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Friday, May 8, 2020

List of running backs with at least 1,800 rushing yards in a season

 

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Kahn's Weiners

 

This post is a list of NFL running backs with at least 1,800 rushing yards in a season as of May 8th, 2020. There are 21 seasons listed below. The photo above is Jim Brown in 1961. Data source: Pro-football-reference.com

 

1. Eric Dickerson (1984) - 2,105

2. Adrian Peterson (2012) - 2,097

3. Jamal Lewis (2003) - 2,066

4. Barry Sanders (1997) - 2,053

5. Terrell Davis (1998) - 2,008

6. Chris Johnson (2009) - 2,006

7. O. J. Simpson (1973) - 2,003

8. Earl Campbell (1980) - 1,934

9. Barry Sanders (1994) - 1,883

9. Ahman Green (2003) - 1,883

11. Shaun Alexander (2005) - 1,880

12. Jim Brown (1963) - 1,863

13. Tiki Barber (2005) - 1,860

14. Ricky Williams (2002) - 1,853

15. Walter Payton (1977) - 1,852

16. Jamal Anderson (1998) - 1,846

17. DeMarco Murray (2014) - 1,845

18. Eric Dickerson (1986) - 1,821

19. O. J. Simpson (1975) - 1,817

20. LaDainian Tomlinson (2006) - 1,815

21. Eric Dickerson (1983) - 1,808