RK..year.yards.avg.yd/gm.TD
10. 1980 1934 5.2 128.9 13 Earl Campbell
09. 2009 2006 5.6 125.4 14 Chris Johnson
08. 2006 1815 5.2 113.4 28 Ladanian Tomlinson
07. 1977 1852 5.5 132.3 14 Walter Payton
06. 1963 1863 6.4 133.1 12 Jim Brown
05. 1998 1998 5.1 125.5 21 Terrell Davis
04. 1997 2053 6.1 128.3 11 Barry Sanders
03. 1984 2105 5.6 131.6 14 Eric Dickerson
02. 2012 2097 6.0 131.1 12 Adrian Peterson
01. 1973 2003 6.0 143.1 12 OJ Simpson
NM 1985 2411 5.5 133.9 21 Herschel Walker
HM 2003 2066 5.3 129.1 14 Jamal Lewis
HM 1995 1773 Emmitt Smith
HM 2005 1880 Shawn Alexander
HM 2000 2189 yards from scrimmage Marshall Faulk
As usual, Herschel Walker was left out of the conversation. His monumental 1985 season out-did every non-felon on the list, both in total and on a per game basis.
While Marshal Faulk’s 2000 season made the list, when he collected 2189 yards rushing and receiving, his 1999 season with 2429 yards did not make the list. As a Dallas Cowboy in 1988 Herschel had 2019 yards rushing and receiving. But in 1985 Walker had 2878 yards rushing and receiving. Why Herschel is almost never even mentioned is beyond me.
Other tidbits:
1. Jamal Lewis had the only 2000 yard season to not make the top ten (besides Herschel).
2. Bertie Feathers had the first 1000 yard season in 1934. He shared the same backfield with Red Grange.
3. Adrian Peterson’s 2012 season was all the more remarkable when you consider it was his first season returning from a torn ACL, and Christian Ponder was his quarterback.
4. Earl Campbell had four 200 yard games in 1980, and averaged 30 carries in his last 11 games.
5. Terrell Davis was the only back in the top ten whose team won a playoff game in his big year.
6. Barry Sanders only gained 53 yards in the first two weeks of the 1997 season. His quarterback was Scott Mitchell. Sanders led the league that year with 197 negative rushing yards. This cost him both the single season rushing record and the career rushing record.
6. Eric Dickerson had 14 fumbles during his huge 1984 season. His quarterback was Jeff Kemp.
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