most rushing yards, 1990 to 1991

Between the 1990 and 1991 seasons, Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards, with 2,852 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1990 to 1991
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,852
31
597
4.8
92.0
29
787
77
10.2
25.4
4
2Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,704
31
559
4.8
87.2
18
1,163
111
10.5
37.5
7
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2,500
32
606
4.1
78.1
23
486
73
6.7
15.2
1
4Earnest Byner
E. Byner
2,267
32
571
4.0
70.8
11
587
65
9.0
18.3
1
5Marion Butts
M. Butts
2,059
30
458
4.5
68.6
14
208
26
8.0
6.9
1
6Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
1,836
28
470
3.9
65.6
16
57
7
8.1
2.0
0
7Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
1,825
28
470
3.9
65.2
16
852
89
9.6
30.4
6
8Barry Word
B. Word
1,699
32
364
4.7
53.1
8
41
6
6.8
1.3
0
9Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,595
31
382
4.2
51.5
15
519
68
7.6
16.7
4
10Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
1,592
29
430
3.7
54.9
9
466
54
8.6
16.1
2
11James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,575
31
347
4.5
50.8
7
617
66
9.3
19.9
6
12Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
1,514
29
365
4.1
52.2
12
557
75
7.4
19.2
2
13John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
1,455
32
375
3.9
45.5
7
1,198
134
8.9
37.4
1
14Kevin Mack
K. Mack
1,428
28
355
4.0
51.0
13
615
82
7.5
22.0
4
15Merril Hoge
M. Hoge
1,382
32
368
3.8
43.2
9
721
89
8.1
22.5
4
16Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
1,355
25
283
4.8
54.2
12
164
19
8.6
6.6
0
17Blair Thomas
B. Thomas
1,348
31
312
4.3
43.5
4
399
50
8.0
12.9
2
18Gaston Green
G. Green
1,298
28
329
3.9
46.4
4
101
15
6.7
3.6
1
19Bobby Humphrey
B. Humphrey
1,235
19
299
4.1
65.0
7
152
24
6.3
8.0
0
20Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
1,232
32
347
3.6
38.5
9
410
54
7.6
12.8
0
21Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,213
21
333
3.6
57.8
6
361
59
6.1
17.2
1
22Brad Baxter
B. Baxter
1,205
32
308
3.9
37.7
17
197
20
9.9
6.2
0
23Lorenzo White
L. White
1,167
29
278
4.2
40.2
12
579
66
8.8
20.0
4
24Sammie Smith
S. Smith
1,128
28
309
3.7
40.3
9
229
25
9.2
8.2
1
25Derrick Fenner
D. Fenner
1,126
27
306
3.7
41.7
18
215
28
7.7
8.0
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StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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