before 1988 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 11 seasons

Before 1988, Walter Payton had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 11 seasons, with 14,860 yards.

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	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	14,860	162	3,371	4.4	91.7	98	3,939	422	9.3	24.3	11
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	12,036	157	2,755	4.4	76.7	72	3,432	382	9.0	21.9	13
4	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203	10.6	15.9	14
5	Franco Harris F. Harris	10,943	149	2,602	4.2	73.4	86	2,006	272	7.4	13.5	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	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	8,256	74	1,748	4.7	111.6	61	1,045	136	7.7	14.1	2
9	John Riggins J. Riggins	8,089	134	2,038	4.0	60.4	58	2,000	232	8.6	14.9	12
10	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	8,086	111	1,884	4.3	72.8	47	2,557	310	8.2	23.0	5
11	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	8,081	146	1,891	4.3	55.3	64	820	106	7.7	5.6	4
12	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	7,378	152	1,844	4.0	48.5	51	1,860	270	6.9	12.2	5
13	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	7,274	136	1,727	4.2	53.5	74	2,281	190	12.0	16.8	13
14	Joe Perry J. Perry	7,246	122	1,451	5.0	59.4	50	1,268	181	7.0	10.4	7
15	George Rogers G. Rogers	7,176	92	1,692	4.2	78.0	54	368	55	6.7	4.0	0
16	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,789	107	1,540	4.4	63.4	45	2,502	273	9.2	23.4	12
17	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	6,702	110	1,561	4.3	60.9	71	2,323	263	8.8	21.1	3
18	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	6,651	136	1,652	4.0	48.9	37	1,583	174	9.1	11.6	4
19	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	6,578	109	1,521	4.3	60.3	26	1,799	198	9.1	16.5	13
20	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	6,566	128	1,498	4.4	51.3	45	1,328	178	7.5	10.4	7
21	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,534	111	1,675	3.9	58.9	30	3,203	376	8.5	28.9	17
22	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	6,378	108	1,344	4.7	59.1	50	1,816	202	9.0	16.8	16
23	Floyd Little F. Little	6,323	117	1,641	3.9	54.0	43	2,418	215	11.2	20.7	9
24	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146	9.0	12.2	3
25	Marcus Allen M. Allen	6,151	82	1,489	4.1	75.0	54	3,167	334	9.5	38.6	15

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