most rushing yards in 1994 among running backs

Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1994, with 1,883 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,883	1994	DET	16	331	5.7	117.7	7	283	44	6.4	17.7	1
2	Chris Warren C. Warren	1,545	1994	SEA	16	333	4.6	96.6	9	323	41	7.9	20.2	2
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,484	1994	DAL	15	368	4.0	98.9	21	341	50	6.8	22.7	1
4	Natrone Means N. Means	1,350	1994	SD	16	343	3.9	84.4	12	235	39	6.0	14.7	0
5	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,282	1994	IND	16	314	4.1	80.1	11	522	52	10.0	32.6	1
6	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1,093	1994	BUF	15	287	3.8	72.9	7	349	50	7.0	23.3	2
7	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	1,075	1994	NYG	14	327	3.3	76.8	6	103	14	7.4	7.4	0
8	Terry Allen T. Allen	1,031	1994	MIN	16	255	4.0	64.4	8	148	17	8.7	9.3	0
9	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,025	1994	RAM	16	319	3.2	64.1	3	293	31	9.5	18.3	1
10	Errict Rhett E. Rhett	1,011	1994	TB	16	284	3.6	63.2	7	119	22	5.4	7.4	0
11	Harvey Williams H. Williams	983	1994	RAI	16	282	3.5	61.4	4	391	47	8.3	24.4	3
12	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	931	1994	NYJ	16	240	3.9	58.2	3	303	42	7.2	18.9	2
13	Lewis Tillman L. Tillman	899	1994	CHI	16	275	3.3	56.2	7	222	27	8.2	13.9	0
14	Leroy Hoard L. Hoard	890	1994	CLE	16	209	4.3	55.6	5	445	45	9.9	27.8	4
15	Ricky Watters R. Watters	877	1994	SF	16	239	3.7	54.8	6	719	66	10.9	44.9	5
16	Bernie Parmalee B. Parmalee	868	1994	MIA	15	216	4.0	57.9	6	249	34	7.3	16.6	1
17	Barry Foster B. Foster	851	1994	PIT	11	216	3.9	77.4	5	124	20	6.2	11.3	0
18	Bam Morris B. Morris	836	1994	PIT	15	198	4.2	55.7	7	204	22	9.3	13.6	0
19	Ronald Moore R. Moore	780	1994	ARI	16	232	3.4	48.8	4	52	8	6.5	3.3	1
20	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	779	1994	ATL	16	183	4.3	48.7	7	335	32	10.5	20.9	1
21	Lorenzo White L. White	757	1994	HOU	15	191	4.0	50.5	3	188	21	9.0	12.5	1
22	Marcus Allen M. Allen	709	1994	KC	13	189	3.8	54.5	7	349	42	8.3	26.8	0
23	Marion Butts M. Butts	703	1994	NE	16	243	2.9	43.9	8	54	9	6.0	3.4	0
24	Ricky Ervins R. Ervins	650	1994	WAS	16	185	3.5	40.6	3	293	51	5.7	18.3	1
25	Gary Brown G. Brown	648	1994	HOU	12	169	3.8	54.0	4	194	18	10.8	16.2	1

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