Between the 1988 and 1995 seasons, Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards, with 10,172 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player from 1988 to 1995

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	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	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,729	123	2,285	4.3	79.1	54	3,622	371	9.8	29.4	20
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	8,956	93	2,007	4.5	96.3	96	1,951	301	6.5	21.0	4
4	Herschel Walker H. Walker	6,494	127	1,578	4.1	51.1	41	3,069	355	8.6	24.2	16
5	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	5,989	87	1,547	3.9	68.8	47	1,227	159	7.7	14.1	2
6	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	5,434	91	1,351	4.0	59.7	48	2,216	251	8.8	24.4	16
7	Marion Butts M. Butts	5,185	104	1,345	3.9	49.9	43	471	68	6.9	4.5	1
8	Earnest Byner E. Byner	5,177	128	1,337	3.9	40.4	32	2,749	316	8.7	21.5	8
9	Chris Warren C. Warren	5,004	94	1,156	4.3	53.2	35	812	109	7.4	8.6	3
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	5,003	72	1,248	4.0	69.5	29	1,092	145	7.5	15.2	4
11	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4,757	108	1,203	4.0	44.0	49	1,888	215	8.8	17.5	6
12	Lorenzo White L. White	4,242	107	1,062	4.0	39.6	30	1,738	192	9.1	16.2	6
13	Christian Okoye C. Okoye	4,237	67	1,089	3.9	63.2	37	125	18	6.9	1.9	0
14	Roger Craig R. Craig	4,120	87	1,027	4.0	47.4	22	1,677	208	8.1	19.3	3
15	Ricky Watters R. Watters	4,113	59	990	4.2	69.7	36	1,884	202	9.3	31.9	9
16	Terry Allen T. Allen	4,104	63	979	4.2	65.1	33	907	103	8.8	14.4	4
17	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	4,078	72	1,046	3.9	56.6	21	1,513	177	8.5	21.0	5
18	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	3,968	121	1,003	4.0	32.8	17	4,017	475	8.5	33.2	16
19	Barry Foster B. Foster	3,943	62	915	4.3	63.6	26	804	93	8.6	13.0	2
20	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	3,881	114	919	4.2	34.0	26	1,305	152	8.6	11.4	4
21	James Brooks J. Brooks	3,789	68	768	4.9	55.7	22	1,209	134	9.0	17.8	14
22	Harold Green H. Green	3,727	86	968	3.9	43.3	8	1,004	145	6.9	11.7	3
23	Reggie Cobb R. Cobb	3,658	77	1,040	3.5	47.5	24	926	119	7.8	12.0	2
24	John Stephens J. Stephens	3,440	88	945	3.6	39.1	18	812	105	7.7	9.2	1
25	Leonard Russell L. Russell	3,260	70	945	3.4	46.6	22	666	109	6.1	9.5	0

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