most 1000 yrd seasons rushing

Emmitt Smith had 15,250 rushing yards when rushing for 1,000+ yards.

Interpreted as:
most 1000 or more rushing yrd seasons rushing by a player
NAMERUSH YDSSEASGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15,250
11
169
3,557
4.3
90.2
137
2,695
446
67
6.0
15.9
11
2Curtis Martin
C. Martin
13,366
10
156
3,298
4.1
85.7
85
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
10
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
14,918
10
156
3,348
4.5
95.6
98
3,797
394
9.6
24.3
14
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
10,637
9
139
2,375
4.5
76.5
62
2,577
319
455
8.1
18.5
13
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11,672
8
123
2,403
4.9
94.9
92
1,988
238
327
8.4
16.2
5
7Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
9,465
8
117
2,262
4.2
80.9
52
3,135
388
526
8.1
26.8
8
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
11,760
8
127
2,657
4.4
92.6
126
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
10,239
8
121
2,503
4.1
84.6
50
1,114
152
57
7.3
9.2
3
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9,881
8
123
2,359
4.2
80.3
60
3,668
379
9.7
29.8
20
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
10,087
8
123
2,264
4.5
82.0
61
2,809
314
8.9
22.8
11
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
8,872
8
115
2,103
4.2
77.1
74
1,520
198
7.7
13.2
6
13Derrick Henry
D. Henry
10,847
7
114
2,157
5.0
95.1
102
1,374
147
193
9.3
12.1
4
14Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
9,201
7
107
2,130
4.3
86.0
55
1,600
181
243
8.8
15.0
3
15Edgerrin James
E. James
9,956
7
108
2,421
4.1
92.2
72
2,713
333
454
8.1
25.1
10
16Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
9,080
7
104
1,902
4.8
87.3
52
2,084
245
284
8.5
20.0
8
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
9,155
7
109
2,072
4.4
84.0
55
1,514
196
218
7.7
13.9
6
18Eddie George
E. George
9,070
7
112
2,418
3.8
81.0
59
1,865
222
206
8.4
16.7
10
19Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
8,855
7
108
1,957
4.5
82.0
72
5,019
492
320
10.2
46.5
31
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
8,498
7
110
2,103
4.0
77.3
61
3,096
359
154
8.6
28.1
7
21Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
11,226
7
105
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
10,374
7
92
1,927
5.4
112.8
84
1,927
199
9.7
20.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
7,720
6
93
1,627
4.7
83.0
57
2,405
315
394
7.6
25.9
10
24Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
7,965
6
95
1,742
4.6
83.8
50
2,003
272
370
7.4
21.1
8
25Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
7,508
6
91
1,711
4.4
82.5
63
1,575
189
256
8.3
17.3
9
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