most rushing yards first three years

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in his first 3 seasons, with 5,147 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5,147
46
1,061
4.9
111.9
44
669
92
7.3
14.5
2
2Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5,081
46
1,043
4.9
110.5
45
189
39
4.8
4.1
0
3Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4,757
48
1,004
4.7
99.1
26
943
100
134
9.4
19.6
1
4Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4,598
47
925
5.0
97.8
34
1,008
137
190
7.4
21.4
4
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4,564
48
1,024
4.5
95.1
37
1,581
238
312
6.6
32.9
5
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4,484
46
915
4.9
97.5
40
829
83
124
10.0
18.0
1
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4,414
44
906
4.9
100.3
34
913
111
156
8.2
20.8
4
8Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4,405
45
951
4.6
97.9
35
964
127
7.6
21.4
3
9Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4,333
48
960
4.5
90.3
26
1,003
128
7.8
20.9
2
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4,322
46
877
4.9
94.0
43
1,069
101
10.6
23.2
4
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,213
48
979
4.3
87.8
41
821
132
6.2
17.1
2
12Eddie George
E. George
4,061
48
1,040
3.9
84.6
19
536
67
8.0
11.2
2
13Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4,048
40
868
4.7
101.2
28
1,199
135
173
8.9
30.0
6
14Alfred Morris
A. Morris
3,962
48
876
4.5
82.5
28
310
37
54
8.4
6.5
0
15Edgerrin James
E. James
3,924
38
907
4.3
103.3
29
1,373
149
203
9.2
36.1
9
16Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,921
41
846
4.6
95.6
34
631
75
8.4
15.4
2
17Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
3,910
51
805
4.9
76.7
25
1,738
198
261
8.8
34.1
9
18Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
3,841
43
756
5.1
89.3
33
802
104
130
7.7
18.7
3
19Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,799
45
958
4.0
84.4
32
890
117
7.6
19.8
5
20Jim Brown
J. Brown
3,798
36
749
5.1
105.5
40
383
56
6.8
10.6
2
21William Andrews
W. Andrews
3,632
47
793
4.6
77.3
17
1,500
171
8.8
31.9
5
22Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
3,580
49
675
5.3
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
23Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
3,557
44
680
5.2
80.8
28
577
72
96
8.0
13.1
2
24Travis Henry
T. Henry
3,523
44
869
4.1
80.1
27
646
93
126
6.9
14.7
2
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
3,459
46
758
4.6
75.2
19
727
86
49
8.5
15.8
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