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 the regular season and playoffs, with 3,027 yards in 2011.

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

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

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