least games to reach 4000 rushing yards

Billy Sims had the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 4,000+ rushing yards, with 60 games.

Interpreted as:
least regular-season games by a player to reach 4000 or more rushing yards
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Billy Sims
B. Sims
60
5,106
1,131
4.5
85.1
42
2,072
186
11.1
34.5
5
2Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
65
4,293
1,010
4.3
66.0
37
1,135
110
10.3
17.5
6
3James Cook III
J. Cook III
66
4,259
842
5.1
64.5
32
1,174
130
164
9.0
17.8
9
4Ryan Grant
R. Grant
68
4,148
956
4.3
61.0
27
760
93
115
8.2
11.2
2
5Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
68
4,956
991
5.0
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
6Najee Harris
N. Harris
71
4,373
1,112
3.9
61.6
28
1,174
183
236
6.4
16.5
6
7Rashard Mendenhall
R. Mendenhall
72
4,236
1,081
3.9
58.8
37
795
95
129
8.4
11.0
2
8Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
72
4,078
1,046
3.9
56.6
21
1,513
177
8.5
21.0
5
9Jordan Howard
J. Howard
73
4,362
1,019
4.3
59.8
37
653
85
129
7.7
8.9
2
10Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
77
4,196
1,087
3.9
54.5
19
2,011
192
10.5
26.1
11
11Joseph Addai
J. Addai
78
4,453
1,095
4.1
57.1
39
1,448
191
249
7.6
18.6
9
12Terrell Davis
T. Davis
78
7,607
1,655
4.6
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
13Willie Parker
W. Parker
79
5,378
1,253
4.3
68.1
24
697
84
121
8.3
8.8
5
14Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
79
4,897
1,246
3.9
62.0
40
294
42
7.0
3.7
0
15Arian Foster
A. Foster
80
6,527
1,476
4.4
81.6
54
2,346
255
355
9.2
29.3
14
16Greg Bell
G. Bell
80
4,959
1,204
4.1
62.0
51
1,307
157
8.3
16.3
7
17John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
80
4,607
1,076
4.3
57.6
29
964
114
8.5
12.1
6
18Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
81
4,518
1,144
3.9
55.8
34
2,219
312
388
7.1
27.4
7
19Cadillac Williams
C. Williams
81
4,038
1,055
3.8
49.9
21
1,002
148
207
6.8
12.4
4
20Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
81
4,167
1,059
3.9
51.4
22
695
87
8.0
8.6
2
21Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
81
4,308
1,204
3.6
53.2
40
1,977
213
9.3
24.4
15
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
82
8,514
1,610
5.3
103.8
66
2,116
206
10.3
25.8
18
23Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
84
7,598
1,551
4.9
90.5
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
24Doug Martin
D. Martin
84
5,356
1,322
4.1
63.8
30
1,207
148
216
8.2
14.4
2
25Shonn Greene
S. Greene
85
4,110
993
4.1
48.4
24
534
72
111
7.4
6.3
0
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