what year did emmitt smith get the rushing record

Emmitt Smith had his most rushing yards in a season in 1995, with 1,773 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,773
1995
16
377
4.7
110.8
25
375
62
6.0
23.4
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,713
1992
16
373
4.6
107.1
18
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,563
1991
16
365
4.3
97.7
12
258
49
5.3
16.1
1
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,486
1993
14
283
5.3
106.1
9
414
57
7.3
29.6
1
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,484
1994
15
368
4.0
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,397
1999
15
329
4.2
93.1
11
119
27
32
4.4
7.9
2
7Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,332
1998
16
319
4.2
83.3
13
175
27
6.5
10.9
2
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,204
1996
15
327
3.7
80.3
12
249
47
5.3
16.6
3
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,203
2000
16
294
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,074
1997
16
261
4.1
67.1
4
234
40
5.9
14.6
0
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,021
2001
14
261
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
975
2002
16
254
3.8
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
2004
15
267
3.5
62.5
9
105
15
20
7.0
7.0
0
14Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
937
1990
16
241
3.9
58.6
11
228
24
9.5
14.3
0
15Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
256
2003
10
90
2.8
25.6
2
107
14
19
7.6
10.7
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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