nfl player most rushing yards from 1987 to 1990

Between the 1987 and 1990 seasons, Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards, with 4,935 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4,935
54
1,151
4.3
91.4
31
851
102
8.3
15.8
2
2Herschel Walker
H. Walker
4,090
60
1,004
4.1
68.2
24
1,958
188
10.4
32.6
9
3Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
4,045
58
912
4.4
69.7
36
1,756
178
9.9
30.3
10
4Roger Craig
R. Craig
3,810
57
937
4.1
66.8
19
1,700
216
7.9
29.8
3
5James Brooks
J. Brooks
3,464
56
692
5.0
61.9
21
1,134
114
9.9
20.3
14
6Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
3,422
47
776
4.4
72.8
19
1,409
127
11.1
30.0
8
7Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
3,418
50
877
3.9
68.4
25
255
38
6.7
5.1
0
8Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
2,977
54
731
4.1
55.1
18
424
55
7.7
7.9
1
9Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
2,877
50
761
3.8
57.5
25
1,238
123
10.1
24.8
8
10John Stephens
J. Stephens
2,809
46
753
3.7
61.1
13
501
63
8.0
10.9
1
11Earnest Byner
E. Byner
2,807
60
693
4.1
46.8
24
1,865
196
9.5
31.1
7
12Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
2,782
38
515
5.4
73.2
16
352
40
8.8
9.3
2
13Curt Warner
C. Warner
2,780
51
743
3.7
54.5
22
474
62
7.6
9.3
5
14Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,774
31
535
5.2
89.5
27
762
60
12.7
24.6
3
15Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
2,692
60
391
6.9
44.9
18
-3
1
-3.0
-0.1
0
16Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
2,672
43
640
4.2
62.1
13
497
61
8.1
11.6
0
17Greg Bell
G. Bell
2,599
42
629
4.1
61.9
32
312
53
5.9
7.4
3
18John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
2,590
59
635
4.1
43.9
9
2,427
245
9.9
41.1
12
19Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,560
51
671
3.8
50.2
26
1,093
120
9.1
21.4
2
20Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
2,353
31
582
4.0
75.9
14
308
46
6.7
9.9
1
21Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
2,284
52
519
4.4
43.9
14
1,090
105
10.4
21.0
3
22Merril Hoge
M. Hoge
2,106
61
562
3.7
34.5
18
1,197
131
9.1
19.6
7
23Johnny Hector
J. Hector
2,075
57
516
4.0
36.4
26
888
104
8.5
15.6
2
24Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
2,055
43
551
3.7
47.8
15
292
38
7.7
6.8
0
25Kevin Mack
K. Mack
2,052
41
519
4.0
50.0
14
677
87
7.8
16.5
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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