most 1300 yard rushing seasons

Barry Sanders and Walter Payton were tied for playing the most seasons with 1,300+ rushing yards, with 9 seasons.

Interpreted as:
most 1300 or more yard rushing seasons by a player
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9
14,154
142
2,819
5.0
99.7
96
2,716
316
8.6
19.1
10
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
9
13,696
140
3,009
4.6
97.8
92
3,418
353
9.7
24.4
12
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7
10,748
108
2,414
4.5
99.5
109
2,017
331
32
6.1
18.7
8
4LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
6
9,414
95
2,026
4.6
99.1
105
3,008
399
547
7.5
31.7
14
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
6
9,117
80
1,712
5.3
114.0
75
1,723
180
9.6
21.5
12
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5
8,066
78
1,590
5.1
103.4
63
1,268
153
211
8.3
16.3
2
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
5
7,417
76
1,600
4.6
97.6
54
1,347
169
233
8.0
17.7
4
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
5
7,469
80
1,762
4.2
93.4
43
1,347
211
226
6.4
16.8
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5
8,704
79
1,875
4.6
110.2
64
1,336
164
8.1
16.9
4
10Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5
7,758
76
1,726
4.5
102.1
67
561
94
6.0
7.4
0
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4
7,026
64
1,355
5.2
109.8
62
911
89
118
10.2
14.2
4
12Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4
6,427
64
1,310
4.9
100.4
38
2,170
233
325
9.3
33.9
4
13Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
4
6,329
64
1,358
4.7
98.9
71
886
124
185
7.1
13.8
9
14Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4
5,696
63
1,314
4.3
90.4
36
787
110
169
7.2
12.5
4
15Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4
6,061
63
1,302
4.7
96.2
35
1,191
130
173
9.2
18.9
3
16Stephen Davis
S. Davis
4
5,599
59
1,296
4.3
94.9
41
788
98
131
8.0
13.4
0
17Edgerrin James
E. James
4
6,316
63
1,450
4.4
100.3
48
2,000
220
284
9.1
31.7
10
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4
5,441
60
1,090
5.0
90.7
43
3,551
337
320
10.5
59.2
26
19Eddie George
E. George
4
5,580
64
1,415
3.9
87.2
37
1,137
127
129
9.0
17.8
7
20Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
4
5,866
63
1,344
4.4
93.1
33
573
76
19
7.5
9.1
2
21Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4
5,599
64
1,226
4.6
87.5
26
1,439
155
9.3
22.5
8
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
3
4,624
48
901
5.1
96.3
34
1,337
181
240
7.4
27.9
6
23Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
3
4,422
46
927
4.8
96.1
33
1,350
163
206
8.3
29.3
6
24LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
3
4,235
47
899
4.7
90.1
31
1,009
128
170
7.9
21.5
5
25Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
3
4,321
46
954
4.5
93.9
28
1,065
130
178
8.2
23.2
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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1
.688
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3
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11/27
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7
2
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.778
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6
2
0
.750
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3
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5
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2
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.625
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9/6
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11/9
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