most scrimmage yards in their first twelve seasons

Walter Payton had the most yards from scrimmage by a player in his first 12 seasons, with 20,514 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards by a player in their first twelve seasons
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
20,514
178
16,193
3,692
4.4
91.0
106
4,321
459
9.4
24.3
14
2Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
19,154
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
19,110
185
16,187
3,798
4.3
87.5
148
2,923
470
67
6.2
15.8
11
4LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18,456
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
17,430
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7Jerry Rice
J. Rice
17,001
188
624
80
7.8
3.3
10
16,377
1,050
15.6
87.1
154
8Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,492
180
13,065
2,965
4.4
72.6
74
3,427
414
607
8.3
19.0
16
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,293
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,279
173
11,938
2,849
4.2
69.0
65
4,341
456
5
9.5
25.1
22
11Tiki Barber
T. Barber
15,632
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
12Edgerrin James
E. James
15,610
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
13Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
15,541
149
13,318
2,825
4.7
89.4
106
2,223
272
378
8.2
14.9
6
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
15Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
15,306
181
10,967
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
15,121
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
17LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
15,000
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
18Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,891
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
19Derrick Henry
D. Henry
14,819
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
20Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
21Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
14,703
180
13,294
3,369
3.9
73.9
82
1,409
196
96
7.2
7.8
3
22Randy Moss
R. Moss
14,624
186
159
25
6.4
0.9
0
14,465
926
1,503
15.6
77.8
148
23Matt Forte
M. Forte
14,468
146
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
24Franco Harris
F. Harris
14,234
165
11,950
2,881
4.1
72.4
91
2,284
306
7.5
13.8
9
25Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
13,972
175
28
10
2.8
0.2
0
13,944
1,042
1,324
13.4
79.7
123

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Bears Bears
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6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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8
0
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.471
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11
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12
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