most rushing yards in their first 9 seasons

Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards by a player in his first 9 seasons, with 13,778 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in their 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	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	13,778	137	2,719	5.1	100.6	95	2,632	315		8.4	19.2	10
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	12,566	140	2,914	4.3	89.8	125	2,609	415		6.3	18.6	9
3	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	12,490	141	2,880	4.3	88.6	138	3,955	530	728	7.5	28.0	15
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	12,439	126	2,783	4.5	98.7	88	1,994	261		7.6	15.8	5
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	11,675	120	2,381	4.9	97.3	97	1,937	238	327	8.1	16.1	5
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	11,669	140	2,927	4.0	83.4	73	2,966	419	330	7.1	21.2	8
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	11,625	130	2,666	4.4	89.4	78	3,088	328		9.4	23.8	9
9	Edgerrin James E. James	11,607	128	2,849	4.1	90.7	77	3,260	418	563	7.8	25.5	11
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	10,909	132	2,270	4.8	82.6	103	1,583	168	217	9.4	12.0	5
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	10,876	136	2,686	4.0	80.0	53	1,220	170	57	7.2	9.0	3
12	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	10,832	132	2,441	4.4	82.1	66	2,988	338		8.8	22.6	11
13	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	10,762	138	2,566	4.2	78.0	62	3,876	397		9.8	28.1	20
14	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
15	Eddie George E. George	10,441	141	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
16	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	10,429	134	2,419	4.3	77.8	69	1,766	229	262	7.7	13.2	7
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	10,395	135	2,367	4.4	77.0	87	5,984	628	422	9.5	44.3	33
18	Ricky Watters 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	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	10,138	131	2,396	4.2	77.4	56	3,324	407	550	8.2	25.4	8
21	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	10,092	133	2,185	4.6	75.9	66	3,378	441	566	7.7	25.4	15
22	Frank Gore F. Gore	9,967	132	2,187	4.6	75.5	60	2,772	331	483	8.4	21.0	10
23	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,923	113	2,230	4.4	87.8	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
24	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	9,537	126	2,118	4.5	75.7	55	2,212	302	418	7.3	17.6	9
25	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	9,513	112	2,062	4.6	84.9	56	2,205	261	306	8.4	19.7	8

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