nfl rushing yard leaders 1989 to 1992

Between the 1989 and 1992 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards, with 5,674 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5,674
62
1,189
4.8
91.5
52
1,294
130
10.0
20.9
5
2Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
5,435
63
1,169
4.6
86.3
33
2,458
229
10.7
39.0
16
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,213
48
979
4.3
87.8
41
821
132
6.2
17.1
2
4Earnest Byner
E. Byner
3,845
64
967
4.0
60.1
24
1,383
158
8.8
21.6
4
5Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
3,764
58
984
3.8
64.9
34
74
10
7.4
1.3
0
6Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
3,682
60
900
4.1
61.4
32
1,685
181
9.3
28.1
16
7Herschel Walker
H. Walker
3,580
63
899
4.0
56.8
30
1,220
146
8.4
19.4
8
8Marion Butts
M. Butts
3,551
60
846
4.2
59.2
27
302
42
7.2
5.0
1
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,253
52
834
3.9
62.6
15
657
103
6.4
12.6
3
10James Brooks
J. Brooks
2,858
53
586
4.9
53.9
14
922
105
8.8
17.4
8
11Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
2,857
51
695
4.1
56.0
15
815
100
8.2
16.0
2
12Lorenzo White
L. White
2,742
61
647
4.2
45.0
24
1,257
129
9.7
20.6
5
13Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
2,655
45
622
4.3
59.0
26
772
103
7.5
17.2
2
14Roger Craig
R. Craig
2,499
57
679
3.7
43.8
12
974
113
8.6
17.1
1
15Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
2,403
48
657
3.7
50.1
18
566
75
7.5
11.8
0
16Barry Foster
B. Foster
2,381
42
522
4.6
56.7
13
463
46
10.1
11.0
1
17Cleveland Gary
C. Gary
2,341
51
588
4.0
45.9
23
566
97
5.8
11.1
4
18Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
2,326
41
608
3.8
56.7
15
569
68
8.4
13.9
2
19Barry Word
B. Word
2,306
44
527
4.4
52.4
12
121
15
8.1
2.8
0
20John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
2,293
63
635
3.6
36.4
9
2,411
284
8.5
38.3
9
21Harold Green
H. Green
2,254
42
506
4.5
53.7
5
440
69
6.4
10.5
1
22Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
2,243
48
628
3.6
46.7
20
1,231
135
9.1
25.6
11
23Merril Hoge
M. Hoge
2,153
64
595
3.6
33.6
17
1,223
151
8.1
19.1
5
24Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
2,112
48
309
6.8
44.0
14
0
0
0.0
0
25Kevin Mack
K. Mack
2,101
44
561
3.7
47.8
20
703
97
7.2
16.0
4
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
3
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.750
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3
1
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5
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
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.833
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4
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.636
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.545
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.727
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4
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9
2
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4
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.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
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8
4
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.667
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6
5
1
.542
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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9
3
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.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
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.545
Panthers Panthers
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6
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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.727

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9/3
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11/30
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