before 2000 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 4 seasons

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 4 seasons, with 6,968 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6,968
62
1,465
4.8
112.4
55
874
118
7.4
14.1
2
2Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,457
62
1,404
4.6
104.1
55
345
75
4.6
5.6
0
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,413
61
1,343
4.8
105.1
56
1,181
152
7.8
19.4
5
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
5,699
62
1,262
4.5
91.9
50
1,235
189
6.5
19.9
3
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5,674
62
1,189
4.8
91.5
52
1,294
130
10.0
20.9
5
6Eddie George
E. George
5,365
64
1,360
3.9
83.8
28
994
114
64
8.7
15.5
6
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
5,316
57
1,179
4.5
93.3
45
1,111
125
8.9
19.5
2
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
5,086
60
1,327
3.8
84.8
40
1,255
160
7.8
20.9
6
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
5,055
48
964
5.2
105.3
49
587
75
7.8
12.2
4
10Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4,920
56
1,105
4.5
87.9
29
1,109
142
7.8
19.8
2
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4,829
62
1,064
4.5
77.9
26
2,040
189
10.8
32.9
13
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4,638
57
1,081
4.3
81.4
44
2,304
237
9.7
40.4
13
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4,624
59
1,026
4.5
78.4
36
1,289
145
8.9
21.8
4
14Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
4,522
63
1,116
4.1
71.8
24
765
97
7.9
12.1
1
15Billy Sims
B. Sims
4,419
52
1,001
4.4
85.0
37
1,833
155
11.8
35.3
5
16George Rogers
G. Rogers
4,267
51
995
4.3
83.7
23
292
44
6.6
5.7
0
17William Andrews
W. Andrews
4,205
56
932
4.5
75.1
22
2,003
213
9.4
35.8
7
18Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,177
52
977
4.3
80.3
21
1,292
119
10.9
24.8
8
19John Brockington
J. Brockington
4,159
56
1,021
4.1
74.3
20
783
92
8.5
14.0
2
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
4,113
59
990
4.2
69.7
36
1,884
202
9.3
31.9
9
21Terry Allen
T. Allen
4,104
63
979
4.2
65.1
33
907
103
8.8
14.4
4
22Curt Warner
C. Warner
4,064
49
955
4.3
82.9
34
993
131
7.6
20.3
2
23Herschel Walker
H. Walker
4,057
60
971
4.2
67.6
31
2,480
229
10.8
41.3
7
24Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
4,046
54
960
4.2
74.9
20
1,641
162
10.1
30.4
15
25Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
4,010
56
928
4.3
71.6
37
1,029
96
10.7
18.4
5
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