which player had the most rushing yards in his first two seasons

Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards in his first 2 seasons, with 3,913 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,913
32
769
5.1
122.3
32
543
72
7.5
17.0
2
2Edgerrin James
E. James
3,262
32
756
4.3
101.9
26
1,180
125
174
9.4
36.9
9
3Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
3,234
31
609
5.3
104.3
23
763
93
133
8.2
24.6
3
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
3,147
31
670
4.7
101.5
32
142
28
5.1
4.6
0
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,101
30
601
5.2
103.4
22
393
40
67
9.8
13.1
1
6Clinton Portis
C. Portis
3,099
29
563
5.5
106.9
29
678
71
99
9.5
23.4
2
7Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
2,980
32
564
5.3
93.1
29
659
76
90
8.7
20.6
3
8Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,957
32
632
4.7
92.4
17
616
77
8.0
19.3
2
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,919
32
711
4.1
91.2
24
856
138
175
6.2
26.8
1
10Alfred Morris
A. Morris
2,888
32
611
4.7
90.3
20
155
20
28
7.8
4.8
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,774
31
535
5.2
89.5
27
762
60
12.7
24.6
3
12Eddie George
E. George
2,767
32
692
4.0
86.5
14
226
30
7.5
7.1
1
13Billy Sims
B. Sims
2,740
30
609
4.5
91.3
26
1,072
79
13.6
35.7
5
14Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,691
32
617
4.4
84.1
12
738
74
96
10.0
23.1
1
15Terrell Davis
T. Davis
2,655
30
582
4.6
88.5
20
677
85
8.0
22.6
3
16Curtis Martin
C. Martin
2,639
32
684
3.9
82.5
28
594
76
7.8
18.6
4
17Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
2,614
25
564
4.6
104.6
22
632
58
78
10.9
25.3
3
18Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2,500
32
606
4.1
78.1
23
486
73
6.7
15.2
1
19Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
2,490
32
490
5.1
77.8
16
427
56
78
7.6
13.3
2
20Jim Brown
J. Brown
2,469
24
459
5.4
102.9
26
193
32
6.0
8.0
2
21Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
2,454
32
613
4.0
76.7
10
537
57
9.4
16.8
1
22Jordan Howard
J. Howard
2,435
31
528
4.6
78.5
15
423
52
82
8.1
13.6
1
23Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
2,432
34
518
4.7
71.5
18
918
119
158
7.7
27.0
5
24Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
2,375
32
609
3.9
74.2
18
347
50
73
6.9
10.8
0
25Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,360
32
603
3.9
73.8
22
997
108
9.2
31.2
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