who has the most rushing yards in 12 years or less

Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards when playing at most 12 seasons, with 15,269 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEAS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	10	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
2	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	11	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
3	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	11	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	11	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
5	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,018	10	153	2,662	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
6	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	12	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
7	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	9	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	12	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
9	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	11	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
10	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	12	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
11	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	10	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
12	O.J. Simpson	11,236	11	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
13	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	12	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
14	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	12	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
15	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	10	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
16	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	9	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
17	Thomas Jones T. Jones	10,591	12	180	2,678	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
18	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	10	154	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
19	Eddie George E. George	10,441	9	141	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
20	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	10,413	12	149	2,453	4.2	69.9	85	2,214	287	391	7.7	14.9	9
21	Ricky Williams R. Williams	10,009	11	147	2,431	4.1	68.1	66	2,606	342	466	7.6	17.7	8
22	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,923	9	113	2,230	4.4	87.8	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
23	Matt Forte M. Forte	9,796	10	146	2,356	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
24	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	9,651	10	130	2,163	4.5	74.2	55	2,255	307	424	7.3	17.3	9
25	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	9,453	9	123	2,187	4.3	76.9	100	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12

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