most rushing yards from 1992 to 1997

Between the 1992 and 1997 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards, with 9,456 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player from 1992 to 1997
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9,456
91
1,842
5.1
103.9
52
1,563
214
7.3
17.2
6
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
8,734
92
1,989
4.4
94.9
89
1,948
315
6.2
21.2
6
3Chris Warren
C. Warren
6,682
91
1,542
4.3
73.4
43
1,333
192
6.9
14.6
3
4Ricky Watters
R. Watters
6,634
91
1,628
4.1
72.9
56
2,768
301
9.2
30.4
9
5Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
6,576
92
1,656
4.0
71.5
37
2,044
238
8.6
22.2
7
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
6,187
78
1,491
4.1
79.3
31
875
112
7.8
11.2
3
7Terry Allen
T. Allen
5,618
74
1,416
4.0
75.9
56
1,224
149
8.2
16.5
4
8Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
5,383
75
1,459
3.7
71.8
37
752
99
7.6
10.0
0
9Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4,405
45
951
4.6
97.9
35
964
127
7.6
21.4
3
10Natrone Means
N. Means
4,055
70
1,085
3.7
57.9
36
489
78
6.3
7.0
1
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4,001
61
1,065
3.8
65.6
36
1,896
211
9.0
31.1
5
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,999
93
999
4.0
43.0
46
1,430
169
8.5
15.4
4
13Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,799
45
958
4.0
84.4
32
890
117
7.6
19.8
5
14Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
3,447
73
860
4.0
47.2
15
740
127
5.8
10.1
3
15Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
3,369
59
856
3.9
57.1
7
635
74
8.6
10.8
4
16Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
3,353
80
936
3.6
41.9
19
1,920
242
7.9
24.0
10
17Barry Foster
B. Foster
3,252
36
783
4.2
90.3
24
685
83
8.3
19.0
1
18Harold Green
H. Green
3,244
92
890
3.6
35.3
10
1,384
183
7.6
15.0
3
19Robert Smith
R. Smith
3,095
55
646
4.8
56.3
17
487
90
5.4
8.9
1
20Erric Pegram
E. Pegram
3,049
87
754
4.0
35.0
12
834
115
7.3
9.6
1
21Leonard Russell
L. Russell
3,014
69
898
3.4
43.7
25
765
104
7.4
11.1
0
22Harvey Williams
H. Williams
3,009
80
796
3.8
37.6
17
1,122
151
7.4
14.0
5
23Gary Brown
G. Brown
2,975
69
722
4.1
43.1
15
592
67
8.8
8.6
3
24Bam Morris
B. Morris
2,906
50
722
4.0
58.1
24
658
84
7.8
13.2
1
25Craig Heyward
C. Heyward
2,889
95
697
4.1
30.4
20
1,221
128
9.5
12.9
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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