Barry Sanders played the most seasons with 1,000+ rushing yards and 4.0+ rushing yards per attempt, with 10 seasons.
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Most seasons by a player 1,000+ rushing yds 4+ YPC| NAME | SEAS | RUSH YDS | YPC | GP | ATT | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 10 | 15,269 | 5.0 | 153 | 3,062 | 99.8 | 99 | 2,921 | 352 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 10 | |
| 2 |  | E. Smith | 9 | 13,025 | 4.4 | 140 | 2,969 | 93.0 | 122 | 2,330 | 382 | 46 | 6.1 | 16.6 | 8 |
| 3 |  | W. Payton | 9 | 13,696 | 4.6 | 140 | 3,009 | 97.8 | 92 | 3,418 | 353 | 9.7 | 24.4 | 12 | |
| 4 |  | A. Peterson | 8 | 11,672 | 4.9 | 123 | 2,403 | 94.9 | 92 | 1,988 | 238 | 327 | 8.4 | 16.2 | 5 |
| 5 |  | F. Gore | 8 | 9,612 | 4.6 | 123 | 2,112 | 78.1 | 58 | 2,300 | 281 | 408 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 9 |
| 6 |  | S. Jackson | 7 | 8,224 | 4.3 | 101 | 1,932 | 81.4 | 46 | 2,752 | 342 | 465 | 8.0 | 27.2 | 8 |
| 7 | | F. Taylor | 7 | 9,080 | 4.8 | 104 | 1,902 | 87.3 | 52 | 2,084 | 245 | 284 | 8.5 | 20.0 | 8 |
| 8 |  | E. Dickerson | 7 | 11,226 | 4.6 | 105 | 2,450 | 106.9 | 82 | 1,633 | 202 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 4 | |
| 9 | | T. Dorsett | 7 | 8,898 | 4.5 | 107 | 1,962 | 83.2 | 55 | 2,350 | 263 | 8.9 | 22.0 | 10 | |
| 10 |  | J. Brown | 7 | 10,374 | 5.4 | 92 | 1,927 | 112.8 | 84 | 1,927 | 199 | 9.7 | 20.9 | 14 | |
| 11 |  | D. Henry | 6 | 9,252 | 5.0 | 97 | 1,850 | 95.4 | 86 | 1,224 | 132 | 172 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 4 |
| 12 | | T. Barber | 6 | 8,649 | 4.8 | 96 | 1,801 | 90.1 | 48 | 3,350 | 372 | 518 | 9.0 | 34.9 | 6 |
| 13 | | C. Dillon | 6 | 7,840 | 4.5 | 93 | 1,732 | 84.3 | 45 | 1,286 | 162 | 157 | 7.9 | 13.8 | 3 |
| 14 |  | C. Martin | 6 | 8,259 | 4.3 | 93 | 1,930 | 88.8 | 49 | 1,746 | 256 | 221 | 6.8 | 18.8 | 4 |
| 15 |  | J. Mixon | 5 | 5,560 | 4.2 | 77 | 1,309 | 72.2 | 46 | 1,582 | 208 | 264 | 7.6 | 20.5 | 11 |
| 16 |  | L. McCoy | 5 | 6,582 | 4.9 | 77 | 1,340 | 85.5 | 51 | 1,957 | 256 | 317 | 7.6 | 25.4 | 8 |
| 17 | | J. Charles | 5 | 6,416 | 5.5 | 77 | 1,170 | 83.3 | 38 | 1,985 | 230 | 331 | 8.6 | 25.8 | 17 |
| 18 |  | M. Lynch | 5 | 6,393 | 4.5 | 78 | 1,431 | 82.0 | 56 | 1,391 | 171 | 230 | 8.1 | 17.8 | 9 |
| 19 |  | L. Tomlinson | 5 | 8,079 | 4.8 | 80 | 1,687 | 101.0 | 88 | 2,567 | 346 | 481 | 7.4 | 32.1 | 13 |
| 20 | | A. Green | 5 | 6,848 | 4.7 | 77 | 1,467 | 88.9 | 48 | 2,188 | 282 | 366 | 7.8 | 28.4 | 13 |
| 21 | | J. Lewis | 5 | 7,067 | 4.6 | 75 | 1,537 | 94.2 | 42 | 1,307 | 140 | 185 | 9.3 | 17.4 | 3 |
| 22 |  | E. James | 5 | 7,575 | 4.3 | 76 | 1,760 | 99.7 | 59 | 2,292 | 271 | 355 | 8.5 | 30.2 | 10 |
| 23 |  | M. Faulk | 5 | 6,723 | 4.8 | 76 | 1,404 | 88.5 | 54 | 4,073 | 389 | 320 | 10.5 | 53.6 | 27 |
| 24 | | O. Anderson | 5 | 6,777 | 4.4 | 78 | 1,545 | 86.9 | 37 | 2,073 | 252 | 8.2 | 26.6 | 5 | |
| 25 |  | O.J. Simpson | 5 | 7,699 | 5.1 | 70 | 1,513 | 110.0 | 45 | 1,142 | 98 | 11.7 | 16.3 | 9 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.
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