most yards td in first 10 seasons

Barry Sanders gained the most all-purpose yards by a player in his first 10 seasons, with 18,308 yards.

Interpreted as:
most yards td by a player in first 10 seasons
NAMEYDSTDGPYDS/GRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,308
109
153
119.7
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
19.1
10
118
0.8
0
0
0.0
0
2Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
17,903
57
153
117.0
2,867
18.7
20
4,156
27.2
28
8,331
54.5
2
2,558
16.7
7
3LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
17,727
159
156
113.6
13,404
85.9
144
4,323
27.7
15
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
17,523
131
146
120.0
11,213
76.8
97
6,274
43.0
34
18
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
5Tiki Barber
T. Barber
17,359
68
154
112.7
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
33.7
12
544
3.5
0
1,181
7.7
1
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
17,304
98
146
118.5
13,309
91.2
89
3,456
23.7
9
539
3.7
0
0
0.0
0
7Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
16,905
21
159
106.3
1,751
11.0
9
2,087
13.1
3
9,586
60.3
2
3,476
21.9
7
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
16,691
147
155
107.7
13,963
90.1
136
2,728
17.6
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
16,568
95
156
106.2
13,366
85.7
85
3,211
20.6
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
16,280
54
152
107.1
2,365
15.6
12
5,420
35.7
31
5,691
37.4
2
2,804
18.4
9
11Wes Welker
W. Welker
16,134
49
153
105.5
151
1.0
0
9,358
61.2
48
4,138
27.0
1
2,487
16.3
0
12Herschel Walker
H. Walker
15,881
81
155
102.5
8,122
52.4
60
4,621
29.8
19
3,138
20.2
2
0
0.0
0
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
15,489
83
154
100.6
11,405
74.1
63
4,084
26.5
20
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Edgerrin James
E. James
15,466
91
141
109.7
12,121
86.0
80
3,345
23.7
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Jim Brown
J. Brown
15,459
126
118
131.0
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
21.2
20
648
5.5
0
0
0.0
0
16Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
15,453
20
136
113.6
808
5.9
2
1,175
8.6
7
11,113
81.7
8
2,375
17.5
3
17Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,262
96
142
107.5
13,168
92.7
90
2,079
14.6
6
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
14,911
11
138
108.1
817
5.9
2
1,322
9.6
6
9,788
70.9
2
2,984
21.6
1
19Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,891
91
144
103.4
10,643
73.9
78
4,248
29.5
13
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
14,868
84
145
102.5
11,580
79.9
71
3,255
22.4
12
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
14,809
127
153
96.8
13,018
85.1
122
1,801
11.8
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Matt Forte
M. Forte
14,468
75
146
99.1
9,796
67.1
54
4,672
32.0
21
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Dante Hall
D. Hall
14,386
21
112
128.4
242
2.2
0
1,747
15.6
9
10,136
90.5
6
2,261
20.2
6
24Antonio Brown
A. Brown
14,319
80
131
109.3
124
0.9
0
11,263
86.0
75
1,173
9.0
1
1,759
13.4
4
25Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
14,266
71
143
99.8
10,681
74.7
62
3,515
24.6
9
79
0.6
0
0
0.0
0
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