who had the most rushing yards in season with fewer than 8 rushing touchdowns

Barry Sanders has the most rushing yards with fewer than 8 rushing touchdowns in a season, with 1,883 yards in 1994.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,883	7	1994	DET	16	331	5.7	117.7	283	44		6.4	17.7	1
2	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,665	7	1997	PIT	15	375	4.4	111.0	110	15		7.3	7.3	2
3	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,662	5	2006	NYG	16	327	5.1	103.9	465	58	81	8.0	29.1	0
4	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,646	4	1981	DAL	16	342	4.8	102.9	325	32		10.2	20.3	2
5	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	1,572	6	2003	JAX	16	345	4.6	98.3	370	48	74	7.7	23.1	1
6	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	1,570	7	1998	SF	16	310	5.1	98.1	535	39		13.7	33.4	2
7	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,567	7	1983	ATL	16	331	4.7	97.9	609	59		10.3	38.1	4
8	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,521	7	2000	MIN	16	295	5.2	95.1	348	36	44	9.7	21.8	3
9	Herschel Walker H. Walker	1,514	5	1988	DAL	16	361	4.2	94.6	505	53		9.5	31.6	2
10	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	1,509	5	2012	KC	16	285	5.3	94.3	236	35	48	6.7	14.8	1
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,491	4	1998	DET	16	343	4.3	93.2	289	37		7.8	18.1	0
12	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	1,467	5	2010	KC	16	230	6.4	91.7	468	45	64	10.4	29.3	3
13	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,464	5	1999	NYJ	16	367	4.0	91.5	259	45	61	5.8	16.2	0
14	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,460	6	1980	CHI	16	317	4.6	91.3	367	46		8.0	22.9	1
15	Jim Brown J. Brown	1,446	7	1964	CLE	14	280	5.2	103.3	340	36		9.4	24.3	2
16	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	1,435	7	2000	CIN	16	315	4.6	89.7	158	18	26	8.8	9.9	0
17	Dorsey Levens D. Levens	1,435	7	1997	GB	16	329	4.4	89.7	370	53		7.0	23.1	5
18	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,434	6	2018	DAL	15	304	4.7	95.6	567	77	95	7.4	37.8	3
19	Stephen Davis S. Davis	1,432	5	2001	WAS	16	356	4.0	89.5	205	28	37	7.3	12.8	0
20	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,429	7	1993	RAM	16	294	4.9	89.3	244	26		9.4	15.3	0
21	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,421	6	1983	CHI	16	314	4.5	88.8	607	53		11.5	37.9	2
22	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	1,416	4	2009	STL	15	324	4.4	94.4	322	51	75	6.3	21.5	0
23	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	1,416	3	2005	ATL	16	280	5.1	88.5	220	29	37	7.6	13.8	1
24	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1,407	7	1991	BUF	15	288	4.9	93.8	631	62		10.2	42.1	5
25	Doug Martin D. Martin	1,402	6	2015	TB	16	288	4.9	87.6	271	33	44	8.2	16.9	1

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