NFL Single-Season Yards From Scrimmage Leaders Through 1997

These are the NFL single-season record holders through the 1997 season. See current yards from scrimmage leaders or select another stat or year:

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Leaders through 1997

Leaders through 1997 Table
Rank Current Player (age) YScm Year Tm
16Barry Sanders (29)23581997DET
29Marcus Allen (25)23141985RAI
316Eric Dickerson (24)22441984RAM
417O.J. Simpson (28)22431975BUF
518James Wilder (26)22291984TAM
624Eric Dickerson (23)22121983RAM
728William Andrews (28)21761983ATL
832Barry Sanders (26)21661994DET
935Emmitt Smith (26)21481995DAL
1040Jim Brown (27)21311963CLE
1142Walter Payton (24)21211977CHI
1244Thurman Thomas (26)21131992BUF
1351O.J. Simpson (26)20731973BUF
1453Roger Craig (25)20661985SFO
1555Walter Payton (31)20521984CHI
1656Emmitt Smith (23)20481992DAL
1758Thurman Thomas (25)20381991BUF
1859Terrell Davis (25)20371997DEN
1960Roger Craig (28)20361988SFO
60Eric Dickerson (28)20361988IND
60William Andrews (26)20361981ATL
2063Barry Foster (24)20341992PIT
63Walter Payton (32)20341985CHI
2166Walter Payton (30)20281983CHI
2268Eric Dickerson (26)20261986RAM
2370Herschel Walker (26)20191988DAL
2471Wilbert Montgomery (25)20061979PHI
2574Gerald Riggs (25)19861985ATL
2676Earl Campbell (25)19811980HOU
2780Tony Dorsett (27)19711981DAL
2893Marcus Allen (24)19261984RAI
2995Billy Sims (25)19241980DET
3096Walter Payton (26)19231979CHI
96Wilbert Montgomery (27)19231981PHI
31100Ottis Anderson (22)19131979STL
100Thurman Thomas (23)19131989BUF
32104Emmitt Smith (24)19001993DAL
33105Barry Sanders (27)18981995DET
34106Billy Sims (26)18881981DET
35108Jerry Rice (33)18841995SFO
36111Walter Payton (25)18751978CHI
37112Jim Brown (29)18721965CLE
38116Chris Warren (26)18681994SEA
39117Jim Brown (25)18671961CLE
117Lorenzo White (26)18671992HOU
40122Ricky Watters (27)18551996PHI
122Barry Sanders (23)18551991DET
41125Terrell Davis (24)18481996DEN
42133Thurman Thomas (24)18291990BUF
43134Walter Payton (27)18271980CHI
44135Emmitt Smith (25)18251994DAL
45136Curt Warner (25)18231986SEA
46137Emmitt Smith (22)18211991DAL
47140Otis Armstrong (24)18121974DEN
48141Dorsey Levens (27)18051997GNB
49142Marshall Faulk (21)18041994IND
50143George Rogers (23)18001981NOR
51144Isaac Bruce (23)17981995STL
52145Earl Campbell (24)17911979HOU
53147Jim Brown (28)17861964CLE
54149Ottis Anderson (27)17851984STL
55150Barry Sanders (22)17841990DET
150Clem Daniels (26)17841963OAK
56154Lydell Mitchell (28)17791977BAL
57156Dalton Hilliard (25)17761989NOR
58160Jerome Bettis (25)17751997PIT
59161Curt Warner (22)17741983SEA
60162James Brooks (28)17731986CIN
61167William Andrews (25)17641980ATL
62170Ottis Anderson (24)17631981STL
170Gerald Riggs (24)17631984ATL
63172O.J. Simpson (29)17621976BUF
64174Chuck Foreman (25)17611975MIN
65175Freeman McNeil (26)17581985NYJ
66176Ted Brown (24)17571981MIN
67177Tony Dorsett (31)17561985DAL
68179Lydell Mitchell (27)17551976BAL
69180Barry Sanders (21)17521989DET
70181Joe Morris (26)17491986NYG
71182Curtis Martin (22)17481995NWE