Walter Payton rushed for the most yards by a running back in his first 12 seasons, with 16,193 yards.
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most rushing yds by rb in first 12 seasons| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | W. Payton | 16,193 | 178 | 3,692 | 4.4 | 91.0 | 106 | 4,321 | 459 | 9.4 | 24.3 | 14 | |
| 2 |  | E. Smith | 16,187 | 185 | 3,798 | 4.3 | 87.5 | 148 | 2,923 | 470 | 67 | 6.2 | 15.8 | 11 |
| 3 |  | B. Sanders | 15,269 | 153 | 3,062 | 5.0 | 99.8 | 99 | 2,921 | 352 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 10 | |
| 4 |  | C. Martin | 14,101 | 168 | 3,518 | 4.0 | 83.9 | 90 | 3,329 | 484 | 409 | 6.9 | 19.8 | 10 |
| 5 |  | L. Tomlinson | 13,684 | 170 | 3,174 | 4.3 | 80.5 | 145 | 4,772 | 624 | 868 | 7.6 | 28.1 | 17 |
| 6 |  | A. Peterson | 13,318 | 149 | 2,825 | 4.7 | 89.4 | 106 | 2,223 | 272 | 378 | 8.2 | 14.9 | 6 |
| 7 |  | J. Bettis | 13,294 | 180 | 3,369 | 3.9 | 73.9 | 82 | 1,409 | 196 | 96 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 3 |
| 8 |  | E. Dickerson | 13,259 | 146 | 2,996 | 4.4 | 90.8 | 90 | 2,137 | 281 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 6 | |
| 9 |  | F. Gore | 13,065 | 180 | 2,965 | 4.4 | 72.6 | 74 | 3,427 | 414 | 607 | 8.3 | 19.0 | 16 |
| 10 |  | T. Dorsett | 12,739 | 173 | 2,936 | 4.3 | 73.6 | 77 | 3,554 | 398 | 8.9 | 20.5 | 13 | |
| 11 |  | J. Brown | 12,312 | 118 | 2,359 | 5.2 | 104.3 | 106 | 2,499 | 262 | 9.5 | 21.2 | 20 | |
| 12 |  | M. Faulk | 12,279 | 176 | 2,836 | 4.3 | 69.8 | 100 | 6,875 | 767 | 606 | 9.0 | 39.1 | 36 |
| 13 |  | E. James | 12,246 | 148 | 3,028 | 4.0 | 82.7 | 80 | 3,364 | 433 | 584 | 7.8 | 22.7 | 11 |
| 14 | | F. Harris | 11,950 | 165 | 2,881 | 4.1 | 72.4 | 91 | 2,284 | 306 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 9 | |
| 15 | | T. Thomas | 11,938 | 173 | 2,849 | 4.2 | 69.0 | 65 | 4,341 | 456 | 5 | 9.5 | 25.1 | 22 |
| 16 | | F. Taylor | 11,540 | 146 | 2,491 | 4.6 | 79.0 | 66 | 2,378 | 288 | 345 | 8.3 | 16.3 | 8 |
| 17 | | S. Jackson | 11,438 | 160 | 2,764 | 4.1 | 71.5 | 69 | 3,683 | 461 | 627 | 8.0 | 23.0 | 9 |
| 18 | | C. Dillon | 11,241 | 150 | 2,618 | 4.3 | 74.9 | 82 | 1,913 | 244 | 278 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 7 |
| 19 |  | O.J. Simpson | 11,236 | 135 | 2,404 | 4.7 | 83.2 | 61 | 2,142 | 203 | 10.6 | 15.9 | 14 | |
| 20 |  | L. McCoy | 11,102 | 170 | 2,457 | 4.5 | 65.3 | 73 | 3,898 | 518 | 665 | 7.5 | 22.9 | 16 |
| 21 | | W. Dunn | 10,967 | 181 | 2,669 | 4.1 | 60.6 | 49 | 4,339 | 510 | 594 | 8.5 | 24.0 | 15 |
| 22 |  | D. Henry | 10,909 | 132 | 2,270 | 4.8 | 82.6 | 103 | 1,583 | 168 | 217 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 5 |
| 23 | | R. Watters | 10,643 | 144 | 2,622 | 4.1 | 73.9 | 78 | 4,248 | 467 | 176 | 9.1 | 29.5 | 13 |
| 24 | | J. Lewis | 10,607 | 131 | 2,542 | 4.2 | 81.0 | 58 | 1,879 | 221 | 298 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 4 |
| 25 | | T. Jones | 10,591 | 180 | 2,678 | 4.0 | 58.8 | 68 | 2,023 | 308 | 410 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 3 |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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