most rushing yards, 1990 to 1993

Between the 1990 and 1993 seasons, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards, with 5,699 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1990 to 1993
NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
5,699
62
1,262
4.5
91.9
50
1,235
189
6.5
19.9
3
2 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
5,506
63
1,226
4.5
87.4
33
2,176
217
10.0
34.5
10
3 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5,319
58
1,152
4.6
91.7
41
1,217
142
8.6
21.0
5
4 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
3,732
57
914
4.1
65.5
31
982
121
8.1
17.2
2
5 Marion Butts
M. Butts
3,614
61
861
4.2
59.2
22
386
50
7.7
6.3
1
6 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
3,411
63
823
4.1
54.1
24
1,407
181
7.8
22.3
9
7 Earnest Byner
E. Byner
3,370
64
856
3.9
52.7
18
1,119
131
8.5
17.5
2
8 Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
3,147
56
806
3.9
56.2
18
1,210
135
9.0
21.6
3
9 Barry Foster
B. Foster
3,092
51
699
4.4
60.6
21
680
73
9.3
13.3
2
10 Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
3,061
60
878
3.5
51.0
21
627
84
7.5
10.5
1
11 Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
3,053
59
828
3.7
51.7
25
1,411
162
8.7
23.9
12
12 Lorenzo White
L. White
2,858
53
674
4.2
53.9
21
1,449
157
9.2
27.3
5
13 Harold Green
H. Green
2,843
57
721
3.9
49.9
5
555
91
6.1
9.7
1
14 Barry Word
B. Word
2,764
57
669
4.1
48.5
14
226
24
9.4
4.0
0
15 Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
2,670
49
612
4.4
54.5
20
622
75
8.3
12.7
0
16 Mark Higgs
M. Higgs
2,580
58
683
3.8
44.5
14
294
37
7.9
5.1
0
17 Cleveland Gary
C. Gary
2,471
56
630
3.9
44.1
23
842
131
6.4
15.0
5
18 Brad Baxter
B. Baxter
2,462
63
634
3.9
39.1
30
387
44
8.8
6.1
0
19 Leonard Russell
L. Russell
2,437
43
689
3.5
56.7
13
350
55
6.4
8.1
0
20 Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
2,284
43
614
3.7
53.1
22
62
8
7.8
1.4
0
21 John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
2,165
64
571
3.8
33.8
11
2,204
266
8.3
34.4
4
22 Chris Warren
C. Warren
2,113
62
513
4.1
34.1
11
242
33
7.3
3.9
0
23 Derrick Fenner
D. Fenner
2,108
58
539
3.9
36.3
26
683
83
8.2
11.8
2
24 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,034
56
515
3.9
36.3
28
835
92
9.1
14.9
5
25 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,033
41
546
3.7
49.6
8
504
79
6.4
12.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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