NFL’s Single-Season All-Time Rushing Leaders…With Barry Sanders and Derrick Henry both showing up twice on this list, and from what I remember, Sanders only played for the Detroit Lions during his career, while Henry was with the Tennessee Titans, before he made his recent runs with the Baltimore Ravens….
Here’s the list, with nine runners above the coveted 2,000 yards mark for the season, with OJ Simpson rounding out that group…Sort of wild thinking back to Simpson in the 1970’s, and going back to Jim Brown, way back in 1963…..
Eric Dickerson (1984), 2,105
Adrian Peterson (2012), 2,097
Jamal Lewis (2003), 2,066
Barry Sanders (1997), 2,053
Derrick Henry (2020), 2,027
Terrell Davis (1998), 2,008
Chris Johnson (2009), 2,006
Saquon Barkley (2024), 2,005
O.J. Simpson (1973), 2,003
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Earl Campbell (1980), 1,934
Derrick Henry (2024), 1,921
Ahman Green (2003), 1,883
Barry Sanders (1994), 1,883
Shaun Alexander (2005), 1,880
Jim Brown (1963), 1,863
Tiki Barber (2005), 1,860