nfl most total yards in an mvp season for a player

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

	NAME	YDS	MVP	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,358	1	1997	DET	16	147.4	14	2,053	128.3	11	305	19.1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	2,323	1	2006	SD	16	145.2	31	1,815	113.4	28	508	31.8	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,314	1	2012	MIN	16	144.6	13	2,097	131.1	12	217	13.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Marcus Allen M. Allen	2,308	1	1985	RAI	16	144.3	14	1,759	109.9	11	555	34.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Terrell Davis T. Davis	2,225	1	1998	DEN	16	139.1	23	2,008	125.5	21	217	13.6	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,216	1	1977	CHI	14	158.3	16	1,852	132.3	14	269	19.2	2	95	6.8	0	0	0.0	0
7	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,207	1	2000	STL	14	157.6	26	1,359	97.1	18	830	59.3	8	18	1.3	0	0	0.0	0
8	O.J. Simpson	2,073	1	1973	BUF	14	148.1	12	2,003	143.1	12	70	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,038	1	1991	BUF	15	135.9	12	1,407	93.8	7	631	42.1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	1,958	1	2005	SEA	16	122.4	28	1,880	117.5	27	78	4.9	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,900	1	1993	DAL	14	135.7	10	1,486	106.1	9	414	29.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,872	1	1965	CLE	14	133.7	21	1,544	110.3	17	328	23.4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,790	1	1979	HOU	16	111.9	19	1,697	106.1	19	94	5.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,739	1	1958	CLE	12	144.9	18	1,527	127.3	17	138	11.5	1	74	6.2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Larry Brown L. Brown	1,689	1	1972	WAS	12	140.8	12	1,216	101.3	8	473	39.4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	1,580	1	1962	GB	14	112.9	19	1,474	105.3	19	106	7.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	1,203	1	2019	BAL	15	80.2	7	1,206	80.4	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,133	1	1957	CLE	12	94.4	10	942	78.5	9	55	4.6	1	136	11.3	0	0	0.0	0
19	Lamar Jackson L. Jackson	814	1	2023	BAL	16	50.9	5	821	51.3	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	742	1	1961	GB	12	61.8	10	597	49.8	8	145	12.1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Cam Newton C. Newton	626	1	2015	CAR	16	39.1	10	636	39.8	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Josh Allen J. Allen	538	1	2024	BUF	17	31.6	13	531	31.2	12	7	0.4	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Steve Young S. Young	524	1	1992	SF	16	32.8	4	537	33.6	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	361	1	2022	KC	17	21.2	4	358	21.1	4	6	0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	John Elway J. Elway	303	1	1987	DEN	12	25.3	4	304	25.3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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