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most rushing yards by a player in a players first 9 seasons| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 13,778 | 137 | 2,719 | 5.1 | 100.6 | 95 | 2,632 | 315 | 8.4 | 19.2 | 10 | |
| 2 |  | E. Smith | 12,566 | 140 | 2,914 | 4.3 | 89.8 | 125 | 2,609 | 415 | 6.3 | 18.6 | 9 | |
| 3 |  | L. Tomlinson | 12,490 | 141 | 2,880 | 4.3 | 88.6 | 138 | 3,955 | 530 | 728 | 7.5 | 28.0 | 15 |
| 4 |  | E. Dickerson | 12,439 | 126 | 2,783 | 4.5 | 98.7 | 88 | 1,994 | 261 | 7.6 | 15.8 | 5 | |
| 5 |  | J. Brown | 12,312 | 118 | 2,359 | 5.2 | 104.3 | 106 | 2,499 | 262 | 9.5 | 21.2 | 20 | |
| 6 |  | A. Peterson | 11,675 | 120 | 2,381 | 4.9 | 97.3 | 97 | 1,937 | 238 | 327 | 8.1 | 16.1 | 5 |
| 7 |  | C. Martin | 11,669 | 140 | 2,927 | 4.0 | 83.4 | 73 | 2,966 | 419 | 330 | 7.1 | 21.2 | 8 |
| 8 |  | W. Payton | 11,625 | 130 | 2,666 | 4.4 | 89.4 | 78 | 3,088 | 328 | 9.4 | 23.8 | 9 | |
| 9 |  | E. James | 11,607 | 128 | 2,849 | 4.1 | 90.7 | 77 | 3,260 | 418 | 563 | 7.8 | 25.5 | 11 |
| 10 |  | D. Henry | 11,423 | 136 | 2,355 | 4.9 | 84.0 | 106 | 1,651 | 174 | 224 | 9.5 | 12.1 | 5 |
| 11 |  | J. Bettis | 10,876 | 136 | 2,686 | 4.0 | 80.0 | 53 | 1,220 | 170 | 57 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 3 |
| 12 |  | T. Dorsett | 10,832 | 132 | 2,441 | 4.4 | 82.1 | 66 | 2,988 | 338 | 8.8 | 22.6 | 11 | |
| 13 | | T. Thomas | 10,762 | 138 | 2,566 | 4.2 | 78.0 | 62 | 3,876 | 397 | 9.8 | 28.1 | 20 | |
| 14 | | J. Lewis | 10,607 | 131 | 2,542 | 4.2 | 81.0 | 58 | 1,879 | 221 | 298 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 4 |
| 15 | | E. George | 10,441 | 141 | 2,865 | 3.6 | 74.0 | 68 | 2,227 | 268 | 269 | 8.3 | 15.8 | 10 |
| 16 | | C. Dillon | 10,429 | 134 | 2,419 | 4.3 | 77.8 | 69 | 1,766 | 229 | 262 | 7.7 | 13.2 | 7 |
| 17 |  | M. Faulk | 10,395 | 135 | 2,367 | 4.4 | 77.0 | 87 | 5,984 | 628 | 422 | 9.5 | 44.3 | 33 |
| 18 | | R. Watters | 10,325 | 139 | 2,550 | 4.0 | 74.3 | 77 | 4,141 | 456 | 154 | 9.1 | 29.8 | 13 |
| 19 |  | O.J. Simpson | 10,183 | 112 | 2,123 | 4.8 | 90.9 | 57 | 1,924 | 175 | 11.0 | 17.2 | 12 | |
| 20 | | S. Jackson | 10,138 | 131 | 2,396 | 4.2 | 77.4 | 56 | 3,324 | 407 | 550 | 8.2 | 25.4 | 8 |
| 21 |  | L. McCoy | 10,092 | 133 | 2,185 | 4.6 | 75.9 | 66 | 3,378 | 441 | 566 | 7.7 | 25.4 | 15 |
| 22 |  | F. Gore | 9,967 | 132 | 2,187 | 4.6 | 75.5 | 60 | 2,772 | 331 | 483 | 8.4 | 21.0 | 10 |
| 23 | | C. Portis | 9,923 | 113 | 2,230 | 4.4 | 87.8 | 75 | 2,018 | 247 | 338 | 8.2 | 17.9 | 5 |
| 24 |  | C. Johnson | 9,537 | 126 | 2,118 | 4.5 | 75.7 | 55 | 2,212 | 302 | 418 | 7.3 | 17.6 | 9 |
| 25 | | F. Taylor | 9,513 | 112 | 2,062 | 4.6 | 84.9 | 56 | 2,205 | 261 | 306 | 8.4 | 19.7 | 8 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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