most seasons with 1500 yards rushing, running backs

Barry Sanders played the most seasons by a running back with 1,500+ rushing yards, with 5 seasons.

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most seasons with 1500 or more yards rushing, running backs

	NAME	SEAS	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	5	8,537	79	1,629	5.2	108.1	56	1,440	190		7.6	18.2	6
2	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4	7,026	64	1,355	5.2	109.8	62	911	89	118	10.2	14.2	4
3	Edgerrin James E. James	4	6,316	63	1,450	4.4	100.3	48	2,000	220	284	9.1	31.7	10
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4	7,393	64	1,561	4.7	115.5	57	1,125	134		8.4	17.6	3
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	4	6,697	62	1,413	4.7	108.0	48	1,433	152		9.4	23.1	6
6	Tiki Barber T. Barber	3	5,040	48	1,006	5.0	105.0	27	1,573	164	230	9.6	32.8	4
7	Clinton Portis C. Portis	3	4,615	45	915	5.0	102.6	40	894	101	140	8.9	19.9	2
8	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3	5,143	48	1,033	5.0	107.1	55	1,722	235	318	7.3	35.9	8
9	Terrell Davis T. Davis	3	5,296	47	1,106	4.8	112.7	49	814	103		7.9	17.3	4
10	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	3	5,049	48	1,115	4.5	105.2	55	968	170		5.7	20.2	2
11	O.J. Simpson	3	5,323	42	951	5.6	126.7	36	755	56		13.5	18.0	8
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	3	4,934	40	837	5.9	123.4	46	734	74		9.9	18.4	8
13	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2	3,857	32	711	5.4	120.5	22	342	61	90	5.6	10.7	1
14	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	2	3,539	32	752	4.7	110.6	37	753	74	116	10.2	23.5	3
15	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	2	3,576	32	723	4.9	111.8	43	248	38	67	6.5	7.8	5
16	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	2	3,170	30	640	5.0	105.7	29	1,286	132	156	9.7	42.9	5
17	Curtis Martin C. Martin	2	3,210	32	704	4.6	100.3	22	565	94	112	6.0	17.7	2
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	2	3,631	31	741	4.9	117.1	32	141	27		5.2	4.5	0
19	James Cook III J. Cook III	1	1,532	15	287	5.3	102.1	12	288	32	36	9.0	19.2	2
20	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	1	2,005	16	345	5.8	125.3	13	278	33	43	8.4	17.4	2
21	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	1	1,525	17	302	5.0	89.7	12	239	27	37	8.9	14.1	1
22	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	1	1,653	17	340	4.9	97.2	12	400	53	64	7.5	23.5	0
23	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	1	1,811	17	332	5.5	106.5	18	360	40	51	9.0	21.2	2
24	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	1	1,557	14	312	5.0	111.2	16	361	44	54	8.2	25.8	1
25	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1	1,631	15	322	5.1	108.7	15	363	32	40	11.3	24.2	1

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Bengals - e	5	10	0	.333
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Packers	9	5	1	.633
Lions	8	7	0	.533
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