most running yards first 5 seasons

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a player in his first 5 seasons, with 8,256 yards.

Interpreted as:
most running yards by a player first 5 seasons
NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
8,256
74
1,748
4.7
111.6
61
1,045
136
7.7
14.1
2
2 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
7,361
79
1,702
4.3
93.2
72
2,392
342
455
7.0
30.3
8
3 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7,183
77
1,630
4.4
93.3
71
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
4 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,995
71
1,561
4.5
98.5
57
475
93
5.1
6.7
0
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
6,926
73
1,548
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
6 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
6,888
79
1,463
4.7
87.2
44
1,658
230
318
7.2
21.0
4
7 Eddie George
E. George
6,874
80
1,763
3.9
85.9
42
1,447
164
129
8.8
18.1
8
8 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6,789
73
1,432
4.7
93.0
55
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
9 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6,752
73
1,406
4.8
92.5
64
1,309
137
197
9.6
17.9
3
10 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
6,669
75
1,508
4.4
88.9
36
1,250
142
190
8.8
16.7
2
11 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,624
65
1,410
4.7
101.9
58
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
12 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
6,550
76
1,694
3.9
86.2
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
13 Jim Brown
J. Brown
6,463
62
1,269
5.1
104.2
57
1,046
121
8.6
16.9
6
14 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
6,453
68
1,385
4.7
94.9
52
1,299
158
223
8.2
19.1
4
15 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
6,384
71
1,413
4.5
89.9
46
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
16 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
6,354
70
1,589
4.0
90.8
41
1,806
229
304
7.9
25.8
4
17 Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
6,341
75
1,210
5.2
84.5
48
990
119
158
8.3
13.2
4
18 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
6,316
78
1,376
4.6
81.0
35
2,666
247
10.8
34.2
16
19 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,270
75
1,368
4.6
83.6
40
1,614
177
9.1
21.5
6
20 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
6,209
78
1,413
4.4
79.6
36
1,113
138
136
8.1
14.3
5
21 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
6,190
71
1,401
4.4
87.2
34
1,568
196
8.0
22.1
3
22 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
6,187
78
1,491
4.1
79.3
31
875
112
7.8
11.2
3
23 Edgerrin James
E. James
6,172
65
1,494
4.1
95.0
42
2,019
261
354
7.7
31.1
10
24 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
5,937
80
1,347
4.4
74.2
62
1,309
173
245
7.6
16.4
10
25 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
5,860
78
1,182
5.0
75.1
55
692
76
105
9.1
8.9
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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11
2
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.846
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8
5
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12
1
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6
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7
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7
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10
3
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.769
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10
3
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.769
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8
5
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.615
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8
5
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.615
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6
7
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.462
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12
1
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.923
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8
5
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.615

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