most rushing yards, 1990 to 1994

Between the 1990 and 1994 seasons, Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards, with 7,202 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1990 to 1994
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
7,202
74
1,483
4.9
97.3
48
1,500
186
8.1
20.3
6
2 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7,183
77
1,630
4.4
93.3
71
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
3 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
6,599
78
1,513
4.4
84.6
40
2,525
267
9.5
32.4
12
4 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
4,807
71
1,241
3.9
67.7
37
1,085
135
8.0
15.3
2
5 Marion Butts
M. Butts
4,317
77
1,104
3.9
56.1
30
440
59
7.5
5.7
1
6 Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
4,078
72
1,046
3.9
56.6
21
1,513
177
8.5
21.0
5
7 Barry Foster
B. Foster
3,943
62
915
4.3
63.6
26
804
93
8.6
13.0
2
8 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
3,939
79
936
4.2
49.9
29
1,907
231
8.3
24.1
11
9 Chris Warren
C. Warren
3,658
78
846
4.3
46.9
20
565
74
7.6
7.2
2
10 Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
3,640
76
1,031
3.5
47.9
24
926
119
7.8
12.2
2
11 Lorenzo White
L. White
3,615
68
865
4.2
53.2
24
1,637
178
9.2
24.1
6
12 Earnest Byner
E. Byner
3,589
80
931
3.9
44.9
20
1,221
142
8.6
15.3
2
13 Harold Green
H. Green
3,066
71
797
3.8
43.2
6
822
118
7.0
11.6
2
14 Leonard Russell
L. Russell
3,057
57
879
3.5
53.6
22
577
93
6.2
10.1
0
15 Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
3,053
59
828
3.7
51.7
25
1,411
162
8.7
23.9
12
16 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,840
43
653
4.3
66.0
25
1,450
140
10.4
33.7
8
17 Terry Allen
T. Allen
2,795
47
641
4.4
59.5
23
675
72
9.4
14.4
3
18 Mark Higgs
M. Higgs
2,775
69
745
3.7
40.2
14
294
37
7.9
4.3
0
19 Barry Word
B. Word
2,764
58
669
4.1
47.7
14
226
24
9.4
3.9
0
20 Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
2,761
52
629
4.4
53.1
20
692
84
8.2
13.3
0
21 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,743
69
704
3.9
39.8
35
1,184
134
8.8
17.2
5
22 Brad Baxter
B. Baxter
2,632
78
694
3.8
33.7
34
427
54
7.9
5.5
0
23 Derrick Fenner
D. Fenner
2,576
74
680
3.8
34.8
27
959
119
8.1
13.0
3
24 Cleveland Gary
C. Gary
2,482
58
637
3.9
42.8
23
861
133
6.5
14.8
5
25 John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
2,482
79
639
3.9
31.4
12
2,582
317
8.1
32.7
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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