Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards by a running back in 1994, with 1,883 yards.

Showing:

Regular season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,883	1994	DET	16	331	5.7	117.7	7	283	44	6.4	17.7	1
2	Chris Warren C. Warren	1,545	1994	SEA	16	333	4.6	96.6	9	323	41	7.9	20.2	2
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,484	1994	DAL	15	368	4.0	98.9	21	341	50	6.8	22.7	1
4	Natrone Means N. Means	1,350	1994	SD	16	343	3.9	84.4	12	235	39	6.0	14.7	0
5	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,282	1994	IND	16	314	4.1	80.1	11	522	52	10.0	32.6	1
6	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1,093	1994	BUF	15	287	3.8	72.9	7	349	50	7.0	23.3	2
7	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	1,075	1994	NYG	14	327	3.3	76.8	6	103	14	7.4	7.4	0
8	Terry Allen T. Allen	1,031	1994	MIN	16	255	4.0	64.4	8	148	17	8.7	9.3	0
9	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,025	1994	RAM	16	319	3.2	64.1	3	293	31	9.5	18.3	1
10	Errict Rhett E. Rhett	1,011	1994	TB	16	284	3.6	63.2	7	119	22	5.4	7.4	0
11	Harvey Williams H. Williams	983	1994	RAI	16	282	3.5	61.4	4	391	47	8.3	24.4	3
12	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	931	1994	NYJ	16	240	3.9	58.2	3	303	42	7.2	18.9	2
13	Lewis Tillman L. Tillman	899	1994	CHI	16	275	3.3	56.2	7	222	27	8.2	13.9	0
14	Leroy Hoard L. Hoard	890	1994	CLE	16	209	4.3	55.6	5	445	45	9.9	27.8	4
15	Ricky Watters R. Watters	877	1994	SF	16	239	3.7	54.8	6	719	66	10.9	44.9	5
16	Bernie Parmalee B. Parmalee	868	1994	MIA	15	216	4.0	57.9	6	249	34	7.3	16.6	1
17	Barry Foster B. Foster	851	1994	PIT	11	216	3.9	77.4	5	124	20	6.2	11.3	0
18	Bam Morris B. Morris	836	1994	PIT	15	198	4.2	55.7	7	204	22	9.3	13.6	0
19	Ronald Moore R. Moore	780	1994	ARI	16	232	3.4	48.8	4	52	8	6.5	3.3	1
20	Craig Heyward C. Heyward	779	1994	ATL	16	183	4.3	48.7	7	335	32	10.5	20.9	1
21	Lorenzo White L. White	757	1994	HOU	15	191	4.0	50.5	3	188	21	9.0	12.5	1
22	Marcus Allen M. Allen	709	1994	KC	13	189	3.8	54.5	7	349	42	8.3	26.8	0
23	Marion Butts M. Butts	703	1994	NE	16	243	2.9	43.9	8	54	9	6.0	3.4	0
24	Ricky Ervins R. Ervins	650	1994	WAS	16	185	3.5	40.6	3	293	51	5.7	18.3	1
25	Gary Brown G. Brown	648	1994	HOU	12	169	3.8	54.0	4	194	18	10.8	16.2	1

Unlock 2x data

StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More NFL News

CeeDee Lamb’s late TD caps a wild Cowboys rally to beat winless Texans 34-30

Oct 4, 2026

Rams rally behind Stafford, Williams from 10 points down in 4th quarter to beat Eagles 24-20

Oct 4, 2026

Ravens beat Titans 24-18 despite Lamar Jackson's ankle injury. Henry scores against his old team

Oct 4, 2026

Kyle Monangai scores 2 TDs as the Chicago Bears beat the New York Jets 23-12

Oct 4, 2026

Winston throws 3 touchdown passes and Banks' pick-6 seals Giants' 36-24 win over Cardinals

Oct 4, 2026

Trevor Lawrence finally gets 1st win over Bengals as Jaguars hold on for 22-17 victory

Oct 4, 2026

More Lions Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

802

Goff

RUSH

307

Gibbs

REC

228

St. Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

31.0

3rd

OPP PPG

31.7

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.7

9th

PASS YDS/G

267.3

8th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	3	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	.750
Lions	2	1	.667
Packers	2	2	.500

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	DET	@	CAR	8:20 PM
Sun 10/11	DET	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	GB	@	DET	4:25 PM
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DET	@	MIA	1:00 PM

Last Game

Jets

1 - 2

Final

Lions

2 - 1

Sun 27 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,189

Stafford

1,171

Burrow

1,141

Stroud

Rush Yards Leaders

421

Cook

374

Henry

360

Walker

Rec Yards Leaders

498

Lamb

405

Smith-Njigba

401

Higgins

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

7

Henry

6

Taylor

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

119.6

Jackson

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.5

Anderson

4.5

Watt

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.7

31.8

31.0

30.5

29.7

29.3

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

13.7

16.3

16.7

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

416.3

399.3

395.0

392.7

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

173.0

153.5

153.3

139.0

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

300.5

292.8

285.3

276.0

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

10.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

83.8

Henry

80.3

Gibbs

76.2

Taylor

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

75.2

Lamb

57.1

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

36.2

McBride

35.4

Kittle

35.1

Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

47

McPherson

41

Aubrey

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

3-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3

0-4

0-2-1

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	2	0	.500
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	4	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	DET	@	CAR	8:20 PM
Mon 10/5	ATL	@	NO	8:15 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/11	PHI	@	JAX	9:30 AM
Sun 10/11	CLE	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards by a running back in 1994, with 1,883 yards.

Related Searches

More NFL News

More Lions Stats

802

307

228

NFL 2026 Leaders

1,189

1,171

1,141

421

374

360

498

405

401

9

9

8

7

7

6

6

5

4

133.1

127.3

119.6

6.0

4.5

4.5

NFL 2026 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2026

83.8

80.3

76.2

77.1

75.2

57.1

36.2

35.4

35.1

54

47

41

NFL 2026 Betting

NFL 2026 Standings

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule