most rushing yards after 2 seasons

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards by a player after his 2nd season, with 15,855 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player after 2 seasons
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15,855
194
3,803
4.2
81.7
141
2,738
442
130
6.2
14.1
10
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
14,657
163
3,331
4.4
89.9
90
4,176
444
9.4
25.6
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
13,697
211
3,296
4.2
64.9
70
3,369
408
588
8.3
16.0
17
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12,495
122
2,527
4.9
102.4
72
2,159
292
7.4
17.7
7
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11,817
154
2,629
4.5
76.7
98
2,081
265
356
7.9
13.5
5
6Derrick Henry
D. Henry
11,784
122
2,376
5.0
96.6
112
1,528
165
213
9.3
12.5
4
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
11,462
136
2,834
4.0
84.3
62
2,735
408
409
6.7
20.1
6
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
11,208
160
2,866
3.9
70.1
81
912
143
100
6.4
5.7
2
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
10,765
138
2,463
4.4
78.0
121
3,916
486
693
8.1
28.4
16
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
10,532
197
2,596
4.1
53.5
103
4,420
481
9.2
22.4
16
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
10,407
143
2,438
4.3
72.8
58
2,903
332
8.7
20.3
10
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
10,367
147
2,573
4.0
70.5
78
2,038
276
7.4
13.9
8
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,051
114
2,103
4.8
88.2
54
1,660
163
10.2
14.6
11
14Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9,949
151
2,372
4.2
65.9
57
3,581
394
29
9.1
23.7
17
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
9,919
144
2,233
4.4
68.9
78
5,878
659
606
8.9
40.8
32
16Jim Brown
J. Brown
9,843
94
1,900
5.2
104.7
80
2,306
230
10.0
24.5
18
17Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9,838
150
2,454
4.0
65.6
61
1,664
255
340
6.5
11.1
3
18Tiki Barber
T. Barber
9,772
126
2,029
4.8
77.6
52
4,536
510
707
8.9
36.0
8
19Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
9,740
128
2,111
4.6
76.1
46
1,880
236
333
8.0
14.7
5
20Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
9,719
131
2,376
4.1
74.2
57
3,174
399
548
8.0
24.2
7
21John Riggins
J. Riggins
9,639
149
2,529
3.8
64.7
96
1,629
193
8.4
10.9
9
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
9,385
139
2,095
4.5
67.5
62
2,998
400
520
7.5
21.6
14
23Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
9,346
114
2,227
4.2
82.0
58
1,594
209
7.6
14.0
4
24Edgerrin James
E. James
8,984
116
2,272
4.0
77.4
54
2,184
308
410
7.1
18.8
2
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
8,982
119
2,123
4.2
75.5
68
1,476
189
278
7.8
12.4
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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