players with the most rushing yards in a single seasons

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards when playing >0 seasons, with 18,355 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEAS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18,355	15	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	13	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	16	241	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	10	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,918	15	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	11	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	11	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	13	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	11	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	12,892	10	152	2,642	4.9	84.8	122	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	12	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	9	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	12	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
14	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	11	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	16	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	13	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	13	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	13	153	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	12	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
20	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	14	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	10	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
22	O.J. Simpson	11,236	11	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	12	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	12	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	10	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13

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