nfc running back with most 1500 yard seasons

Barry Sanders played the most seasons by an NFC running back with 1,500+ rushing yards, with 5 seasons.

Interpreted as:
nfc running back with most 1500 or more rushing yard seasons
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5
8,537
79
1,629
5.2
108.1
56
1,440
190
7.6
18.2
6
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
4
6,697
62
1,413
4.7
108.0
48
1,433
152
9.4
23.1
6
3Tiki Barber
T. Barber
3
5,040
48
1,006
5.0
105.0
27
1,573
164
230
9.6
32.8
4
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3
5,049
48
1,115
4.5
105.2
55
968
170
5.7
20.2
2
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3
5,734
48
1,173
4.9
119.5
43
748
98
7.6
15.6
2
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2
3,857
32
711
5.4
120.5
22
342
61
90
5.6
10.7
1
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
2
3,576
32
723
4.9
111.8
43
248
38
67
6.5
7.8
5
8Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1
2,005
16
345
5.8
125.3
13
278
33
43
8.4
17.4
2
9Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
1
1,557
14
312
5.0
111.2
16
361
44
54
8.2
25.8
1
10Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1
1,631
15
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
11DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1
1,845
16
392
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
12LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1
1,607
16
314
5.1
100.4
9
539
52
64
10.4
33.7
2
13Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1
1,590
16
315
5.0
99.4
11
196
23
30
8.5
12.3
1
14Alfred Morris
A. Morris
1
1,613
16
335
4.8
100.8
13
77
11
16
7.0
4.8
0
15Michael Turner
M. Turner
1
1,699
16
376
4.5
106.2
17
41
6
9
6.8
2.6
0
16DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
1
1,515
16
273
5.5
94.7
18
121
22
30
5.5
7.6
2
17Frank Gore
F. Gore
1
1,695
16
312
5.4
105.9
8
485
61
86
8.0
30.3
1
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
1
1,528
16
346
4.4
95.5
13
806
90
110
9.0
50.4
3
19Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1
1,516
16
352
4.3
94.8
11
216
30
41
7.2
13.5
0
20Ahman Green
A. Green
1
1,883
16
355
5.3
117.7
15
367
50
60
7.3
22.9
5
21Deuce McAllister
D. McAllister
1
1,641
16
351
4.7
102.6
8
516
69
86
7.5
32.3
0
22Robert Smith
R. Smith
1
1,521
16
295
5.2
95.1
7
348
36
44
9.7
21.8
3
23Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
1
1,846
16
410
4.5
115.4
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
24Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1
1,570
16
310
5.1
98.1
7
535
39
13.7
33.4
2
25Roger Craig
R. Craig
1
1,502
16
310
4.8
93.9
9
534
76
7.0
33.4
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28.3

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24.3

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RUSH YDS/G

120.1

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268.6

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
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8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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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
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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