most scrimmage yards in a season before 1998

Before 1998, Barry Sanders had the most yards from scrimmage in a season, with 2,358 yards in 1997.

Interpreted as:

most scrimmage yards by a player in a season before 1998

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,358	1997	DET	16	2,053	335	6.1	128.3	11	305	33	9.2	19.1	3
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,314	1985	RAI	16	1,759	380	4.6	109.9	11	555	67	8.3	34.7	3
3	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,244	1984	RAM	16	2,105	379	5.6	131.6	14	139	21	6.6	8.7	0
4	O.J. Simpson	2,243	1975	BUF	14	1,817	329	5.5	129.8	16	426	28	15.2	30.4	7
5	James Wilder J. Wilder	2,229	1984	TB	16	1,544	407	3.8	96.5	13	685	85	8.1	42.8	0
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,212	1983	RAM	16	1,808	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51	7.9	25.3	2
7	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,176	1983	ATL	16	1,567	331	4.7	97.9	7	609	59	10.3	38.1	4
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,166	1994	DET	16	1,883	331	5.7	117.7	7	283	44	6.4	17.7	1
9	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	2,148	1995	DAL	16	1,773	377	4.7	110.8	25	375	62	6.0	23.4	0
10	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,131	1963	CLE	14	1,863	291	6.4	133.1	12	268	24	11.2	19.1	3
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,121	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,113	1992	BUF	16	1,487	312	4.8	92.9	9	626	58	10.8	39.1	3
13	O.J. Simpson	2,073	1973	BUF	14	2,003	332	6.0	143.1	12	70	6	11.7	5.0	0
14	Roger Craig R. Craig	2,066	1985	SF	16	1,050	214	4.9	65.6	9	1,016	92	11.0	63.5	6
15	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,052	1984	CHI	16	1,684	381	4.4	105.3	11	368	45	8.2	23.0	0
16	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	2,048	1992	DAL	16	1,713	373	4.6	107.1	18	335	59	5.7	20.9	1
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,038	1991	BUF	15	1,407	288	4.9	93.8	7	631	62	10.2	42.1	5
18	Terrell Davis T. Davis	2,037	1997	DEN	15	1,750	369	4.7	116.7	15	287	42	6.8	19.1	0
19	Roger Craig R. Craig	2,036	1988	SF	16	1,502	310	4.8	93.9	9	534	76	7.0	33.4	1
20	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,036	1988	IND	16	1,659	388	4.3	103.7	14	377	36	10.5	23.6	1
21	William Andrews W. Andrews	2,036	1981	ATL	16	1,301	289	4.5	81.3	10	735	81	9.1	45.9	2
22	Barry Foster B. Foster	2,034	1992	PIT	16	1,690	390	4.3	105.6	11	344	36	9.6	21.5	0
23	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,034	1985	CHI	16	1,551	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49	9.9	30.2	2
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,028	1983	CHI	16	1,421	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53	11.5	37.9	2
25	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,026	1986	RAM	16	1,821	404	4.5	113.8	11	205	26	7.9	12.8	0

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