what running back had the most 1.000 yard rushing seasons

Frank Gore, Tony Richardson and Marcus Allen are tied for playing the most seasons by a running back when rushing for 1+ yard, with 16 seasons.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
16
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
2Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
16
1,727
234
429
4.0
7.4
15
1,543
210
271
7.3
6.6
9
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
16
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
15
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
5Lorenzo Neal
L. Neal
15
809
223
225
3.6
3.6
6
1,055
190
192
5.6
4.7
10
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
7Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
14
3,552
183
732
4.9
19.4
23
4,840
553
748
8.8
26.4
32
8Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
14
1,273
177
304
4.2
7.2
8
211
35
0
6.0
1.2
0
9Earnest Byner
E. Byner
14
8,261
211
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
10Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
14
10,273
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
11John Riggins
J. Riggins
14
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
12Bill Brown
B. Brown
14
5,838
194
1,649
3.5
30.1
52
3,183
286
11.1
16.4
23
13Joe Perry
J. Perry
14
8,378
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
14Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
13
3,607
161
864
4.2
22.4
16
3,701
431
571
8.6
23.0
15
15Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
13
11,695
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
16Mack Strong
M. Strong
13
909
187
229
4.0
4.9
5
1,451
217
238
6.7
7.8
10
17Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13
13,662
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
18Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
13
1,967
207
388
5.1
9.5
12
2,336
255
74
9.2
11.3
4
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
13
12,074
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
20Keith Byars
K. Byars
13
3,109
189
865
3.6
16.4
23
5,661
610
9.3
30.0
31
21Mosi Tatupu
M. Tatupu
13
2,415
194
612
3.9
12.4
18
843
96
8.8
4.3
2
22Walter Payton
W. Payton
13
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
23Franco Harris
F. Harris
13
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
24Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
13
3,772
173
964
3.9
21.8
47
1,022
121
8.4
5.9
5
25John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
13
6,803
143
1,571
4.3
47.6
48
1,478
186
7.9
10.3
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