nfl rushing leaders 1989 to 1993

Between the 1989 and 1993 seasons, Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards, with 6,789 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6,789
73
1,432
4.7
93.0
55
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
2Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
6,750
79
1,524
4.4
85.4
39
2,845
277
10.3
36.0
16
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
5,699
62
1,262
4.5
91.9
50
1,235
189
6.5
19.9
3
4Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
4,328
75
1,102
3.9
57.7
36
1,845
212
8.7
24.6
16
5Herschel Walker
H. Walker
4,326
79
1,073
4.0
54.8
31
1,830
221
8.3
23.2
11
6Marion Butts
M. Butts
4,297
76
1,031
4.2
56.5
31
407
57
7.1
5.4
1
7Earnest Byner
E. Byner
3,950
80
990
4.0
49.4
25
1,577
185
8.5
19.7
4
8Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
3,764
58
984
3.8
64.9
34
74
10
7.4
1.3
0
9Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
3,732
57
914
4.1
65.5
31
982
121
8.1
17.2
2
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,344
56
860
3.9
59.7
15
715
109
6.6
12.8
3
11Lorenzo White
L. White
3,207
69
778
4.1
46.5
26
1,486
163
9.1
21.5
5
12Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
3,147
56
806
3.9
56.2
18
1,210
135
9.0
21.6
3
13Barry Foster
B. Foster
3,092
51
699
4.4
60.6
21
680
73
9.3
13.3
2
14Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
3,061
60
878
3.5
51.0
21
627
84
7.5
10.5
1
15James Brooks
J. Brooks
2,858
53
586
4.9
53.9
14
922
105
8.8
17.4
8
16Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
2,857
51
695
4.1
56.0
15
815
100
8.2
16.0
2
17Harold Green
H. Green
2,843
57
721
3.9
49.9
5
555
91
6.1
9.7
1
18Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
2,807
54
627
4.5
52.0
21
844
96
8.8
15.6
1
19Barry Word
B. Word
2,764
57
669
4.1
48.5
14
226
24
9.4
4.0
0
20Mark Higgs
M. Higgs
2,764
73
732
3.8
37.9
14
303
40
7.6
4.2
0
21John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
2,664
79
717
3.7
33.7
12
2,861
342
8.4
36.2
10
22Cleveland Gary
C. Gary
2,634
66
667
3.9
39.9
24
855
133
6.4
13.0
5
23Roger Craig
R. Craig
2,618
71
717
3.7
36.9
13
1,143
132
8.7
16.1
2
24Brad Baxter
B. Baxter
2,462
64
634
3.9
38.5
30
387
44
8.8
6.0
0
25Leonard Russell
L. Russell
2,437
43
689
3.5
56.7
13
350
55
6.4
8.1
0
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