fewest games to reach 11,000 rushing yard

O.J. Simpson had the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 11,000+ rushing yards, with 135 games.

Interpreted as:
fewest regular-season games by a player to reach 11,000 or more rushing yard
NAME GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
2 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
141
11,740
2,419
4.9
83.3
110
1,687
178
230
9.5
12.0
5
3 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
4 Edgerrin James
E. James
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
5 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
6 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
153
11,695
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
7 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
9 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
10 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
11 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
12 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
13 Franco Harris
F. Harris
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14 John Riggins
J. Riggins
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
16 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
18 Walter Payton
W. Payton
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
19 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
20 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
21 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
22 Frank Gore
F. Gore
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
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2
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.600
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1
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.800
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1
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2
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2
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