before 1987 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 10 seasons

Walter Payton rushed for the most yards by a running back in his first 10 seasons, with 13,309 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	13,309	146	3,047	4.4	91.2	89	3,456	373	9.3	23.7	9
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262	9.5	21.2	20
3	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	11,580	145	2,625	4.4	79.9	71	3,255	363	9.0	22.4	12
4	O.J. Simpson	10,776	122	2,284	4.7	88.3	58	2,096	196	10.7	17.2	14
5	Franco Harris F. Harris	10,339	140	2,462	4.2	73.9	84	1,757	241	7.3	12.6	7
6	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121	6.7	7.0	0
7	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	8,597	129	1,941	4.4	66.6	83	1,756	225	7.8	13.6	10
8	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	8,080	107	1,882	4.3	75.5	47	2,541	308	8.3	23.7	5
9	John Riggins J. Riggins	7,536	126	1,861	4.0	59.8	55	1,950	222	8.8	15.5	12
10	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	7,274	136	1,727	4.2	53.5	74	2,281	190	12.0	16.8	13
11	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	7,244	130	1,671	4.3	55.7	52	745	90	8.3	5.7	3
12	Joe Perry J. Perry	7,151	112	1,415	5.1	63.8	49	1,271	178	7.1	11.3	7
13	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	6,968	62	1,465	4.8	112.4	55	874	118	7.4	14.1	2
14	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	6,930	137	1,705	4.1	50.6	49	1,804	262	6.9	13.2	5
15	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,789	107	1,540	4.4	63.4	45	2,502	273	9.2	23.4	12
16	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	6,702	110	1,561	4.3	60.9	71	2,323	263	8.8	21.1	3
17	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	6,651	136	1,652	4.0	48.9	37	1,583	174	9.1	11.6	4
18	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	6,578	109	1,521	4.3	60.3	26	1,799	198	9.1	16.5	13
19	George Rogers G. Rogers	6,563	81	1,529	4.3	81.0	48	345	51	6.8	4.3	0
20	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,534	111	1,675	3.9	58.9	30	3,203	376	8.5	28.9	17
21	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	6,378	108	1,344	4.7	59.1	50	1,816	202	9.0	16.8	16
22	Floyd Little F. Little	6,323	117	1,641	3.9	54.0	43	2,418	215	11.2	20.7	9
23	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146	9.0	12.2	3
24	Ken Willard K. Willard	6,105	132	1,622	3.8	46.3	45	2,184	277	7.9	16.5	17
25	Calvin Hill C. Hill	6,049	127	1,447	4.2	47.6	42	2,328	227	10.3	18.3	15

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