what rb has the most total yds through first season

Gale Sayers gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in his first season, with 2,272 yards.

NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,272
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
2Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
2,250
16
941
166
5.7
58.8
13
436
46
62
9.5
27.3
2
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,212
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
4Edgerrin James
E. James
2,139
16
1,553
369
4.2
97.1
13
586
62
87
9.5
36.6
4
5Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
2,100
14
875
156
5.6
62.5
9
576
55
10.5
41.1
3
6James Brooks
J. Brooks
2,093
14
525
109
4.8
37.5
3
329
46
7.2
23.5
3
7Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2,028
16
1,307
261
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,021
14
1,341
238
5.6
95.8
12
268
19
28
14.1
19.1
1
9Charlie Rogers
C. Rogers
1,992
15
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
10Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,987
15
1,631
322
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
11Vic Washington
V. Washington
1,986
14
811
191
4.2
57.9
3
317
36
8.8
22.6
4
12Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1,947
16
175
31
5.6
10.9
0
35
6
5.8
2.2
1
13Doug Martin
D. Martin
1,926
16
1,454
319
4.6
90.9
11
472
49
70
9.6
29.5
1
14David Wilson
D. Wilson
1,925
16
358
71
5.0
22.4
4
34
4
9
8.5
2.1
1
15Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,913
16
1,605
331
4.8
100.3
8
308
41
7.5
19.3
2
16Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
1,909
14
691
137
5.0
49.4
5
267
29
9.2
19.1
2
17Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,907
16
1,303
313
4.2
81.4
13
621
51
12.2
38.8
3
18Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
1,901
16
728
120
6.1
45.5
8
826
81
100
10.2
51.6
5
19Billy Grimes
B. Grimes
1,896
12
480
84
5.7
40.0
5
261
17
15.4
21.8
1
20Tony Collins
T. Collins
1,893
16
873
204
4.3
54.6
7
232
26
8.9
14.5
0
21Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,872
16
1,508
273
5.5
94.3
15
364
33
48
11.0
22.8
2
22Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,870
15
1,470
280
5.3
98.0
14
282
24
11.8
18.8
0
23Bruce Harper
B. Harper
1,867
14
198
44
4.5
14.1
0
209
21
10.0
14.9
1
24Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
1,857
16
597
143
4.2
37.3
2
183
25
38
7.3
11.4
1
25B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
1,847
16
19
4
4.8
1.2
1
2
1
5
2.0
0.1
0

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