Barry Sanders and Walter Payton are tied for playing the most seasons when rushing for 1,300+ yards, with 9 seasons.

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Regular season

	NAME	SEAS	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	9	14,154	142	2,819	5.0	99.7	96	2,716	316		8.6	19.1	10
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	9	13,696	140	3,009	4.6	97.8	92	3,418	353		9.7	24.4	12
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	7	10,748	108	2,414	4.5	99.5	109	2,017	331	32	6.1	18.7	8
4	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	6	9,414	95	2,026	4.6	99.1	105	3,008	399	547	7.5	31.7	14
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	6	9,117	80	1,712	5.3	114.0	75	1,723	180		9.6	21.5	12
6	Derrick Henry D. Henry	5	8,621	81	1,662	5.2	106.4	78	1,061	104	139	10.2	13.1	4
7	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	5	8,066	78	1,590	5.1	103.4	63	1,268	153	211	8.3	16.3	2
8	Clinton Portis C. Portis	5	7,417	76	1,600	4.6	97.6	54	1,347	169	233	8.0	17.7	4
9	Curtis Martin C. Martin	5	7,469	80	1,762	4.2	93.4	43	1,347	211	226	6.4	16.8	3
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	5	8,704	79	1,875	4.6	110.2	64	1,336	164		8.1	16.9	4
11	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	5	7,758	76	1,726	4.5	102.1	67	561	94		6.0	7.4	0
12	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4	6,427	64	1,310	4.9	100.4	38	2,170	233	325	9.3	33.9	4
13	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	4	6,329	64	1,358	4.7	98.9	71	886	124	185	7.1	13.8	9
14	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4	5,696	63	1,314	4.3	90.4	36	787	110	169	7.2	12.5	4
15	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4	6,061	63	1,302	4.7	96.2	35	1,191	130	173	9.2	18.9	3
16	Stephen Davis S. Davis	4	5,599	59	1,296	4.3	94.9	41	788	98	131	8.0	13.4	0
17	Edgerrin James E. James	4	6,316	63	1,450	4.4	100.3	48	2,000	220	284	9.1	31.7	10
18	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4	5,441	60	1,090	5.0	90.7	43	3,551	337	320	10.5	59.2	26
19	Eddie George E. George	4	5,580	64	1,415	3.9	87.2	37	1,137	127	129	9.0	17.8	7
20	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	4	5,866	63	1,344	4.4	93.1	33	573	76	19	7.5	9.1	2
21	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4	5,599	64	1,226	4.6	87.5	26	1,439	155		9.3	22.5	8
22	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	3	4,827	48	958	5.0	100.6	47	874	104	137	8.4	18.2	5
23	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	3	4,624	48	901	5.1	96.3	34	1,337	181	240	7.4	27.9	6
24	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	3	4,422	46	927	4.8	96.1	33	1,350	163	206	8.3	29.3	6
25	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	3	4,235	47	899	4.7	90.1	31	1,009	128	170	7.9	21.5	5

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Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	1	0	.500
Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
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Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
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Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
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Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
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Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000