most all purpose yards in 1997

Barry Sanders gained the most all-purpose yards in 1997, with 2,358 yards.

Interpreted as:
most all purpose yards by a player in 1997
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,358
1997
16
147.4
14
2,053
128.3
11
305
19.1
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
2Kevin Williams
K. Williams
2,191
1997
16
136.9
1
-2
-0.1
0
273
17.1
1
1,458
91.1
0
462
28.9
0
3Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,081
1997
16
130.1
4
107
6.7
1
438
27.4
1
1,094
68.4
1
442
27.6
1
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,030
1997
15
135.3
15
1,750
116.7
15
287
19.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
2,025
1997
14
144.6
8
35
2.5
0
648
46.3
6
905
64.6
0
437
31.2
2
6Eric Guliford
E. Guliford
1,986
1997
16
124.1
2
-2
-0.1
0
362
22.6
1
1,128
70.5
1
498
31.1
0
7Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
1,833
1997
16
114.6
2
50
3.1
0
92
5.8
0
1,308
81.8
1
383
23.9
1
8Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
1,825
1997
16
114.1
0
0
0.0
0
77
4.8
0
1,315
82.2
0
433
27.1
0
9Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
1,798
1997
16
112.4
12
1,435
89.7
7
370
23.1
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,775
1997
15
118.3
9
1,665
111.0
7
110
7.3
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
1,697
1997
16
106.1
8
1,294
80.9
6
403
25.2
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
12Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
1,637
1997
16
102.3
6
418
26.1
5
143
8.9
1
1,076
67.3
0
0
0.0
0
13Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,617
1997
16
101.1
7
978
61.1
4
462
28.9
3
129
8.1
0
48
3.0
0
14Rob Moore
R. Moore
1,584
1997
16
99.0
8
0
0.0
0
1,584
99.0
8
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Aaron Bailey
A. Bailey
1,574
1997
13
121.1
3
20
1.5
0
329
25.3
3
1,206
92.8
0
19
1.5
0
16Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,574
1997
16
98.4
10
1,129
70.6
10
259
16.2
0
182
11.4
0
0
0.0
0
17Desmond Howard
D. Howard
1,558
1997
15
103.9
0
0
0.0
0
30
2.0
0
1,318
87.9
0
210
14.0
0
18Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,550
1997
16
96.9
7
1,110
69.4
7
440
27.5
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
1,546
1997
16
96.6
2
60
3.8
1
203
12.7
1
816
51.0
0
467
29.2
0
20Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,525
1997
16
95.3
8
1,054
65.9
7
471
29.4
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,463
1997
14
104.5
7
1,266
90.4
6
197
14.1
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,456
1997
13
112.0
5
1,160
89.2
4
296
22.8
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Eddie George
E. George
1,443
1997
16
90.2
7
1,399
87.4
6
44
2.8
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24Tim Brown
T. Brown
1,434
1997
16
89.6
5
19
1.2
0
1,408
88.0
5
7
0.4
0
0
0.0
0
25Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
1,415
1997
16
88.4
5
-5
-0.3
0
576
36.0
2
355
22.2
0
489
30.6
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