most yards in a mvp

Barry Sanders has the most all-purpose yards by an MVP in a season, with 2,358 yards in 1997.

Interpreted as:
most yards in a mvp in a regular season by a player
NAMEYDSMVPSEASONTMGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,358
1
1997
16
147.4
14
2,053
128.3
11
305
19.1
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,323
1
2006
16
145.2
31
1,815
113.4
28
508
31.8
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,314
1
2012
16
144.6
13
2,097
131.1
12
217
13.6
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,308
1
1985
16
144.3
14
1,759
109.9
11
555
34.7
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,225
1
1998
16
139.1
23
2,008
125.5
21
217
13.6
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,216
1
1977
14
158.3
16
1,852
132.3
14
269
19.2
2
95
6.8
0
0
0.0
0
7Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,207
1
2000
14
157.6
26
1,359
97.1
18
830
59.3
8
18
1.3
0
0
0.0
0
8Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
2,100
1
1960
14
150.0
12
875
62.5
9
576
41.1
3
434
31.0
0
215
15.4
0
9O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,073
1
1973
14
148.1
12
2,003
143.1
12
70
5.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,038
1
1991
15
135.9
12
1,407
93.8
7
631
42.1
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
1,958
1
2005
16
122.4
28
1,880
117.5
27
78
4.9
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,900
1
1993
14
135.7
10
1,486
106.1
9
414
29.6
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,872
1
1965
14
133.7
21
1,544
110.3
17
328
23.4
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,790
1
1979
16
111.9
19
1,697
106.1
19
94
5.9
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,739
1
1958
12
144.9
18
1,527
127.3
17
138
11.5
1
74
6.2
0
0
0.0
0
16Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,689
1
1972
12
140.8
12
1,216
101.3
8
473
39.4
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
1,580
1
1962
14
112.9
19
1,474
105.3
19
106
7.6
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
1,565
1
1962
14
111.8
15
1,096
78.3
13
319
22.8
2
150
10.7
0
0
0.0
0
19Jim Nance
J. Nance
1,561
1
1966
14
111.5
11
1,458
104.1
11
103
7.4
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
1,203
1
2019
15
80.2
7
1,206
80.4
7
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Jim Brown
J. Brown
1,133
1
1957
12
94.4
10
942
78.5
9
55
4.6
1
136
11.3
0
0
0.0
0
22Gino Cappelletti
G. Cappelletti
872
1
1964
14
62.3
7
7
0.5
0
865
61.8
7
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
814
1
2023
16
50.9
5
821
51.3
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
742
1
1961
12
61.8
10
597
49.8
8
145
12.1
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Cam Newton
C. Newton
626
1
2015
16
39.1
10
636
39.8
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

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11
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12
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13
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6
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9
7
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8
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8
9
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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12
5
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12
5
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14
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