who has the most rushing yards through 11 seasons

Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards by a player in his first 11 seasons, with 15,269 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	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	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	15,166	171	3,537	4.3	88.7	145	2,807	453	46	6.2	16.4	11
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	14,860	162	3,371	4.4	91.7	98	3,939	422		9.3	24.3	11
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,018	153	2,662	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	12,353	165	3,119	4.0	74.9	69	1,363	190	88	7.2	8.3	3
9	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
10	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	12,276	133	2,574	4.8	92.3	99	2,015	252	352	8.0	15.2	5
11	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
12	Frank Gore F. Gore	12,040	164	2,702	4.5	73.4	70	3,150	376	560	8.4	19.2	12
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,036	157	2,755	4.4	76.7	72	3,432	382		9.0	21.9	13
14	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	11,987	160	2,771	4.3	74.9	100	6,584	723	548	9.1	41.2	35
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	11,786	168	2,813	4.2	70.2	65	4,304	453		9.5	25.6	21
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,388	158	2,743	4.2	72.1	68	3,663	460	626	8.0	23.2	9
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,271	140	2,428	4.6	80.5	62	2,361	286	342	8.3	16.9	8
18	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
19	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
20	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,071	160	2,447	4.5	69.2	73	3,797	503	646	7.5	23.7	16
21	Franco Harris F. Harris	10,943	149	2,602	4.2	73.4	86	2,006	272		7.4	13.5	7
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
23	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
24	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	154	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
25	Eddie George E. George	10,441	141	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10

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