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	6,540	124	1,593	4.1	52.7	47	1,761	255	6.9	14.2	5
16	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,534	111	1,675	3.9	58.9	30	3,203	376	8.5	28.9	17
17	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	6,440	103	1,487	4.3	62.5	26	1,759	193	9.1	17.1	13
18	Floyd Little F. Little	6,323	117	1,641	3.9	54.0	43	2,418	215	11.2	20.7	9
19	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	6,293	121	1,557	4.0	52.0	35	1,481	164	9.0	12.2	4
20	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	6,251	103	1,313	4.8	60.7	50	1,816	202	9.0	17.6	16
21	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146	9.0	12.2	3
22	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,950	109	1,556	3.8	54.6	53	3,156	350	9.0	29.0	23
23	Ken Willard K. Willard	5,930	125	1,582	3.7	47.4	45	2,156	273	7.9	17.2	16
24	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,875	102	1,530	3.8	57.6	35	2,485	238	10.4	24.4	20
25	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	5,860	83	1,320	4.4	70.6	69	523	45	11.6	6.3	3

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