player with most rushing yards in 11th season

Walter Payton rushed for the most yards by a player in his 11th season, with 1,551 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,551	1985	CHI	16	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49		9.9	30.2	2
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,203	2000	DAL	16	294	4.1	75.2	9	79	11	14	7.2	4.9	0
3	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	1,048	1964	PIT	14	235	4.5	74.9	7	69	17		4.1	4.9	1
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,023	1989	NYG	16	325	3.1	63.9	14	268	28		9.6	16.8	0
5	Frank Gore F. Gore	967	2015	IND	16	260	3.7	60.4	6	267	34	58	7.9	16.7	1
6	Thomas Jones T. Jones	896	2010	KC	16	245	3.7	56.0	6	122	14	20	8.7	7.6	0
7	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	837	1979	MIA	16	220	3.8	52.3	12	75	16		4.7	4.7	1
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	811	2003	PIT	16	246	3.3	50.7	7	86	13	22	6.6	5.4	0
9	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	774	2004	STL	14	195	4.0	55.3	3	310	50	65	6.2	22.1	1
10	Curtis Martin C. Martin	735	2005	NYJ	12	220	3.3	61.3	5	118	24	30	4.9	9.8	0
11	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	720	2007	ATL	16	227	3.2	45.0	4	238	37	59	6.4	14.9	0
12	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	707	2014	ATL	15	190	3.7	47.1	6	148	20	27	7.4	9.9	0
13	Tom Matte T. Matte	607	1971	BAL	14	173	3.5	43.4	8	239	29		8.2	17.1	0
14	Franco Harris F. Harris	604	1982	PIT	9	140	4.3	67.1	2	249	31		8.0	27.7	0
15	James Brooks J. Brooks	571	1991	CIN	15	152	3.8	38.1	2	348	40		8.7	23.2	2
16	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	556	2008	JAX	13	143	3.9	42.8	1	98	16	22	6.1	7.5	0
17	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	554	2021	TOT	14	160	3.5	39.6	2	162	27	35	6.0	11.6	0
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	553	1982	WAS	8	177	3.1	69.1	3	50	10		5.0	6.3	0
19	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	529	2017	TOT	10	156	3.4	52.9	2	70	11	19	6.4	7.0	0
20	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	465	2019	KC	13	101	4.6	35.8	4	181	28	34	6.5	13.9	1
21	O.J. Simpson	460	1979	SF	13	120	3.8	35.4	3	46	7		6.6	3.5	0
22	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	456	1987	DAL	12	130	3.5	38.0	1	177	19		9.3	14.8	1
23	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	448	1986	KC	15	139	3.2	29.9	2	56	8		7.0	3.7	0
24	Ricky Williams R. Williams	444	2011	BAL	16	108	4.1	27.8	2	83	13	20	6.4	5.2	0
25	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	438	2016	PHI	15	94	4.7	29.2	2	427	52	71	8.2	28.5	2

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