most rushing yards in the first eight seasons of a career by a player

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 11,903 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
11,903
116
2,616
4.6
102.6
86
1,725
220
7.8
14.9
4
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
11,760
127
2,657
4.4
92.6
126
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
11,725
121
2,384
4.9
96.9
84
2,327
282
8.3
19.2
7
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
11,234
124
2,595
4.3
90.6
112
2,434
388
6.3
19.6
7
5Jim Brown
J. Brown
10,768
104
2,070
5.2
103.5
89
2,171
228
9.5
20.9
16
6Edgerrin James
E. James
10,385
112
2,525
4.1
92.7
70
3,056
394
525
7.8
27.3
11
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
10,361
124
2,604
4.0
83.6
71
2,704
377
277
7.2
21.8
8
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
10,204
114
2,352
4.3
89.5
72
2,481
275
9.0
21.8
7
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
10,190
104
2,054
5.0
98.0
86
1,715
208
291
8.2
16.5
5
10Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,107
122
2,399
4.2
82.8
58
1,791
213
287
8.4
14.7
4
11Eddie George
E. George
10,009
128
2,733
3.7
78.2
64
2,144
259
256
8.3
16.8
10
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
9,804
125
2,461
4.0
78.4
49
1,172
162
47
7.2
9.4
3
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9,729
123
2,285
4.3
79.1
54
3,622
371
9.8
29.4
20
14Clinton Portis
C. Portis
9,696
108
2,176
4.5
89.8
73
1,963
242
329
8.1
18.2
5
15Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
9,696
122
2,210
4.4
79.5
57
1,585
207
236
7.7
13.0
6
16O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
9,626
105
1,997
4.8
91.7
57
1,786
159
11.2
17.0
12
17Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
9,525
116
2,136
4.5
82.1
59
2,539
292
8.7
21.9
8
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
9,502
119
2,030
4.7
79.8
90
1,458
155
202
9.4
12.3
3
19Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
9,442
122
2,093
4.5
77.4
54
2,212
302
417
7.3
18.1
9
20Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
9,442
121
2,155
4.4
78.0
79
5,447
548
320
9.9
45.0
31
21Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
9,429
119
2,176
4.3
79.2
100
1,511
214
315
7.1
12.7
12
22Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
9,407
115
2,187
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
23Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
9,093
115
2,138
4.3
79.1
52
3,003
369
497
8.1
26.1
8
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
9,083
123
2,272
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
25LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
8,954
117
1,898
4.7
76.5
60
2,930
382
489
7.7
25.0
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

26.1

8th

OPP PPG

15.9

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

111.9

18th

PASS YDS/G

268.4

4th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
6
3
0
.667
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
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11/9
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@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
SEA SEA
@
LAR LAR
4:05 PM
Sun
11/23
TB TB
@
LAR LAR
8:20 PM
Sun
11/30
LAR LAR
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
LAR LAR
@
ARI ARI
4:25 PM
Last Game
NO Saints

1 - 8 - 0

10

Final

34

LAR Rams

6 - 2 - 0

Sun 2 Nov 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
Ravens Ravens
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
2
0
.778
Jaguars Jaguars
5
3
0
.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
7
2
0
.778
Chargers Chargers
6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
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NE NE
20-13

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Thu
11/6
LV LV
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Sun
11/9
NE NE
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM