who has the most rushing yards in the first three seasons of a career

Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards by a player in his first 3 seasons, with 5,147 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5,147
46
1,061
4.9
111.9
44
669
92
7.3
14.5
2
2Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5,081
46
1,043
4.9
110.5
45
189
39
4.8
4.1
0
3Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
4,757
48
1,004
4.7
99.1
26
943
100
134
9.4
19.6
1
4Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
4,598
47
925
5.0
97.8
34
1,008
137
190
7.4
21.4
4
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4,564
48
1,024
4.5
95.1
37
1,581
238
312
6.6
32.9
5
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4,484
46
915
4.9
97.5
40
829
83
124
10.0
18.0
1
7Clinton Portis
C. Portis
4,414
44
906
4.9
100.3
34
913
111
156
8.2
20.8
4
8Terrell Davis
T. Davis
4,405
45
951
4.6
97.9
35
964
127
7.6
21.4
3
9Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4,333
48
960
4.5
90.3
26
1,003
128
7.8
20.9
2
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4,322
46
877
4.9
94.0
43
1,069
101
10.6
23.2
4
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,213
48
979
4.3
87.8
41
821
132
6.2
17.1
2
12Eddie George
E. George
4,061
48
1,040
3.9
84.6
19
536
67
8.0
11.2
2
13Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
4,048
40
868
4.7
101.2
28
1,199
135
173
8.9
30.0
6
14Alfred Morris
A. Morris
3,962
48
876
4.5
82.5
28
310
37
54
8.4
6.5
0
15Edgerrin James
E. James
3,924
38
907
4.3
103.3
29
1,373
149
203
9.2
36.1
9
16Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,921
41
846
4.6
95.6
34
631
75
8.4
15.4
2
17Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
3,910
51
805
4.9
76.7
25
1,738
198
261
8.8
34.1
9
18Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
3,841
43
756
5.1
89.3
33
802
104
130
7.7
18.7
3
19Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,799
45
958
4.0
84.4
32
890
117
7.6
19.8
5
20Jim Brown
J. Brown
3,798
36
749
5.1
105.5
40
383
56
6.8
10.6
2
21William Andrews
W. Andrews
3,632
47
793
4.6
77.3
17
1,500
171
8.8
31.9
5
22Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
3,580
49
675
5.3
73.1
39
1,449
181
228
8.0
29.6
10
23Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
3,557
44
680
5.2
80.8
28
577
72
96
8.0
13.1
2
24Travis Henry
T. Henry
3,523
44
869
4.1
80.1
27
646
93
126
6.9
14.7
2
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
3,459
46
758
4.6
75.2
19
727
86
49
8.5
15.8
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

4,707

Stafford

Matthew Stafford

RUSH

1,252

Williams

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REC

1,715

Nacua

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PPG

30.5

1st

OPP PPG

20.4

10th

RUSH YDS/G

126.6

7th

PASS YDS/G

276.9

2nd

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14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams
12
5
0
.706
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5
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14
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Schedule
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@
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Last Game
ARI Cardinals

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20

Final

37

LAR Rams

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0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
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7
10
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3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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13
4
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.765
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9
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14
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14
3
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11
6
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.647
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11
0
.353
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14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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Lions Lions - e
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8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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