Top NFL Running Backs by Decade

For each decade, name the NFL's top 10 rushers by yards gained.

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2020s
4,502	Derrick Henry
3,889	Dalvin Cook
3,851	Nick Chubb
3,841	Jonathan Taylor
3,590	Josh Jacobs
3,024	Aaron Jones
2,857	Ezekiel Elliott
2,727	Alvin Kamara
2,720	David Montgomery
2,890	Miles Sanders

1990s
13,963	Emmitt Smith
13,799	Barry Sanders
9,813	Thurman Thomas
9,083	Ricky Watters
8,463	Jerome Bettis
7,777	Terry Allen
7,400	Chris Warren
6,897	Rodney Hampton
6,701	Marshall Faulk
6,624	Terrell Davis

2010s
10,434	LeSean McCoy
9,786	Frank Gore
9,732	Adrian Peterson
7,812	Marshawn Lynch
7,629	Matt Forte
7,174	DeMarco Murray
7,025	Mark Ingram
6,417	Chris Johnson
6,306	LeGarrette Blount
6,270	Arian Foster

1980s
11,226	Eric Dickerson
9,800	Walter Payton
9,300	Tony Dorsett
7,712	Ottis Anderson
7,465	Gerald Riggs
7,275	Marcus Allen
7,176	George Rogers
7,146	Freeman McNeil
6,705	Curt Warner
6,625	Roger Craig

2000s
12,490	LaDainian Tomlinson
10,693	Edgerrin James
10,607	Jamal Lewis
9,696	Clinton Portis
9,585	Fred Taylor
9,514	Tiki Barber
9,453	Shaun Alexander
9,217	Thomas Jones
8,876	Ahman Green
8,347	Warrick Dunn

1970s
10,539	O.J. Simpson
8,563	Franco Harris
6,975	Larry Csonka
6,926	Walter Payton
6,822	John Riggins
6,518	Lydell Mitchell
6,186	Lawrence McCutcheon
5,887	Chuck Foreman
5,255	Greg Pruitt
5,185	John Brockington

Level 45

Oct 24, 2016

Interesting to see that guys like Curtis Martin (4th all-time rusher), Steven Jackson (18th), and Cory Dillon (20th) aren't on this list. Obviously starting their careers midway through the one decade and playing halfway into the next isn't the way to make this list.

Level 60

Jan 17, 2023

I guessed Martin and Dillon too

Level 45

Oct 24, 2016

Additionally, are you making this quiz for WRs too?