Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards by a running back in his 9th season, with 2,053 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,053	1997	DET	16	335	6.1	128.3	11	305	33		9.2	19.1	3
2	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,860	2005	NYG	16	357	5.2	116.3	9	530	54	70	9.8	33.1	2
3	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,544	1965	CLE	14	289	5.3	110.3	17	328	34		9.6	23.4	4
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	1,485	2015	MIN	16	327	4.5	92.8	11	222	30	36	7.4	13.9	0
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,421	1983	CHI	16	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53		11.5	37.9	2
6	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	1,416	2005	ATL	16	280	5.1	88.5	3	220	29	37	7.6	13.8	1
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,407	2024	BAL	13	240	5.9	108.2	13	125	13	15	9.6	9.6	2
8	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,332	1998	DAL	16	319	4.2	83.3	13	175	27		6.5	10.9	2
9	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,312	2008	NYJ	16	290	4.5	82.0	13	207	36	42	5.8	12.9	2
10	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,308	2003	NYJ	16	323	4.0	81.8	2	262	42	53	6.2	16.4	0
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,307	1985	DAL	16	305	4.3	81.7	7	449	46		9.8	28.1	3
12	Ricky Watters R. Watters	1,242	2000	SEA	16	278	4.5	77.6	7	613	63	92	9.7	38.3	2
13	James Brooks J. Brooks	1,239	1989	CIN	16	221	5.6	77.4	7	306	37		8.3	19.1	2
14	Edgerrin James E. James	1,222	2007	ARI	16	324	3.8	76.4	7	204	24	38	8.5	12.8	0
15	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,153	1979	WAS	16	260	4.4	72.1	9	163	28		5.8	10.2	3
16	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	1,146	2006	JAX	15	231	5.0	76.4	5	242	23	28	10.5	16.1	1
17	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	1,141	1962	PIT	14	251	4.5	81.5	7	226	32		7.1	16.1	2
18	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	1,138	2017	BUF	16	287	4.0	71.1	6	448	59	77	7.6	28.0	2
19	Frank Gore F. Gore	1,128	2013	SF	16	276	4.1	70.5	9	141	16	26	8.8	8.8	0
20	Ricky Williams R. Williams	1,121	2009	MIA	16	241	4.7	70.1	11	264	35	53	7.5	16.5	2
21	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,072	2001	PIT	11	225	4.8	97.5	4	48	8	10	6.0	4.4	0
22	Ahman Green A. Green	1,059	2006	GB	14	266	4.0	75.6	5	373	46	63	8.1	26.6	1
23	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	1,045	2012	STL	16	258	4.1	65.3	4	321	38	53	8.4	20.1	0
24	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1,033	1996	BUF	15	281	3.7	68.9	8	254	26		9.8	16.9	0
25	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	1,018	2019	BAL	15	202	5.0	67.9	10	247	26	29	9.5	16.5	5

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