nfl rushing leaders 1995 to 1998

Between the 1995 and 1998 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards, with 6,597 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6,597
64
1,299
5.1
103.1
37
1,139
142
8.0
17.8
4
2Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,413
61
1,343
4.8
105.1
56
1,181
152
7.8
19.4
5
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
5,383
63
1,284
4.2
85.4
54
1,033
176
5.9
16.4
5
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
5,086
60
1,327
3.8
84.8
40
1,255
160
7.8
20.9
6
5Ricky Watters
R. Watters
5,033
64
1,294
3.9
78.6
40
1,691
213
7.9
26.4
1
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
4,918
61
1,194
4.1
80.6
24
428
71
6.0
7.0
2
7Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4,506
61
1,053
4.3
73.9
12
1,103
101
10.9
18.1
6
8Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
4,172
62
1,067
3.9
67.3
22
821
133
6.2
13.2
5
9Terry Allen
T. Allen
4,086
52
1,043
3.9
78.6
37
726
100
7.3
14.0
2
10Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
4,064
64
971
4.2
63.5
27
1,118
109
10.3
17.5
6
11Eddie George
E. George
4,061
48
1,040
3.9
84.6
19
536
67
8.0
11.2
2
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4,038
61
1,075
3.8
66.2
31
2,282
245
9.3
37.4
8
13Robert Smith
R. Smith
3,777
45
782
4.8
83.9
20
562
79
7.1
12.5
3
14Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
3,579
61
747
4.8
58.7
10
799
96
8.3
13.1
3
15Chris Warren
C. Warren
3,339
54
772
4.3
61.8
28
843
133
6.3
15.6
2
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
3,062
59
795
3.9
51.9
17
902
108
8.4
15.3
3
17Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
2,968
47
860
3.5
63.1
32
502
73
6.9
10.7
1
18Natrone Means
N. Means
2,943
48
794
3.7
61.3
21
286
45
6.4
6.0
1
19Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
2,577
48
711
3.6
53.7
7
1,033
120
8.6
21.5
5
20Bam Morris
B. Morris
2,559
47
656
3.9
54.4
25
549
74
7.4
11.7
1
21Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
2,499
54
601
4.2
46.3
16
1,192
159
7.5
22.1
14
22Gary Brown
G. Brown
2,301
41
586
3.9
56.1
9
189
40
4.7
4.6
0
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,259
31
495
4.6
72.9
14
437
55
7.9
14.1
1
24Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,225
48
537
4.1
46.4
25
566
65
8.7
11.8
0
25Mario Bates
M. Bates
2,140
58
587
3.6
36.9
21
214
37
5.8
3.7
0
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