how many 2000 yard rushers in nfl history

Cliff Battles rushed for 3,511 yards in his career.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Cliff Battles C. Battles	3,511	60	839	4.2	58.5	23	546	38	14.4	9.1	4
2	Dutch Clark D. Clark	2,772	64	606	4.6	43.3	27	341	28	12.2	5.3	6
3	Ace Gutowsky A. Gutowsky	3,279	86	922	3.6	38.1	20	64	3	21.3	0.7	0
4	Swede Hanson S. Hanson	2,122	53	554	3.8	40.0	13	325	23	14.1	6.1	1
5	Clarke Hinkle C. Hinkle	3,860	113	1,171	3.3	34.2	35	537	49	11.0	4.8	9
6	Bronko Nagurski B. Nagurski	2,694	66	617	4.4	40.8	17	134	11	12.2	2.0	0
7	Ernie Caddel E. Caddel	2,311	64	443	5.2	36.1	20	641	54	11.9	10.0	5
8	Tuffy Leemans T. Leemans	2,703	70	791	3.4	38.6	14	237	20	11.9	3.4	1
9	Ray Nolting R. Nolting	2,285	82	508	4.5	27.9	10	508	30	16.9	6.2	3
10	Andy Farkas A. Farkas	2,103	70	587	3.6	30.0	21	1,086	80	13.6	15.5	13
11	Pug Manders P. Manders	2,529	74	690	3.7	34.2	32	326	25	13.0	4.4	2
12	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	4,197	116	1,025	4.1	36.2	26	579	69	8.4	5.0	5
13	Bill Dudley B. Dudley	3,042	78	760	4.0	39.0	18	1,383	123	11.2	17.7	18
14	Ted Fritsch T. Fritsch	2,200	99	620	3.5	22.2	31	227	25	9.1	2.3	1
15	Bill Paschal B. Paschal	2,430	57	677	3.6	42.6	28	326	32	10.2	5.7	8
16	Steve Van Buren S. Van Buren	5,860	83	1,320	4.4	70.6	69	523	45	11.6	6.3	3
17	Elmer Angsman E. Angsman	2,908	83	683	4.3	35.0	27	654	41	16.0	7.9	5
18	Pat Harder P. Harder	3,016	86	740	4.1	35.1	33	864	92	9.4	10.0	5
19	Dick Hoerner D. Hoerner	2,172	63	506	4.3	34.5	30	1,180	80	14.8	18.7	4
20	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	2,655	71	537	4.9	37.4	15	1,255	125	10.0	17.7	11
21	Rob Goode R. Goode	2,531	59	596	4.2	42.9	16	640	53	12.1	10.8	1
22	Tank Younger T. Younger	3,058	76	663	4.6	40.2	30	1,022	83	12.3	13.4	1
23	Bob Hoernschemeyer B. Hoernschemeyer	2,439	59	553	4.4	41.3	17	951	96	9.9	16.1	7
24	Fred Morrison F. Morrison	2,420	84	578	4.2	28.8	12	721	67	10.8	8.6	2
25	Joe Perry J. Perry	8,378	156	1,737	4.8	53.7	53	1,796	241	7.5	11.5	8

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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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