who has the most 1000 yard rushing seasons

Emmitt Smith played the most seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards, with 11 seasons.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most 1000 or more yard rushing seasons?
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
11
15,250
169
3,557
4.3
90.2
137
2,695
446
67
6.0
15.9
11
2Curtis Martin
C. Martin
10
13,366
156
3,298
4.1
85.7
85
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
10
14,918
156
3,348
4.5
95.6
98
3,797
394
9.6
24.3
14
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
9
10,637
139
2,375
4.5
76.5
62
2,577
319
455
8.1
18.5
13
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
8
11,672
123
2,403
4.9
94.9
92
1,988
238
327
8.4
16.2
5
7Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
8
9,465
117
2,262
4.2
80.9
52
3,135
388
526
8.1
26.8
8
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
8
11,760
127
2,657
4.4
92.6
126
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
8
10,239
121
2,503
4.1
84.6
50
1,114
152
57
7.3
9.2
3
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
8
9,881
123
2,359
4.2
80.3
60
3,668
379
9.7
29.8
20
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8
10,087
123
2,264
4.5
82.0
61
2,809
314
8.9
22.8
11
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
8
8,872
115
2,103
4.2
77.1
74
1,520
198
7.7
13.2
6
13Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
7
9,201
107
2,130
4.3
86.0
55
1,600
181
243
8.8
15.0
3
14Edgerrin James
E. James
7
9,956
108
2,421
4.1
92.2
72
2,713
333
454
8.1
25.1
10
15Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
7
9,080
104
1,902
4.8
87.3
52
2,084
245
284
8.5
20.0
8
16Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
7
9,155
109
2,072
4.4
84.0
55
1,514
196
218
7.7
13.9
6
17Eddie George
E. George
7
9,070
112
2,418
3.8
81.0
59
1,865
222
206
8.4
16.7
10
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
7
8,855
108
1,957
4.5
82.0
72
5,019
492
320
10.2
46.5
31
19Ricky Watters
R. Watters
7
8,498
110
2,103
4.0
77.3
61
3,096
359
154
8.6
28.1
7
20Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
7
11,226
105
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
21Jim Brown
J. Brown
7
10,374
92
1,927
5.4
112.8
84
1,927
199
9.7
20.9
14
22Derrick Henry
D. Henry
6
9,252
97
1,850
5.0
95.4
86
1,224
132
172
9.3
12.6
4
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
6
7,720
93
1,627
4.7
83.0
57
2,405
315
394
7.6
25.9
10
24Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
6
7,965
95
1,742
4.6
83.8
50
2,003
272
370
7.4
21.1
8
25Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
6
7,508
91
1,711
4.4
82.5
63
1,575
189
256
8.3
17.3
9
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