most rushing and receiving yards by a player in their first 9 seasons

Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards by a player in his first 9 seasons, with 13,778 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	REC YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	13,778	2,632	137	2,719	5.1	100.6	95	315		8.4	19.2	10
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	12,566	2,609	140	2,914	4.3	89.8	125	415		6.3	18.6	9
3	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	12,490	3,955	141	2,880	4.3	88.6	138	530	728	7.5	28.0	15
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	12,439	1,994	126	2,783	4.5	98.7	88	261		7.6	15.8	5
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	2,499	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	262		9.5	21.2	20
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	11,675	1,937	120	2,381	4.9	97.3	97	238	327	8.1	16.1	5
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	11,669	2,966	140	2,927	4.0	83.4	73	419	330	7.1	21.2	8
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	11,625	3,088	130	2,666	4.4	89.4	78	328		9.4	23.8	9
9	Edgerrin James E. James	11,607	3,260	128	2,849	4.1	90.7	77	418	563	7.8	25.5	11
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	11,423	1,651	136	2,355	4.9	84.0	106	174	224	9.5	12.1	5
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	10,876	1,220	136	2,686	4.0	80.0	53	170	57	7.2	9.0	3
12	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	10,832	2,988	132	2,441	4.4	82.1	66	338		8.8	22.6	11
13	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	10,762	3,876	138	2,566	4.2	78.0	62	397		9.8	28.1	20
14	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	1,879	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
15	Eddie George E. George	10,441	2,227	141	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
16	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	10,429	1,766	134	2,419	4.3	77.8	69	229	262	7.7	13.2	7
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	10,395	5,984	135	2,367	4.4	77.0	87	628	422	9.5	44.3	33
18	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,325	4,141	139	2,550	4.0	74.3	77	456	154	9.1	29.8	13
19	O.J. Simpson	10,183	1,924	112	2,123	4.8	90.9	57	175		11.0	17.2	12
20	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	10,138	3,324	131	2,396	4.2	77.4	56	407	550	8.2	25.4	8
21	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	10,092	3,378	133	2,185	4.6	75.9	66	441	566	7.7	25.4	15
22	Frank Gore F. Gore	9,967	2,772	132	2,187	4.6	75.5	60	331	483	8.4	21.0	10
23	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,923	2,018	113	2,230	4.4	87.8	75	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
24	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	9,537	2,212	126	2,118	4.5	75.7	55	302	418	7.3	17.6	9
25	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	9,513	2,205	112	2,062	4.6	84.9	56	261	306	8.4	19.7	8

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