Between the 1989 and 1991 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards, with 4,322 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player from 1989 to 1991

	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	4,322	46	877	4.9	94.0	43	1,069	101	10.6	23.2	4
2	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,948	47	857	4.6	84.0	24	1,832	171	10.7	39.0	13
3	Christian Okoye C. Okoye	3,316	43	840	3.9	77.1	28	69	9	7.7	1.6	0
4	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	3,100	44	744	4.2	70.5	27	1,286	139	9.3	29.2	10
5	Earnest Byner E. Byner	2,847	48	705	4.0	59.3	18	1,045	119	8.8	21.8	3
6	James Brooks J. Brooks	2,814	47	568	5.0	59.9	14	923	103	9.0	19.6	8
7	Marion Butts M. Butts	2,742	45	628	4.4	60.9	23	229	33	6.9	5.1	1
8	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,524	36	647	3.9	70.1	13	572	89	6.4	15.9	2
9	Herschel Walker H. Walker	2,510	47	632	4.0	53.4	22	942	108	8.7	20.0	6
10	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	2,500	32	606	4.1	78.1	23	486	73	6.7	15.2	1
11	Bobby Humphrey B. Humphrey	2,386	35	593	4.0	68.2	14	308	46	6.7	8.8	1
12	Roger Craig R. Craig	2,083	42	574	3.6	49.6	8	810	91	8.9	19.3	1
13	Merril Hoge M. Hoge	2,003	48	554	3.6	41.7	17	992	123	8.1	20.7	4
14	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	1,954	47	521	3.8	41.6	8	1,855	210	8.8	39.5	7
15	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,948	42	603	3.2	46.4	26	448	57	7.9	10.7	0
16	John Stephens J. Stephens	1,804	44	519	3.5	41.0	11	522	65	8.0	11.9	1
17	Dalton Hilliard D. Hilliard	1,798	32	513	3.5	56.2	17	766	87	8.8	23.9	7
18	Sammie Smith S. Smith	1,787	41	509	3.5	43.6	15	310	32	9.7	7.6	1
19	Barry Word B. Word	1,699	32	364	4.7	53.1	8	41	6	6.8	1.3	0
20	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	1,648	21	298	5.5	78.5	9	137	15	9.1	6.5	0
21	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	1,592	29	430	3.7	54.9	9	466	54	8.6	16.1	2
22	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	1,563	33	222	7.0	47.4	9	0	0		0.0	0
23	Kevin Mack K. Mack	1,558	32	392	4.0	48.7	14	622	84	7.4	19.4	4
24	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	1,557	38	402	3.9	41.0	21	132	15	8.8	3.5	0
25	Lorenzo White L. White	1,516	45	382	4.0	33.7	17	616	72	8.6	13.7	4

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