record for most rushing yards in 1990

Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards in 1990, with 1,304 yards.

Interpreted as:
record for most rushing yards by a player in 1990
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,304
1990
DET DET
16
255
5.1
81.5
13
480
36
13.3
30.0
3
2Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,297
1990
BUF BUF
16
271
4.8
81.1
11
532
49
10.9
33.3
2
3Marion Butts
M. Butts
1,225
1990
SD SD
14
265
4.6
87.5
8
117
16
7.3
8.4
0
4Earnest Byner
E. Byner
1,219
1990
WAS WAS
16
297
4.1
76.2
6
279
31
9.0
17.4
1
5Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
1,202
1990
DEN DEN
15
288
4.2
80.1
7
152
24
6.3
10.1
0
6Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
1,078
1990
CHI CHI
15
260
4.1
71.9
10
484
42
11.5
32.3
3
7Barry Word
B. Word
1,015
1990
KC KC
16
204
5.0
63.4
4
28
4
7.0
1.8
0
8James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,004
1990
CIN CIN
16
195
5.1
62.8
5
269
26
10.3
16.8
4
9Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
942
1990
PHI PHI
16
118
8.0
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
1990
DAL DAL
16
241
3.9
58.6
11
228
24
9.5
14.3
0
11Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
926
1990
PHX PHX
14
234
4.0
66.1
5
241
25
9.6
17.2
0
12Derrick Fenner
D. Fenner
859
1990
SEA SEA
16
215
4.0
53.7
14
143
17
8.4
8.9
1
13Sammie Smith
S. Smith
831
1990
MIA MIA
16
226
3.7
51.9
8
134
11
12.2
8.4
1
14Cleveland Gary
C. Gary
808
1990
RAM RAM
15
204
4.0
53.9
14
150
30
5.0
10.0
1
15John Stephens
J. Stephens
808
1990
NE NE
16
212
3.8
50.5
2
196
28
7.0
12.3
1
16Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
805
1990
KC KC
14
245
3.3
57.5
7
23
4
5.8
1.6
0
17Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
784
1990
NYG NYG
16
225
3.5
49.0
11
139
18
7.7
8.7
0
18Merril Hoge
M. Hoge
772
1990
PIT PIT
16
203
3.8
48.3
7
342
40
8.6
21.4
3
19Herschel Walker
H. Walker
770
1990
MIN MIN
16
184
4.2
48.1
5
315
35
9.0
19.7
4
20Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
717
1990
TOT
16
163
4.4
44.8
3
105
13
8.1
6.6
0
21John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
714
1990
SEA SEA
16
187
3.8
44.6
3
699
73
9.6
43.7
0
22Kevin Mack
K. Mack
702
1990
CLE CLE
14
158
4.4
50.1
5
360
42
8.6
25.7
2
23Lorenzo White
L. White
702
1990
HOU HOU
16
168
4.2
43.9
8
368
39
9.4
23.0
4
24Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
698
1990
RAI RAI
10
125
5.6
69.8
5
68
6
11.3
6.8
0
25Heath Sherman
H. Sherman
685
1990
PHI PHI
14
164
4.2
48.9
1
167
23
7.3
11.9
3
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135.8

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256.7

6th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
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8
5
0
.615
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5
8
0
.385
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Sun
12/14
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4:25 PM
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12/21
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4:25 PM
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12/25
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MIN MIN
4:30 PM
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1/4
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CHI CHI
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
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.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
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.538
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AFC WestWLTPCT
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2
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NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
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.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
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6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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.769

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Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
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Sat
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ARI ARI
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NO NO
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Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
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DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
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SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
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HOU HOU
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Thu
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12/14
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12/14
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12/14
ARI ARI
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HOU HOU
1:00 PM