running back with most 1250 yard seasons

Barry Sanders and Walter Payton were tied for playing the most seasons by a running back with 1,250+ rushing yards, with 9 seasons.

Interpreted as:

running back with most 1250 or more rushing yard seasons

	NAME	SEAS	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	9	14,154	142	2,819	5.0	99.7	96	2,716	316		8.6	19.1	10
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	9	13,696	140	3,009	4.6	97.8	92	3,418	353		9.7	24.4	12
3	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	7	10,630	107	2,152	4.9	99.3	85	1,780	218	301	8.2	16.6	4
4	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	7	10,748	108	2,414	4.5	99.5	109	2,017	331	32	6.1	18.7	8
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	7	10,374	92	1,927	5.4	112.8	84	1,927	199		9.7	20.9	14
6	Clinton Portis C. Portis	6	8,679	92	1,925	4.5	94.3	65	1,736	216	291	8.0	18.9	4
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	6	9,414	95	2,026	4.6	99.1	105	3,008	399	547	7.5	31.7	14
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	6	8,756	95	2,131	4.1	92.2	51	1,712	254	226	6.7	18.0	4
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	6	9,992	91	2,158	4.6	109.8	70	1,507	182		8.3	16.6	4
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	5	8,621	81	1,662	5.2	106.4	78	1,061	104	139	10.2	13.1	4
11	Edgerrin James E. James	5	7,575	76	1,760	4.3	99.7	59	2,292	271	355	8.5	30.2	10
12	Eddie George E. George	5	6,874	80	1,763	3.9	85.9	42	1,447	164	129	8.8	18.1	8
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	5	6,723	76	1,404	4.8	88.5	54	4,073	389	320	10.5	53.6	27
14	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	5	7,758	76	1,726	4.5	102.1	67	561	94		6.0	7.4	0
15	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	4	5,502	62	1,133	4.9	88.7	44	1,365	178	227	7.7	22.0	6
16	Tiki Barber T. Barber	4	6,427	64	1,310	4.9	100.4	38	2,170	233	325	9.3	33.9	4
17	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	4	6,329	64	1,358	4.7	98.9	71	886	124	185	7.1	13.8	9
18	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4	5,696	63	1,314	4.3	90.4	36	787	110	169	7.2	12.5	4
19	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4	6,061	63	1,302	4.7	96.2	35	1,191	130	173	9.2	18.9	3
20	Stephen Davis S. Davis	4	5,599	59	1,296	4.3	94.9	41	788	98	131	8.0	13.4	0
21	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	4	5,866	63	1,344	4.4	93.1	33	573	76	19	7.5	9.1	2
22	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4	5,506	63	1,226	4.5	87.4	33	2,176	217		10.0	34.5	10
23	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4	5,603	63	1,256	4.5	88.9	31	1,462	182		8.0	23.2	3
24	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4	5,599	64	1,226	4.6	87.5	26	1,439	155		9.3	22.5	8
25	O.J. Simpson	4	6,574	56	1,243	5.3	117.4	42	953	83		11.5	17.0	8

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