most rushing yards from 1994 to 1998

Between the 1994 and 1998 seasons, Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards, with 8,480 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player from 1994 to 1998
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
8,480
80
1,630
5.2
106.0
44
1,422
186
7.6
17.8
5
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
6,867
78
1,652
4.2
88.0
75
1,374
226
6.1
17.6
6
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,413
61
1,343
4.8
105.1
56
1,181
152
7.8
19.4
5
4Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
5,943
77
1,513
3.9
77.2
27
721
102
7.1
9.4
3
5Ricky Watters
R. Watters
5,910
80
1,533
3.9
73.9
46
2,410
279
8.6
30.1
6
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
5,320
77
1,389
3.8
69.1
42
2,804
297
9.4
36.4
9
7Terry Allen
T. Allen
5,117
68
1,298
3.9
75.3
45
874
117
7.5
12.9
2
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
5,086
60
1,327
3.8
84.8
40
1,255
160
7.8
20.9
6
9Chris Warren
C. Warren
4,884
70
1,105
4.4
69.8
37
1,166
174
6.7
16.7
4
10Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4,675
69
1,090
4.3
67.8
13
1,152
107
10.8
16.7
6
11Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
4,332
72
1,100
3.9
60.2
22
897
140
6.4
12.5
5
12Natrone Means
N. Means
4,293
64
1,137
3.8
67.1
33
521
84
6.2
8.1
1
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4,155
74
1,082
3.8
56.1
24
1,251
158
7.9
16.9
5
14Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
4,063
67
973
4.2
60.6
27
1,118
109
10.3
16.7
6
15Eddie George
E. George
4,061
48
1,040
3.9
84.6
19
536
67
8.0
11.2
2
16Robert Smith
R. Smith
3,883
59
813
4.8
65.8
21
667
94
7.1
11.3
3
17Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
3,579
61
747
4.8
58.7
10
799
96
8.3
13.1
3
18Bam Morris
B. Morris
3,395
62
854
4.0
54.8
32
753
96
7.8
12.1
1
19Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
3,200
64
889
3.6
50.0
12
1,579
198
8.0
24.7
9
20Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
3,165
47
910
3.5
67.3
18
327
53
6.2
7.0
0
21Harvey Williams
H. Williams
3,094
75
804
3.8
41.3
18
1,229
165
7.4
16.4
5
22Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
3,033
65
867
3.5
46.7
24
305
51
6.0
4.7
1
23Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
2,968
47
860
3.5
63.1
32
502
73
6.9
10.7
1
24Gary Brown
G. Brown
2,949
53
755
3.9
55.6
13
383
58
6.6
7.2
1
25Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,934
61
726
4.0
48.1
32
915
107
8.6
15.0
0
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