before 2003 what rb had the most rushing yds through first 7 seasons

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in his first 7 seasons, with 11,226 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
11,226
105
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10,172
105
2,077
4.9
96.9
73
2,180
258
8.4
20.8
7
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
10,160
108
2,334
4.4
94.1
108
2,200
348
6.3
20.4
7
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
9,608
105
2,204
4.4
91.5
71
2,170
243
8.9
20.7
7
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
9,322
90
1,790
5.2
103.6
82
1,831
192
9.5
20.3
14
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
9,267
108
2,343
4.0
85.8
64
2,342
328
221
7.1
21.7
8
7Eddie George
E. George
8,978
112
2,421
3.7
80.2
59
1,981
237
225
8.4
17.7
10
8Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
8,764
99
2,029
4.3
88.5
73
718
115
6.2
7.3
0
9Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
8,724
109
2,018
4.3
80.0
48
3,402
345
9.9
31.2
18
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
8,463
109
2,106
4.0
77.6
41
1,075
149
28
7.2
9.9
3
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8,336
100
1,834
4.5
83.4
53
2,080
241
8.6
20.8
7
12O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
8,123
91
1,707
4.8
89.3
49
1,527
137
11.1
16.8
11
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
8,060
107
1,895
4.3
75.3
67
4,682
465
216
10.1
43.8
22
14Ricky Watters
R. Watters
7,873
107
1,947
4.0
73.6
65
3,141
353
8.9
29.4
9
15Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
7,843
95
1,807
4.3
82.6
44
2,404
289
8.3
25.3
5
16Terrell Davis
T. Davis
7,607
78
1,655
4.6
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
7,520
94
1,727
4.4
80.0
43
1,411
181
197
7.8
15.0
5
18Franco Harris
F. Harris
7,377
96
1,745
4.2
76.8
61
1,020
138
7.4
10.6
3
19George Rogers
G. Rogers
7,176
92
1,692
4.2
78.0
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
20Marcus Allen
M. Allen
6,982
97
1,712
4.1
72.0
61
3,470
368
9.4
35.8
16
21Terry Allen
T. Allen
6,881
99
1,684
4.1
69.5
60
1,401
172
8.1
14.2
5
22Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
6,816
102
1,801
3.8
66.8
48
1,309
174
7.5
12.8
2
23Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
6,768
87
1,400
4.8
77.8
73
967
126
7.7
11.1
8
24Herschel Walker
H. Walker
6,722
107
1,620
4.1
62.8
54
3,277
335
9.8
30.6
13
25Curt Warner
C. Warner
6,705
93
1,649
4.1
72.1
55
1,467
193
7.6
15.8
7
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1,252

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11
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