most rushing yards first eight seasons

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 11,903 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player first eight seasons
NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
11,903
116
2,616
4.6
102.6
86
1,725
220
7.8
14.9
4
2 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
11,760
127
2,657
4.4
92.6
126
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
3 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11,725
121
2,384
4.9
96.9
84
2,327
282
8.3
19.2
7
4 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
11,234
124
2,595
4.3
90.6
112
2,434
388
6.3
19.6
7
5 Jim Brown
J. Brown
10,768
104
2,070
5.2
103.5
89
2,171
228
9.5
20.9
16
6 Edgerrin James
E. James
10,385
112
2,525
4.1
92.7
70
3,056
394
525
7.8
27.3
11
7 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
10,361
124
2,604
4.0
83.6
71
2,704
377
277
7.2
21.8
8
8 Walter Payton
W. Payton
10,204
114
2,352
4.3
89.5
72
2,481
275
9.0
21.8
7
9 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
10,190
104
2,054
5.0
98.0
86
1,715
208
291
8.2
16.5
5
10 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,107
122
2,399
4.2
82.8
58
1,791
213
287
8.4
14.7
4
11 Eddie George
E. George
10,009
128
2,733
3.7
78.2
64
2,144
259
256
8.3
16.8
10
12 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
9,804
125
2,461
4.0
78.4
49
1,172
162
47
7.2
9.4
3
13 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9,729
123
2,285
4.3
79.1
54
3,622
371
9.8
29.4
20
14 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
9,696
108
2,176
4.5
89.8
73
1,963
242
329
8.1
18.2
5
15 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
9,696
122
2,210
4.4
79.5
57
1,585
207
236
7.7
13.0
6
16 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9,626
105
1,997
4.8
91.7
57
1,786
159
11.2
17.0
12
17 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
9,525
116
2,136
4.5
82.1
59
2,539
292
8.7
21.9
8
18 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
9,502
119
2,030
4.7
79.8
90
1,458
155
202
9.4
12.3
3
19 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9,442
122
2,093
4.5
77.4
54
2,212
302
417
7.3
18.1
9
20 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
9,442
121
2,155
4.4
78.0
79
5,447
548
320
9.9
45.0
31
21 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
9,429
119
2,176
4.3
79.2
100
1,511
214
315
7.1
12.7
12
22 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
9,407
115
2,187
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
23 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
9,093
115
2,138
4.3
79.1
52
3,003
369
497
8.1
26.1
8
24 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
9,083
123
2,272
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
25 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
8,954
117
1,898
4.7
76.5
60
2,930
382
489
7.7
25.0
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

23.3

16th

OPP PPG

18.3

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

105.8

22nd

PASS YDS/G

280.7

2nd

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TEAM W L T PCT
Rams Rams
4
2
0
.667
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667
Cardinals Cardinals
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
11/2
NO NO
@
LAR LAR
4:05 PM
Sun
11/9
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
SEA SEA
@
LAR LAR
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
TB TB
@
LAR LAR
8:20 PM
Last Game
BAL Ravens

1 - 5 - 0

3

Final

17

LAR Rams

4 - 2 - 0

Sun 12 Oct 2025

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AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM