most yards in first 3 years including playoffs

Gale Sayers had the most all-purpose yards by a player in the regular-season and playoffs in his first 3 seasons, with 6,401 yards.

Interpreted as:
most yards by a player in first 3 years including playoffs
NAMEYDSGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6,401
41
156.1
46
2,978
72.6
29
1,080
26.3
9
1,981
48.3
6
362
8.8
2
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6,373
51
125.0
49
5,663
111.0
47
695
13.6
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
6,372
51
124.9
15
699
13.7
5
580
11.4
7
4,405
86.4
2
690
13.5
1
4Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
6,300
49
128.6
42
2,581
52.7
35
1,500
30.6
5
2,109
43.0
2
110
2.2
0
5Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
6,270
50
125.4
19
88
1.8
0
2,540
50.8
13
2,352
47.0
2
1,288
25.8
4
6Wes Welker
W. Welker
6,216
47
132.3
2
5
0.1
0
1,121
23.9
1
3,858
82.1
1
1,232
26.2
0
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
6,145
48
128.0
42
4,564
95.1
37
1,581
32.9
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
8Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
6,117
53
115.4
31
5,130
96.8
30
987
18.6
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,096
50
121.9
47
5,077
101.5
44
1,026
20.5
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6,050
49
123.5
46
4,752
97.0
45
862
17.6
1
448
9.1
0
0
0.0
0
11Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
6,018
41
146.8
24
2,244
54.7
18
1,208
29.5
3
1,894
46.2
2
649
15.8
1
12Bruce Harper
B. Harper
6,004
46
130.5
8
783
17.0
2
655
14.2
5
3,473
75.5
0
1,093
23.8
1
13Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
5,931
47
126.2
24
625
13.3
3
2,664
56.7
17
2,642
56.2
4
0
0.0
0
14Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
5,826
43
135.5
46
2,791
64.9
32
1,752
40.7
13
753
17.5
1
530
12.3
0
15Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
5,780
49
118.0
40
2,936
59.9
24
2,624
53.6
16
58
1.2
0
162
3.3
0
16Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5,734
52
110.3
49
5,501
105.8
49
234
4.5
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
5,723
48
119.2
39
4,670
97.3
35
1,036
21.6
4
17
0.4
0
0
0.0
0
18Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
5,685
50
113.7
41
2,581
51.6
29
2,305
46.1
11
687
13.7
1
112
2.2
0
19Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5,667
48
118.1
48
4,435
92.4
44
1,114
23.2
4
118
2.5
0
0
0.0
0
20Kevin Williams
K. Williams
5,664
55
103.0
10
119
2.2
2
1,208
22.0
4
3,406
61.9
1
931
16.9
3
21Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
5,643
53
106.5
48
4,734
89.3
45
909
17.2
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
5,633
53
106.3
34
3,920
74.0
24
1,713
32.3
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
5,628
51
110.4
34
3,910
76.7
25
1,738
34.1
9
0
0.0
0
8
0.2
0
24Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
5,598
43
130.2
36
4,357
101.3
30
1,248
29.0
6
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Marcus Allen
M. Allen
5,583
47
118.8
53
3,514
74.8
40
2,069
44.0
12
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

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25.9

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OPP PPG

24.4

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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
Last Game
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2 - 0

20

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17

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
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