before 1989 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 12 seasons

Walter Payton rushed for the most yards by a running back in his first 12 seasons, with 16,193 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	16,193	178	3,692	4.4	91.0	106	4,321	459	9.4	24.3	14
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398	8.9	20.5	13
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262	9.5	21.2	20
4	Franco Harris F. Harris	11,950	165	2,881	4.1	72.4	91	2,284	306	7.5	13.8	9
5	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203	10.6	15.9	14
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	9,915	90	2,136	4.6	110.2	75	1,422	172	8.3	15.8	3
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	9,436	149	2,413	3.9	63.3	82	2,029	237	8.6	13.6	12
8	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121	6.7	7.0	0
9	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	8,597	129	1,941	4.4	66.6	83	1,756	225	7.8	13.6	10
10	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	8,294	127	1,949	4.3	65.3	55	2,614	319	8.2	20.6	5
11	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	8,081	146	1,891	4.3	55.3	64	820	106	7.7	5.6	4
12	Joe Perry J. Perry	7,921	135	1,619	4.9	58.7	53	1,590	215	7.4	11.8	8
13	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	7,378	152	1,844	4.0	48.5	51	1,860	270	6.9	12.2	5
14	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	7,274	136	1,727	4.2	53.5	74	2,281	190	12.0	16.8	13
15	George Rogers G. Rogers	7,176	92	1,692	4.2	78.0	54	368	55	6.7	4.0	0
16	Marcus Allen M. Allen	6,982	97	1,712	4.1	72.0	61	3,470	368	9.4	35.8	16
17	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	6,794	92	1,525	4.5	73.8	28	2,211	225	9.8	24.0	11
18	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,789	107	1,540	4.4	63.4	45	2,502	273	9.2	23.4	12
19	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	6,702	110	1,561	4.3	60.9	71	2,323	263	8.8	21.1	3
20	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	6,651	136	1,652	4.0	48.9	37	1,583	174	9.1	11.6	4
21	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	6,631	91	1,587	4.2	72.9	48	1,384	186	7.4	15.2	0
22	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	6,578	109	1,521	4.3	60.3	26	1,799	198	9.1	16.5	13
23	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	6,577	129	1,501	4.4	51.0	45	1,328	178	7.5	10.3	7
24	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	6,534	111	1,675	3.9	58.9	30	3,203	376	8.5	28.9	17
25	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	6,378	108	1,344	4.7	59.1	50	1,816	202	9.0	16.8	16

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