most rushing yds in a run first 10 seasons

Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards by a player in his first 10 seasons, with 15,269 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yds by a player in a run first 10 seasons
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
13,963
155
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
3LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,404
156
3,099
4.3
85.9
144
4,323
582
807
7.4
27.7
15
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
13,366
156
3,298
4.1
85.7
85
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
13,309
146
3,047
4.4
91.2
89
3,456
373
9.3
23.7
9
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,168
142
2,970
4.4
92.7
90
2,079
275
7.6
14.6
6
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
8Edgerrin James
E. James
12,121
141
2,982
4.1
86.0
80
3,345
430
581
7.8
23.7
11
9Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12,052
144
2,483
4.9
83.7
112
1,697
180
234
9.4
11.8
5
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11,747
123
2,418
4.9
95.5
97
1,945
241
333
8.1
15.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
11,580
145
2,625
4.4
79.9
71
3,255
363
9.0
22.4
12
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
11,542
149
2,873
4.0
77.5
62
1,277
177
66
7.2
8.6
3
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
11,405
154
2,720
4.2
74.1
63
4,084
427
9.6
26.5
20
14Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
11,213
146
2,576
4.4
76.8
97
6,274
673
483
9.3
43.0
34
16Frank Gore
F. Gore
11,073
148
2,442
4.5
74.8
64
2,883
342
502
8.4
19.5
11
17O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,776
122
2,284
4.7
88.3
58
2,096
196
10.7
17.2
14
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
10,715
127
2,285
4.7
84.4
61
2,263
270
320
8.4
17.8
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
10,681
143
2,553
4.2
74.7
62
3,515
440
599
8.0
24.6
9
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
21Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,607
131
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
10,606
147
2,346
4.5
72.1
69
3,616
475
612
7.6
24.6
15
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
10,449
154
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
24Eddie George
E. George
10,441
141
2,865
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
25Franco Harris
F. Harris
10,339
140
2,462
4.2
73.9
84
1,757
241
7.3
12.6
7
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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22.3

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RUSH YDS/G

125.1

9th

PASS YDS/G

239.8

13th

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TEAMWLTPCT
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5
2
1
.688
Bears Bears
5
3
0
.625
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3
0
.625
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4
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11/27
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12/4
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
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.778
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6
2
0
.750
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3
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3
5
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6
3
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.667
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6
2
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.750
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3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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2
1
.688
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5
3
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.625
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6
2
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.750
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4
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.556
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2
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.750
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9/3
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9/6
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11/9
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11/9
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