running back with most 1000 yard seasons in the 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Eric Dickerson played the most seasons by a running back with 1,000+ rushing yards, with 7 seasons.

Interpreted as:
running back with most 1000 or more rushing yard seasons in the 1980s
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
7
11,226
105
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
6
8,671
96
1,996
4.3
90.3
46
2,586
271
9.5
26.9
10
3Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
5
6,195
78
1,539
4.0
79.4
43
2,033
239
8.5
26.1
3
4Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
5
6,648
79
1,516
4.4
84.2
36
1,783
203
8.8
22.6
7
5Curt Warner
C. Warner
4
5,049
64
1,211
4.2
78.9
44
1,128
152
7.4
17.6
4
6George Rogers
G. Rogers
4
5,114
59
1,168
4.4
86.7
43
248
35
7.1
4.2
0
7Roger Craig
R. Craig
3
3,606
48
795
4.5
75.1
24
2,023
217
9.3
42.1
8
8Joe Morris
J. Morris
3
3,935
47
942
4.2
83.7
40
611
65
9.4
13.0
1
9Greg Bell
G. Bell
3
3,449
48
822
4.2
71.9
38
486
77
6.3
10.1
3
10Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
3
4,532
47
1,093
4.1
96.4
32
680
99
6.9
14.5
0
11Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3
3,941
48
921
4.3
82.1
33
1,903
199
9.6
39.6
10
12William Andrews
W. Andrews
3
4,176
48
885
4.7
87.0
21
1,800
191
9.4
37.5
7
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
3
4,611
45
1,056
4.4
102.5
35
419
66
6.3
9.3
0
14Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
3
3,413
47
826
4.1
72.6
17
1,542
149
10.3
32.8
15
15Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
3
3,321
47
789
4.2
70.7
23
1,070
156
6.9
22.8
3
16Billy Sims
B. Sims
3
3,780
43
829
4.6
87.9
33
1,491
121
12.3
34.7
5
17Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
2
2,381
32
523
4.6
74.4
23
805
89
9.0
25.2
4
18James Brooks
J. Brooks
2
2,326
32
426
5.5
72.7
12
992
91
10.9
31.0
6
19Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
2
2,207
32
578
3.8
69.0
13
348
49
7.1
10.9
2
20Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
2
2,401
26
523
4.6
92.3
8
721
63
11.4
27.7
3
21James Wilder
J. Wilder
2
2,844
32
772
3.7
88.9
23
1,026
138
7.4
32.1
0
22John Riggins
J. Riggins
2
2,586
29
702
3.7
89.2
38
72
12
6.0
2.5
0
23Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
2
2,336
31
506
4.6
75.4
19
666
73
9.1
21.5
7
24Dalton Hilliard
D. Hilliard
1
1,262
16
344
3.7
78.9
13
514
52
9.9
32.1
5
25Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
1
1,151
16
294
3.9
71.9
7
156
22
7.1
9.8
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10
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3
14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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11
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.353
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11
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14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
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9
1
.441
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12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176