most yards from scrimmage in first 10 seasons

Barry Sanders gained the most scrimmage yards by a player in his first 10 seasons, with 18,190 yards.

Interpreted as:
most yards from scrimmage by a player in first 10 seasons
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
17,727
156
13,404
3,099
4.3
85.9
144
4,323
582
807
7.4
27.7
15
3Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
17,487
146
11,213
2,576
4.4
76.8
97
6,274
673
483
9.3
43.0
34
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,765
146
13,309
3,047
4.4
91.2
89
3,456
373
9.3
23.7
9
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
16,691
155
13,963
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
16,577
156
13,366
3,298
4.1
85.7
85
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
7Tiki Barber
T. Barber
15,632
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
8Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
15,489
154
11,405
2,720
4.2
74.1
63
4,084
427
9.6
26.5
20
9Edgerrin James
E. James
15,466
141
12,121
2,982
4.1
86.0
80
3,345
430
581
7.8
23.7
11
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,247
142
13,168
2,970
4.4
92.7
90
2,079
275
7.6
14.6
6
11Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,891
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
14,835
145
11,580
2,625
4.4
79.9
71
3,255
363
9.0
22.4
12
13Derrick Henry
D. Henry
14,819
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
14Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
15Matt Forte
M. Forte
14,468
146
9,796
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
16LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
14,222
147
10,606
2,346
4.5
72.1
69
3,616
475
612
7.6
24.6
15
17Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
14,196
143
10,681
2,553
4.2
74.7
62
3,515
440
599
8.0
24.6
9
18Frank Gore
F. Gore
13,956
148
11,073
2,442
4.5
74.8
64
2,883
342
502
8.4
19.5
11
19Jerry Rice
J. Rice
13,786
156
511
64
8.0
3.3
8
13,275
820
16.2
85.1
131
20Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
13,692
123
11,747
2,418
4.9
95.5
97
1,945
241
333
8.1
15.8
5
21Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
13,232
150
9,461
2,256
4.2
63.1
43
3,771
426
467
8.9
25.1
15
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
13,154
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
23Julio Jones
J. Jones
13,014
135
118
19
6.2
0.9
0
12,896
848
1,322
15.2
95.5
60
24Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
12,979
112
7,589
1,658
4.6
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
12,978
127
10,715
2,285
4.7
84.4
61
2,263
270
320
8.4
17.8
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268.6

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9
7
1
.559
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8
0
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8
0
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12
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13
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7
1
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8
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3
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12
5
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.706
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14
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