best individual seasons for running backs with under 5k rushing yards

5 players are tied for playing the most career seasons by a running back, with 16 seasons. The first three are Frank Gore, Tony Richardson and Lorenzo Neal.

	NAME	SEAS	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Frank Gore F. Gore	16	16,000	241	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
2	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	16	1,727	234	429	4.0	7.4	15	1,543	210	271	7.3	6.6	9
3	Lorenzo Neal L. Neal	16	807	239	226	3.6	3.4	6	1,086	199	205	5.5	4.5	12
4	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	16	1,273	194	304	4.2	6.6	8	211	35	0	6.0	1.1	0
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	16	12,243	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	15	14,918	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
7	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	15	18,355	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
8	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	14	3,552	183	732	4.9	19.4	23	4,840	553	748	8.8	26.4	32
9	Mack Strong M. Strong	14	909	201	230	4.0	4.5	5	1,456	218	241	6.7	7.2	10
10	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	14	1,967	223	388	5.1	8.8	12	2,336	255	74	9.2	10.5	4
11	Earnest Byner E. Byner	14	8,261	211	2,095	3.9	39.2	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15
12	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	14	10,273	182	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
13	Mosi Tatupu M. Tatupu	14	2,415	199	612	3.9	12.1	18	843	96		8.8	4.2	2
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	14	11,352	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
15	Bill Brown B. Brown	14	5,838	194	1,649	3.5	30.1	52	3,183	286		11.1	16.4	23
16	Joe Perry J. Perry	14	8,378	156	1,737	4.8	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
17	Kyle Juszczyk K. Juszczyk	13	234	206	69	3.4	1.1	6	2,877	305	406	9.4	14.0	20
18	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	13	3,607	161	864	4.2	22.4	16	3,701	431	571	8.6	23.0	15
19	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	13	11,695	153	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
20	Zack Crockett Z. Crockett	13	1,701	175	510	3.3	9.7	36	680	96	97	7.1	3.9	2
21	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13	13,662	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
22	Larry Centers L. Centers	13	2,036	182	590	3.5	11.2	14	6,194	761	386	8.1	34.0	25
23	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	13	12,074	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
24	Keith Byars K. Byars	13	3,109	189	865	3.6	16.4	23	5,661	610		9.3	30.0	31
25	Walter Payton W. Payton	13	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
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Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176