Barry Sanders has rushed for the most career yards by a player younger than 28, with 10,172 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player before turning 28 years old

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	10,172	105	2,077	4.9	96.9	73	2,180	258		8.4	20.8	7
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	10,160	108	2,334	4.4	94.1	108	2,200	348		6.3	20.4	7
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	9,608	105	2,204	4.4	91.5	71	2,170	243		8.9	20.7	7
4	Edgerrin James E. James	9,226	96	2,188	4.2	96.1	64	2,839	356	464	8.0	29.6	11
5	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,202	100	2,052	4.5	92.0	72	1,906	233	317	8.2	19.1	4
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	9,176	95	2,050	4.5	96.6	100	2,900	398	535	7.3	30.5	11
7	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	8,849	89	1,754	5.0	99.4	76	1,526	177	248	8.6	17.1	4
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	8,463	109	2,106	4.0	77.6	41	1,075	149	28	7.2	9.9	3
9	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,262	103	1,881	4.4	80.2	68	2,336	305	403	7.7	22.7	12
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	8,256	74	1,748	4.7	111.6	61	1,045	136		7.7	14.1	2
11	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	8,060	107	1,895	4.3	75.3	67	4,682	465	216	10.1	43.8	22
12	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	7,948	100	1,878	4.2	79.5	47	2,670	327	439	8.2	26.7	7
13	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	7,801	91	1,822	4.3	85.7	45	1,365	160	216	8.5	15.0	2
14	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	7,800	104	1,836	4.2	75.0	74	2,072	268	340	7.7	19.9	2
15	Curtis Martin C. Martin	7,754	92	2,010	3.9	84.3	54	2,022	275	158	7.4	22.0	8
16	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	7,687	102	1,664	4.6	75.4	47	2,574	332	432	7.8	25.2	12
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	7,631	94	1,731	4.4	81.2	41	3,053	295		10.3	32.5	16
18	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	7,502	82	1,516	4.9	91.5	68	1,442	182	231	7.9	17.6	7
19	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	7,389	104	1,753	4.2	71.0	58	1,532	202	271	7.6	14.7	5
20	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	7,364	86	1,690	4.4	85.6	40	2,179	266		8.2	25.3	5
21	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	7,268	99	1,570	4.6	73.4	63	2,559	292	388	8.8	25.8	11
22	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	7,216	90	1,546	4.7	80.2	48	2,378	321	439	7.4	26.4	14
23	Ahman Green A. Green	7,177	107	1,528	4.7	67.1	49	2,190	285	368	7.7	20.5	13
24	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	7,144	82	1,532	4.7	87.1	44	1,660	232	321	7.2	20.2	4
25	Eddie George E. George	7,002	82	1,801	3.9	85.4	42	1,482	169	136	8.8	18.1	8

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