what rb had most all purpose yards in 1997

Barry Sanders gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in 1997, with 2,358 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,358
1997
16
2,053
335
6.1
128.3
11
305
33
9.2
19.1
3
2Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,081
1997
16
107
23
4.7
6.7
1
438
36
12.2
27.4
1
3Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,030
1997
15
1,750
369
4.7
116.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
4Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
1,798
1997
16
1,435
329
4.4
89.7
7
370
53
7.0
23.1
5
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,775
1997
15
1,665
375
4.4
111.0
7
110
15
7.3
7.3
2
6Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
1,697
1997
16
1,294
272
4.8
80.9
6
403
40
10.1
25.2
2
7Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
1,637
1997
16
418
70
6.0
26.1
5
143
24
6.0
8.9
1
8Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,617
1997
16
978
224
4.4
61.1
4
462
39
11.8
28.9
3
9Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,574
1997
16
1,129
233
4.8
70.6
10
259
27
9.6
16.2
0
10Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,550
1997
16
1,110
285
3.9
69.4
7
440
48
9.2
27.5
0
11Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
1,546
1997
16
60
20
3.0
3.8
1
203
19
10.7
12.7
1
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,525
1997
16
1,054
264
4.0
65.9
7
471
47
10.0
29.4
1
13Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,463
1997
14
1,266
232
5.5
90.4
6
197
37
5.3
14.1
1
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,456
1997
13
1,160
274
4.2
89.2
4
296
41
7.2
22.8
1
15Eddie George
E. George
1,443
1997
16
1,399
357
3.9
87.4
6
44
7
6.3
2.8
1
16David Palmer
D. Palmer
1,384
1997
16
36
11
3.3
2.3
1
193
26
7.4
12.1
1
17Byron Hanspard
B. Hanspard
1,375
1997
16
335
53
6.3
20.9
0
53
6
8.8
3.3
1
18Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,336
1997
16
20
6
3.3
1.3
0
149
14
10.6
9.3
2
19Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,308
1997
16
1,074
261
4.1
67.1
4
234
40
5.9
14.6
0
20Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
1,286
1997
16
1,002
290
3.5
62.6
7
284
29
9.8
17.8
3
21Vaughn Hebron
V. Hebron
1,267
1997
16
222
49
4.5
13.9
1
36
3
12.0
2.3
0
22Leon Johnson
L. Johnson
1,238
1997
16
158
48
3.3
9.9
2
142
16
8.9
8.9
0
23Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1,213
1997
13
1,019
234
4.4
78.4
4
194
21
9.2
14.9
2
24Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
1,192
1997
16
1,086
300
3.6
67.9
7
106
27
3.9
6.6
0
25Duce Staley
D. Staley
1,190
1997
16
29
7
4.1
1.8
0
22
2
11.0
1.4
0

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