who has the most career 1000 rushing yard seasons

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

Interpreted as:

Who has the most career 1000 or more rushing yard seasons?

	NAME	SEAS	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	11	15,250	169	3,557	4.3	90.2	137	2,695	446	67	6.0	15.9	11
2	Curtis Martin C. Martin	10	13,366	156	3,298	4.1	85.7	85	3,211	460	379	7.0	20.6	10
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	10	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	10	14,918	156	3,348	4.5	95.6	98	3,797	394		9.6	24.3	14
5	Frank Gore F. Gore	9	10,637	139	2,375	4.5	76.5	62	2,577	319	455	8.1	18.5	13
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	8	11,672	123	2,403	4.9	94.9	92	1,988	238	327	8.4	16.2	5
7	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	8	9,465	117	2,262	4.2	80.9	52	3,135	388	526	8.1	26.8	8
8	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	8	11,760	127	2,657	4.4	92.6	126	3,801	510	698	7.5	29.9	15
9	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	8	10,239	121	2,503	4.1	84.6	50	1,114	152	57	7.3	9.2	3
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	8	9,881	123	2,359	4.2	80.3	60	3,668	379		9.7	29.8	20
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	8	10,087	123	2,264	4.5	82.0	61	2,809	314		8.9	22.8	11
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	8	8,872	115	2,103	4.2	77.1	74	1,520	198		7.7	13.2	6
13	Derrick Henry D. Henry	7	10,847	114	2,157	5.0	95.1	102	1,374	147	193	9.3	12.1	4
14	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	7	9,201	107	2,130	4.3	86.0	55	1,600	181	243	8.8	15.0	3
15	Edgerrin James E. James	7	9,956	108	2,421	4.1	92.2	72	2,713	333	454	8.1	25.1	10
16	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	7	9,080	104	1,902	4.8	87.3	52	2,084	245	284	8.5	20.0	8
17	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	7	9,155	109	2,072	4.4	84.0	55	1,514	196	218	7.7	13.9	6
18	Eddie George E. George	7	9,070	112	2,418	3.8	81.0	59	1,865	222	206	8.4	16.7	10
19	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	7	8,855	108	1,957	4.5	82.0	72	5,019	492	320	10.2	46.5	31
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	7	8,498	110	2,103	4.0	77.3	61	3,096	359	154	8.6	28.1	7
21	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	7	11,226	105	2,450	4.6	106.9	82	1,633	202		8.1	15.6	4
22	Jim Brown J. Brown	7	10,374	92	1,927	5.4	112.8	84	1,927	199		9.7	20.9	14
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	6	7,720	93	1,627	4.7	83.0	57	2,405	315	394	7.6	25.9	10
24	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	6	7,965	95	1,742	4.6	83.8	50	2,003	272	370	7.4	21.1	8
25	Marshawn 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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