before 1987 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 6 seasons

Walter Payton had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 6 seasons, with 8,386 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	8,386	89	1,865	4.5	94.2	65	1,791	202	8.9	20.1	5
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	8,296	85	1,883	4.4	97.6	69	691	112	6.2	8.1	0
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	7,459	76	1,499	5.0	98.1	70	1,563	168	9.3	20.6	11
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	7,364	86	1,690	4.4	85.6	40	2,179	266	8.2	25.3	5
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	7,015	84	1,545	4.5	83.5	45	1,793	201	8.9	21.3	6
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	6,968	62	1,465	4.8	112.4	55	874	118	7.4	14.1	2
7	George Rogers G. Rogers	6,563	81	1,529	4.3	81.0	48	345	51	6.8	4.3	0
8	O.J. Simpson	6,306	77	1,378	4.6	81.9	33	1,101	109	10.1	14.3	4
9	Franco Harris F. Harris	6,295	80	1,435	4.4	78.7	53	876	116	7.6	11.0	3
10	William Andrews W. Andrews	5,986	87	1,315	4.6	68.8	30	2,647	277	9.6	30.4	11
11	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	5,664	81	1,446	3.9	69.9	50	2,910	317	9.2	35.9	23
12	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	5,610	79	1,235	4.5	71.0	43	1,893	197	9.6	24.0	12
13	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	5,599	74	1,165	4.8	75.7	61	613	88	7.0	8.3	5
14	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	5,523	70	1,244	4.4	78.9	23	1,506	153	9.8	21.5	10
15	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	5,487	81	1,391	3.9	67.7	27	2,523	298	8.5	31.1	14
16	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,467	77	1,413	3.9	71.0	32	2,162	196	11.0	28.1	18
17	Marcus Allen M. Allen	5,397	70	1,289	4.2	77.1	49	2,757	283	9.7	39.4	15
18	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	5,320	67	1,185	4.5	79.4	22	1,661	167	9.9	24.8	9
19	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	5,268	70	1,271	4.1	75.3	45	1,014	139	7.3	14.5	0
20	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	5,196	85	1,174	4.4	61.1	51	1,682	192	8.8	19.8	1
21	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	5,151	78	1,089	4.7	66.0	32	578	68	8.5	7.4	3
22	Billy Sims B. Sims	5,106	60	1,131	4.5	85.1	42	2,072	186	11.1	34.5	5
23	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	5,035	78	1,234	4.1	64.6	26	2,129	215	9.9	27.3	15
24	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	5,022	81	1,025	4.9	62.0	25	1,787	194	9.2	22.1	7
25	Calvin Hill C. Hill	5,009	73	1,166	4.3	68.6	39	1,359	139	9.8	18.6	6

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