what nfl running back has lead the league in rushing the most individual seasons

Frank Gore rushed 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
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
16
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
3Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
1,727
16
234
429
4.0
7.4
15
1,543
210
271
7.3
6.6
9
4Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
1,273
16
194
304
4.2
6.6
8
211
35
0
6.0
1.1
0
5Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
807
16
239
226
3.6
3.4
6
1,086
199
205
5.5
4.5
12
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
15
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
15
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
8John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
14
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
9Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10,273
14
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
10Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
14
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
11Earnest Byner
E. Byner
8,261
14
211
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
12Bill Brown
B. Brown
5,838
14
194
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
13Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
3,552
14
183
732
4.9
19.4
23
4,840
553
748
8.8
26.4
32
14Mosi Tatupu
M. Tatupu
2,415
14
199
612
3.9
12.1
18
843
96
8.8
4.2
2
15Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,967
14
223
388
5.1
8.8
12
2,336
255
74
9.2
10.5
4
16Mack Strong
M. Strong
909
14
201
230
4.0
4.5
5
1,456
218
241
6.7
7.2
10
17Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
13
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
18Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
13
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
19Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
13
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
20Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
13
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
21Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
13
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
22John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
6,803
13
143
1,571
4.3
47.6
48
1,478
186
7.9
10.3
7
23Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
5,281
13
143
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
24Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
3,772
13
173
964
3.9
21.8
47
1,022
121
8.4
5.9
5
25Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
3,607
13
161
864
4.2
22.4
16
3,701
431
571
8.6
23.0
15
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PPG

23.6

16th

OPP PPG

20.7

8th

RUSH YDS/G

98.5

25th

PASS YDS/G

253.7

7th

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3
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Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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9/6
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