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most rushing yards by a player in a single decade| NAME | RUSH YDS | DECADE | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Smith | 13,963 | 1990s | 155 | 3,243 | 4.3 | 90.1 | 136 | 2,728 | 442 | 32 | 6.2 | 17.6 | 11 |
| 2 |  | B. Sanders | 13,799 | 1990s | 138 | 2,782 | 5.0 | 100.0 | 85 | 2,639 | 328 | 8.0 | 19.1 | 10 | |
| 3 |  | L. Tomlinson | 12,490 | 2000s | 141 | 2,880 | 4.3 | 88.6 | 138 | 3,955 | 530 | 728 | 7.5 | 28.0 | 15 |
| 4 |  | E. Dickerson | 11,226 | 1980s | 105 | 2,450 | 4.6 | 106.9 | 82 | 1,633 | 202 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 4 | |
| 5 |  | E. James | 10,693 | 2000s | 132 | 2,659 | 4.0 | 81.0 | 67 | 2,778 | 371 | 497 | 7.5 | 21.0 | 7 |
| 6 |  | J. Lewis | 10,607 | 2000s | 131 | 2,542 | 4.2 | 81.0 | 58 | 1,879 | 221 | 298 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 4 |
| 7 |  | O.J. Simpson | 10,539 | 1970s | 122 | 2,223 | 4.7 | 86.4 | 59 | 1,799 | 173 | 10.4 | 14.7 | 11 | |
| 8 |  | L. McCoy | 10,434 | 2010s | 144 | 2,292 | 4.6 | 72.5 | 69 | 3,489 | 463 | 591 | 7.5 | 24.2 | 16 |
| 9 | | T. Thomas | 9,813 | 1990s | 142 | 2,344 | 4.2 | 69.1 | 57 | 3,464 | 378 | 5 | 9.2 | 24.4 | 16 |
| 10 |  | W. Payton | 9,800 | 1980s | 117 | 2,290 | 4.3 | 83.8 | 51 | 3,114 | 336 | 9.3 | 26.6 | 11 | |
| 11 |  | F. Gore | 9,786 | 2010s | 153 | 2,380 | 4.1 | 64.0 | 47 | 2,065 | 244 | 359 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 11 |
| 12 |  | A. Peterson | 9,732 | 2010s | 118 | 2,121 | 4.6 | 82.5 | 71 | 1,536 | 206 | 277 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 5 |
| 13 | | C. Portis | 9,696 | 2000s | 108 | 2,176 | 4.5 | 89.8 | 73 | 1,963 | 242 | 329 | 8.1 | 18.2 | 5 |
| 14 | | F. Taylor | 9,585 | 2000s | 121 | 2,068 | 4.6 | 79.2 | 46 | 1,874 | 234 | 330 | 8.0 | 15.5 | 5 |
| 15 | | T. Barber | 9,514 | 2000s | 110 | 1,967 | 4.8 | 86.5 | 52 | 3,927 | 444 | 616 | 8.8 | 35.7 | 6 |
| 16 | | S. Alexander | 9,453 | 2000s | 123 | 2,187 | 4.3 | 76.9 | 100 | 1,520 | 215 | 316 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 17 | | T. Dorsett | 9,300 | 1980s | 129 | 2,188 | 4.3 | 72.1 | 52 | 2,528 | 287 | 8.8 | 19.6 | 9 | |
| 18 | | T. Jones | 9,217 | 2000s | 148 | 2,280 | 4.0 | 62.3 | 62 | 1,858 | 289 | 383 | 6.4 | 12.6 | 3 |
| 19 | | R. Watters | 9,083 | 1990s | 123 | 2,272 | 4.0 | 73.8 | 70 | 3,528 | 393 | 62 | 9.0 | 28.7 | 11 |
| 20 | | A. Green | 8,876 | 2000s | 118 | 1,995 | 4.4 | 75.2 | 59 | 2,881 | 375 | 493 | 7.7 | 24.4 | 14 |
| 21 |  | D. Henry | 8,615 | 2020s | 87 | 1,773 | 4.9 | 99.0 | 78 | 1,223 | 132 | 170 | 9.3 | 14.1 | 2 |
| 22 | | F. Harris | 8,563 | 1970s | 111 | 2,012 | 4.3 | 77.1 | 72 | 1,311 | 174 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 4 | |
| 23 |  | J. Brown | 8,514 | 1960s | 82 | 1,610 | 5.3 | 103.8 | 66 | 2,116 | 206 | 10.3 | 25.8 | 18 | |
| 24 |  | J. Bettis | 8,463 | 1990s | 109 | 2,106 | 4.0 | 77.6 | 41 | 1,075 | 149 | 28 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 3 |
| 25 | | W. Dunn | 8,347 | 2000s | 134 | 2,005 | 4.2 | 62.3 | 43 | 2,944 | 363 | 511 | 8.1 | 22.0 | 10 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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