most combined yds in first 10 seasons of career by a rb

Barry Sanders accounted for the most yards by a running back in his first 10 seasons, with 18,201 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

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Data note: Total Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	TOTALYDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,201	153	1	4	25.0	11	2.8	0.1	0	1	0.0	0.0	25.0	0	0
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	17,870	156	8	12	66.7	143	11.9	0.9	7	0	146.9	58.3	0.0	1	1
3	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	17,487	146	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	17,000	146	8	24	33.3	235	9.8	1.6	7	4	70.7	29.2	16.7	0	0
5	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	16,691	155	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	16,613	156	2	2	100.0	36	18.0	0.2	2	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	1	4
7	Tiki Barber T. Barber	15,632	154	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	15,489	154	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Edgerrin James E. James	15,466	141	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,262	142	1	2	50.0	15	7.5	0.1	1	1	75.0	50.0	50.0	1	6
11	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,928	118	4	12	33.3	117	9.8	1.0	3	0	110.1	25.0	0.0
12	Ricky Watters R. Watters	14,892	144	1	2	50.0	1	0.5	0.0	1	0	95.8	50.0	0.0	0	0
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	14,869	145	1	6	16.7	34	5.7	0.2	0	1	11.1	0.0	16.7	0	0
14	Derrick Henry D. Henry	14,856	153	7	10	70.0	37	3.7	0.2	4	0	115.4	40.0	0.0	0	0
15	Matt Forte M. Forte	14,468	146	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
16	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	14,222	147	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
17	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	14,198	143	1	1	100.0	2	2.0	0.0	1	0	118.8	100.0	0.0	0	0
18	Frank Gore F. Gore	13,956	148	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
19	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	13,703	119	2	5	40.0	84	16.8	0.7	2	0	127.1	40.0	0.0	0	0
20	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	13,692	123	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
21	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	13,232	150	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				1	3
22	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	13,154	150	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	100.0	1	4
23	O.J. Simpson	12,982	122	6	16	37.5	110	6.9	0.9	1	0	82.8	6.3	0.0	1	11
24	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	12,978	127	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
25	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	12,872	149	2	5	40.0	53	10.6	0.4	2	1	79.6	40.0	20.0	0	0

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