most yards by a starting running back in the first 3 weeks

Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards by a running back, with 1,404 yards in Week 9.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a starting running back in the first 3 weeks
NAME RUSH YDS WEEK GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,404
WK 9
13
284
4.9
108.0
6
158
27
4
5.9
12.2
1
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,370
WK 13
13
293
4.7
105.4
6
266
28
9.5
20.5
0
3 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,297
WK 9
11
223
5.8
117.9
10
213
23
29
9.3
19.4
1
4 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,287
WK 2
13
254
5.1
99.0
9
288
40
7.2
22.2
2
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,277
WK 10
12
239
5.3
106.4
8
383
33
11.6
31.9
1
6 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,268
WK 4
11
211
6.0
115.3
12
166
31
46
5.4
15.1
0
7 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,267
WK 15
15
298
4.3
84.5
9
202
33
8
6.1
13.5
3
8 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,247
WK 1
14
275
4.5
89.1
8
115
29
10
4.0
8.2
0
9 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,227
WK 16
15
298
4.1
81.8
6
173
29
12
6.0
11.5
0
10 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,209
WK 5
15
288
4.2
80.6
10
188
36
21
5.2
12.5
1
11 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,203
WK 9
12
267
4.5
100.3
13
329
37
8.9
27.4
0
12 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,195
WK 10
12
253
4.7
99.6
17
153
32
4
4.8
12.8
0
13 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,180
WK 6
12
237
5.0
98.3
8
129
22
29
5.9
10.8
0
14 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,176
WK 14
11
192
6.1
106.9
10
94
13
17
7.2
8.5
0
15 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,134
WK 7
14
300
3.8
81.0
11
183
31
8
5.9
13.1
0
16 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,121
WK 2
16
258
4.3
70.1
12
263
36
51
7.3
16.4
2
17 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,120
WK 2
14
263
4.3
80.0
8
202
35
4
5.8
14.4
2
18 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,117
WK 4
15
234
4.8
74.5
4
332
37
54
9.0
22.1
2
19 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,116
WK 5
15
235
4.7
74.4
4
190
24
35
7.9
12.7
2
20 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,105
WK 12
14
262
4.2
78.9
9
194
38
2
5.1
13.9
1
21 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,096
WK 14
9
186
5.9
121.8
9
198
21
9.4
22.0
1
22 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
1,092
WK 1
13
229
4.8
84.0
9
260
23
30
11.3
20.0
2
23 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,091
WK 15
12
238
4.6
90.9
13
430
41
30
10.5
35.8
0
24 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,089
WK 11
13
242
4.5
83.8
6
411
36
11.4
31.6
1
25 Edgerrin James
E. James
1,083
WK 2
11
243
4.5
98.5
7
281
37
44
7.6
25.5
1
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PPG

20.6

21st

OPP PPG

27.5

31st

RUSH YDS/G

100.3

27th

PASS YDS/G

240.7

11th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 10 - 0

19

Final

23

WAS Commanders

12 - 5 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM