most total yards thru first 36 game starts

Gale Sayers had the most all-purpose yards in his first 36 games, with 5,603 yards.

Interpreted as:
most total yards by a player thru first 36 game starts
NAMEYDSGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
5,603
36
39
2,529
70.3
25
1,026
28.5
8
1,766
49.1
5
282
7.8
1
2Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
5,213
36
6
87
2.4
0
1,455
40.4
6
2,772
77.0
0
899
25.0
0
3Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
5,071
36
18
2,011
55.9
14
998
27.7
1
1,477
41.0
2
585
16.3
1
4Edgerrin James
E. James
4,953
36
38
3,671
102.0
29
1,282
35.6
9
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
4,939
36
38
2,236
62.1
26
1,514
42.1
11
731
20.3
1
458
12.7
0
6Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
4,938
36
4
17
0.5
0
380
10.6
1
3,583
99.5
2
958
26.6
1
7James Brooks
J. Brooks
4,906
36
17
1,401
38.9
12
616
17.1
5
2,370
65.8
0
519
14.4
0
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4,881
36
38
4,285
119.0
36
596
16.6
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Wes Welker
W. Welker
4,876
36
1
5
0.1
0
733
20.4
0
3,167
88.0
1
971
27.0
0
10Floyd Little
F. Little
4,870
36
14
1,905
52.9
10
572
15.9
2
1,720
47.8
0
673
18.7
2
11Bruce Harper
B. Harper
4,864
36
6
630
17.5
2
458
12.7
3
2,900
80.6
0
876
24.3
1
12Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
4,859
36
30
1,894
52.6
25
1,056
29.3
3
1,853
51.5
2
56
1.6
0
13Mack Herron
M. Herron
4,823
36
16
1,298
36.1
9
789
21.9
6
1,844
51.2
1
892
24.8
0
14Tim Dwight
T. Dwight
4,807
36
16
86
2.4
1
1,104
30.7
11
2,815
78.2
2
802
22.3
2
15Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
4,665
36
11
46
1.3
0
1,411
39.2
6
2,109
58.6
2
1,099
30.5
3
16Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4,656
36
129.3
32
3,692
102.6
27
971
27.0
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Vic Washington
V. Washington
4,642
36
19
1,686
46.8
12
897
24.9
5
2,059
57.2
2
0
0.0
0
18Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
4,612
36
16
433
12.0
1
1,880
52.2
11
2,299
63.9
4
0
0.0
0
19Arian Foster
A. Foster
4,593
36
35
3,250
90.3
31
1,343
37.3
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Billy Sims
B. Sims
4,586
36
33
3,225
89.6
28
1,361
37.8
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4,571
36
34
3,760
104.4
31
811
22.5
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4,562
36
32
3,659
101.6
31
455
12.6
1
448
12.4
0
0
0.0
0
23Lionel James
L. James
4,556
36
9
806
22.4
2
1,346
37.4
6
1,933
53.7
0
471
13.1
1
24Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
4,533
36
14
172
4.8
0
1,688
46.9
11
2,037
56.6
1
636
17.7
2
25Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4,506
36
31
3,660
101.7
28
829
23.0
3
17
0.5
0
0
0.0
0

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25.9

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OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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2 - 0

20

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176