what running back has the most all purpose yards in a season including playoffs

Darren Sproles has gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 3,027 yards in 2011.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
3,027
2011
NO NO
18
657
100
6.6
36.5
4
862
105
136
8.2
47.9
8
2Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
2,897
2008
SD SD
18
450
94
4.8
25.0
3
478
39
50
12.3
26.6
6
3Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
2,857
2024
PHI PHI
20
2,504
436
5.7
125.2
18
353
46
58
7.7
17.7
2
4Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,762
1998
DEN DEN
19
2,476
470
5.3
130.3
24
286
29
9.9
15.1
2
5Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
2,691
1975
STL STL
14
843
173
4.9
60.2
9
472
49
9.6
33.7
2
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,686
1999
STL STL
19
1,463
291
5.0
77.0
8
1,223
100
119
12.2
64.4
6
7Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,649
1997
DEN DEN
19
2,331
481
4.8
122.7
23
325
50
6.5
17.1
0
8Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,579
2001
STL STL
17
1,699
324
5.2
99.9
15
879
97
122
9.1
51.7
9
9Lionel James
L. James
2,535
1985
SD SD
16
516
105
4.9
32.3
2
1,027
86
11.9
64.2
6
10Ahman Green
A. Green
2,532
2003
GB GB
18
2,105
403
5.2
116.9
17
427
58
72
7.4
23.7
5
11Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
2,516
2009
BUF BUF
16
1,062
237
4.5
66.4
2
371
46
60
8.1
23.2
2
12LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,510
2006
SD SD
17
1,938
371
5.2
114.0
30
572
58
84
9.9
33.6
3
13Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,509
2009
TEN TEN
16
2,006
358
5.6
125.4
14
503
50
71
10.1
31.4
2
14Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2,506
1995
DAL DAL
19
2,071
451
4.6
109.0
31
435
68
6.4
22.9
0
15Roger Craig
R. Craig
2,502
1988
SF SF
19
1,776
366
4.9
93.5
11
694
89
7.8
36.5
1
16Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
2,500
1998
ATL ATL
19
2,122
480
4.4
111.7
16
378
37
10.2
19.9
3
17DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
2,486
2014
DAL DAL
18
2,043
436
4.7
113.5
15
443
61
70
7.3
24.6
0
18Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,477
1994
WAS WAS
16
311
78
4.0
19.4
0
236
26
9.1
14.8
1
19Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2,470
1992
DAL DAL
19
2,049
444
4.6
107.8
21
421
72
5.8
22.2
2
20Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,466
1997
DET DET
17
2,118
353
6.0
124.6
11
348
38
9.2
20.5
3
21Tiki Barber
T. Barber
2,459
2005
NYG NYG
17
1,901
370
5.1
111.8
9
558
57
74
9.8
32.8
2
22Mack Herron
M. Herron
2,444
1974
NE NE
14
824
231
3.6
58.9
7
474
38
12.5
33.9
5
23Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
2,443
2023
SF SF
19
1,727
331
5.2
90.9
18
716
86
108
8.3
37.7
8
24Edgerrin James
E. James
2,443
2000
IND IND
17
1,816
408
4.5
106.8
13
627
66
91
9.5
36.9
5
25Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,440
1966
CHI CHI
14
1,231
229
5.4
87.9
8
447
34
13.1
31.9
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