top rushing running backs seasons

Frank Gore ran for 16,000 yards in his career.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
16
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
2Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
1,727
16
234
429
4.0
7.4
15
1,543
210
271
7.3
6.6
9
3Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
807
16
239
226
3.6
3.4
6
1,086
199
205
5.5
4.5
12
4Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
1,273
16
194
304
4.2
6.6
8
211
35
0
6.0
1.1
0
5Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
16
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
15
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
15
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
8Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
3,552
14
183
732
4.9
19.4
23
4,840
553
748
8.8
26.4
32
9Mack Strong
M. Strong
909
14
201
230
4.0
4.5
5
1,456
218
241
6.7
7.2
10
10Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,967
14
223
388
5.1
8.8
12
2,336
255
74
9.2
10.5
4
11Earnest Byner
E. Byner
8,261
14
211
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10,273
14
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
13Mosi Tatupu
M. Tatupu
2,415
14
199
612
3.9
12.1
18
843
96
8.8
4.2
2
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
14
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Bill Brown
B. Brown
5,838
14
194
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
16Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
14
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
17Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
234
13
206
69
3.4
1.1
6
2,877
305
406
9.4
14.0
20
18Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
3,607
13
161
864
4.2
22.4
16
3,701
431
571
8.6
23.0
15
19Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
13
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
20Zack Crockett
Z. Crockett
1,701
13
175
510
3.3
9.7
36
680
96
97
7.1
3.9
2
21Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
13
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
22Larry Centers
L. Centers
2,036
13
182
590
3.5
11.2
14
6,194
761
386
8.1
34.0
25
23Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
13
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
24Keith Byars
K. Byars
3,109
13
189
865
3.6
16.4
23
5,661
610
9.3
30.0
31
25Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
13
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
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PASS

2,167

Purdy

Brock Purdy

RUSH

1,202

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

924

McCaffrey

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Team Rankings

PPG

25.7

10th

OPP PPG

21.8

13th

RUSH YDS/G

106.9

24th

PASS YDS/G

254.0

6th

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176
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9/10
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8:35 PM
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9/20
@
4:25 PM
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9/27
@
4:05 PM
Sun
10/4
@
4:25 PM
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10/11
@
4:25 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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10-20
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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8:20 PM
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9/10
@
8:35 PM
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9/13
@
1:00 PM
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9/13
@
1:00 PM
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9/13
@
1:00 PM