running back with most 1000+ yards seasons

Barry Sanders, Walter Payton and Curtis Martin played 10 seasons.

Interpreted as:
running back with most 1000+ rushing yards seasons
NAMESEASRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
11
15,250
169
3,557
4.3
90.2
137
2,695
446
67
6.0
15.9
11
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
10
14,918
156
3,348
4.5
95.6
98
3,797
394
9.6
24.3
14
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
10
13,366
156
3,298
4.1
85.7
85
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
8
11,760
127
2,657
4.4
92.6
126
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
8
11,672
123
2,403
4.9
94.9
92
1,988
238
327
8.4
16.2
5
7Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
7
11,226
105
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
8Derrick Henry
D. Henry
7
10,847
114
2,157
5.0
95.1
102
1,374
147
193
9.3
12.1
4
9Frank Gore
F. Gore
9
10,637
139
2,375
4.5
76.5
62
2,577
319
455
8.1
18.5
13
10Jim Brown
J. Brown
7
10,374
92
1,927
5.4
112.8
84
1,927
199
9.7
20.9
14
11Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
8
10,239
121
2,503
4.1
84.6
50
1,114
152
57
7.3
9.2
3
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8
10,087
123
2,264
4.5
82.0
61
2,809
314
8.9
22.8
11
13Edgerrin James
E. James
7
9,956
108
2,421
4.1
92.2
72
2,713
333
454
8.1
25.1
10
14Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
8
9,881
123
2,359
4.2
80.3
60
3,668
379
9.7
29.8
20
15Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
8
9,465
117
2,262
4.2
80.9
52
3,135
388
526
8.1
26.8
8
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
7
9,201
107
2,130
4.3
86.0
55
1,600
181
243
8.8
15.0
3
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
7
9,155
109
2,072
4.4
84.0
55
1,514
196
218
7.7
13.9
6
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
7
9,080
104
1,902
4.8
87.3
52
2,084
245
284
8.5
20.0
8
19Eddie George
E. George
7
9,070
112
2,418
3.8
81.0
59
1,865
222
206
8.4
16.7
10
20Franco Harris
F. Harris
8
8,872
115
2,103
4.2
77.1
74
1,520
198
7.7
13.2
6
21Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
7
8,855
108
1,957
4.5
82.0
72
5,019
492
320
10.2
46.5
31
22Clinton Portis
C. Portis
6
8,679
92
1,925
4.5
94.3
65
1,736
216
291
8.0
18.9
4
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
6
8,649
96
1,801
4.8
90.1
48
3,350
372
518
9.0
34.9
6
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
7
8,498
110
2,103
4.0
77.3
61
3,096
359
154
8.6
28.1
7
25Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
6
7,965
95
1,742
4.6
83.8
50
2,003
272
370
7.4
21.1
8
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PASS

4,564

Goff

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RUSH

1,223

Gibbs

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REC

1,401

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.3

4th

OPP PPG

24.3

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

120.1

14th

PASS YDS/G

268.6

3rd

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TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
Lions Lions
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8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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