Barry Sanders and Walter Payton are tied for playing the most seasons when gaining 1,700+ yards from scrimmage, with 8 seasons.

Interpreted as:

most seasons by a player with 1700+ scrimmage yards

	NAME	SEAS	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	8	15,293	126	12,802	2,507	5.1	101.6	87	2,491	287		8.7	19.8	9
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	8	15,575	126	12,306	2,698	4.6	97.7	79	3,269	338		9.7	25.9	12
3	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	6	12,422	95	9,414	2,026	4.6	99.1	105	3,008	399	547	7.5	31.7	14
4	Derrick Henry D. Henry	5	9,682	81	8,621	1,662	5.2	106.4	78	1,061	104	139	10.2	13.1	4
5	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	5	10,386	82	6,285	1,333	4.7	76.6	54	4,101	477	586	8.6	50.0	29
6	Tiki Barber T. Barber	5	10,322	80	7,433	1,523	4.9	92.9	46	2,889	303	420	9.5	36.1	5
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	5	8,958	80	7,365	1,755	4.2	92.1	50	1,593	239	270	6.7	19.9	5
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	5	10,796	76	6,723	1,404	4.8	88.5	54	4,073	389	320	10.5	53.6	27
9	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	5	9,742	77	8,019	1,766	4.5	104.1	85	1,723	277		6.2	22.4	4
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	5	9,595	79	6,750	1,524	4.4	85.4	39	2,845	277		10.3	36.0	16
11	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4	7,725	64	6,725	1,352	5.0	105.1	51	1,000	134	183	7.5	15.6	1
12	Clinton Portis C. Portis	4	7,214	61	6,102	1,257	4.9	100.0	49	1,112	129	176	8.6	18.2	2
13	Edgerrin James E. James	4	8,316	63	6,316	1,450	4.4	100.3	48	2,000	220	284	9.1	31.7	10
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4	8,518	64	7,393	1,561	4.7	115.5	57	1,125	134		8.4	17.6	3
15	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4	7,190	62	5,425	1,244	4.4	87.5	28	1,765	216		8.2	28.5	5
16	Jim Brown J. Brown	4	7,656	56	6,261	1,165	5.4	111.8	44	1,395	140		10.0	24.9	11
17	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	3	5,772	46	4,422	927	4.8	96.1	33	1,350	163	206	8.3	29.3	6
18	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	3	6,045	43	3,920	872	4.5	91.2	24	2,125	243	305	8.7	49.4	7
19	Jamaal Charles J. Charles	3	5,660	47	4,263	774	5.5	90.7	22	1,397	150	216	9.3	29.7	11
20	Ray Rice R. Rice	3	5,885	48	3,923	852	4.6	81.7	24	1,962	217	288	9.0	40.9	5
21	Matt Forte M. Forte	3	5,494	48	3,615	871	4.2	75.3	23	1,879	239	300	7.9	39.1	11
22	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	3	5,554	48	5,011	1,049	4.8	104.4	57	543	80	126	6.8	11.3	7
23	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	3	6,566	46	4,590	960	4.8	99.8	56	1,976	206	246	9.6	43.0	5
24	Ricky Williams R. Williams	3	5,695	48	4,470	1,088	4.1	93.1	31	1,225	157	209	7.8	25.5	3
25	Ahman Green A. Green	3	5,965	48	4,445	922	4.8	92.6	34	1,520	185	241	8.2	31.7	10

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