most rushing yards by a player within their first 10 seasons

Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards by a player in his first 10 seasons, with 15,269 yards.

	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	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	13,963	155	3,243	4.3	90.1	136	2,728	442	32	6.2	17.6	11
3	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,404	156	3,099	4.3	85.9	144	4,323	582	807	7.4	27.7	15
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	13,366	156	3,298	4.1	85.7	85	3,211	460	379	7.0	20.6	10
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	13,309	146	3,047	4.4	91.2	89	3,456	373		9.3	23.7	9
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,168	142	2,970	4.4	92.7	90	2,079	275		7.6	14.6	6
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	12,892	152	2,642	4.9	84.8	122	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
8	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
9	Edgerrin James E. James	12,121	141	2,982	4.1	86.0	80	3,345	430	581	7.8	23.7	11
10	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	11,747	123	2,418	4.9	95.5	97	1,945	241	333	8.1	15.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	11,580	145	2,625	4.4	79.9	71	3,255	363		9.0	22.4	12
12	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	11,542	149	2,873	4.0	77.5	62	1,277	177	66	7.2	8.6	3
13	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	11,405	154	2,720	4.2	74.1	63	4,084	427		9.6	26.5	20
14	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
15	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	11,213	146	2,576	4.4	76.8	97	6,274	673	483	9.3	43.0	34
16	Frank Gore F. Gore	11,073	148	2,442	4.5	74.8	64	2,883	342	502	8.4	19.5	11
17	O.J. Simpson	10,776	122	2,284	4.7	88.3	58	2,096	196		10.7	17.2	14
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	10,715	127	2,285	4.7	84.4	61	2,263	270	320	8.4	17.8	8
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	10,681	143	2,553	4.2	74.7	62	3,515	440	599	8.0	24.6	9
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
21	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
22	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	10,606	147	2,346	4.5	72.1	69	3,616	475	612	7.6	24.6	15
23	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	154	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
24	Eddie George E. George	10,441	141	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
25	Franco Harris F. Harris	10,339	140	2,462	4.2	73.9	84	1,757	241		7.3	12.6	7

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