fastest player to reach 5000 rushing yards in a career

Steve Van Buren rushed for 5,860 yards in his career.

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fastest player to reach 5000 or more rushing yards in a career

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	5,860	83	1,320	4.4	70.6	69	523	45	11.6	6.3	3
2	Joe Perry J. Perry	8,378	156	1,737	4.8	53.7	53	1,796	241	7.5	11.5	8
3	Ollie Matson O. Matson	5,173	169	1,170	4.4	30.6	40	3,285	222	14.8	19.4	23
4	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	5,281	143	1,124	4.7	36.9	38	3,247	264	12.3	22.7	20
5	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	6,803	143	1,571	4.3	47.6	48	1,478	186	7.9	10.3	7
6	Rick Casares R. Casares	5,797	130	1,431	4.1	44.6	49	1,588	191	8.3	12.2	11
7	Lenny Moore L. Moore	5,174	143	1,069	4.8	36.2	63	6,039	363	16.6	42.2	48
8	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262	9.5	21.2	20
9	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	8,597	129	1,941	4.4	66.6	83	1,756	225	7.8	13.6	10
10	Dick Bass D. Bass	5,417	112	1,218	4.4	48.4	34	1,841	204	9.0	16.4	7
11	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	5,138	110	1,146	4.5	46.7	30	3,314	203	16.3	30.1	24
12	Bill Brown B. Brown	5,838	194	1,649	3.5	30.1	52	3,183	286	11.1	16.4	23
13	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146	9.0	12.2	3
14	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	7,274	136	1,727	4.2	53.5	74	2,281	190	12.0	16.8	13
15	Jim Nance J. Nance	5,401	101	1,341	4.0	53.5	45	870	133	6.5	8.6	1
16	Ken Willard K. Willard	6,105	132	1,622	3.8	46.3	45	2,184	277	7.9	16.5	17
17	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	5,135	118	1,291	4.0	43.5	52	1,488	139	10.7	12.6	12
18	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	5,481	104	1,308	4.2	52.7	35	2,010	238	8.4	19.3	13
19	Floyd Little F. Little	6,323	117	1,641	3.9	54.0	43	2,418	215	11.2	20.7	9
20	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	8,081	146	1,891	4.3	55.3	64	820	106	7.7	5.6	4
21	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,875	102	1,530	3.8	57.6	35	2,485	238	10.4	24.4	20
22	Calvin Hill C. Hill	6,083	156	1,452	4.2	39.0	42	2,861	271	10.6	18.3	23
23	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203	10.6	15.9	14
24	John Brockington J. Brockington	5,185	95	1,347	3.8	54.6	30	1,297	157	8.3	13.7	4
25	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250	8.4	11.9	12

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