what running backs had the most rushing yards in the 90s

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards by a running back, with 13,963 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
13,963
155
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
2 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
13,799
138
2,782
5.0
100.0
85
2,639
328
8.0
19.1
10
3 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9,813
142
2,344
4.2
69.1
57
3,464
378
5
9.2
24.4
16
4 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
9,083
123
2,272
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
5 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
8,463
109
2,106
4.0
77.6
41
1,075
149
28
7.2
9.9
3
6 Terry Allen
T. Allen
7,777
115
1,938
4.0
67.6
68
1,526
186
19
8.2
13.3
6
7 Chris Warren
C. Warren
7,400
148
1,717
4.3
50.0
50
1,632
241
46
6.8
11.0
4
8 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
6,897
104
1,824
3.8
66.3
49
1,309
174
7.5
12.6
2
9 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
6,701
93
1,642
4.1
72.1
49
3,852
384
103
10.0
41.4
14
10 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,624
65
1,410
4.7
101.9
58
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
11 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
6,550
76
1,694
3.9
86.2
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
12 Eddie George
E. George
5,365
64
1,360
3.9
83.8
28
994
114
64
8.7
15.5
6
13 Robert Smith
R. Smith
5,297
82
1,116
4.7
64.6
25
944
142
30
6.6
11.5
3
14 Natrone Means
N. Means
5,215
87
1,409
3.7
59.9
45
631
103
13
6.1
7.3
2
15 Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
5,042
104
1,327
3.8
48.5
23
1,244
194
71
6.4
12.0
5
16 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4,968
117
1,241
4.0
42.5
60
1,750
199
8.8
15.0
5
17 Earnest Byner
E. Byner
4,968
128
1,289
3.9
38.8
26
2,113
254
8.3
16.5
5
18 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4,939
75
1,166
4.2
65.9
14
1,170
113
10.4
15.6
6
19 Marion Butts
M. Butts
4,502
89
1,175
3.8
50.6
34
450
61
7.4
5.1
1
20 Harold Green
H. Green
4,365
124
1,151
3.8
35.2
13
1,644
213
7.7
13.3
4
21 Gary Brown
G. Brown
4,300
99
1,032
4.2
43.4
21
631
84
2
7.5
6.4
3
22 Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4,293
77
885
4.9
55.8
12
980
114
25
8.6
12.7
4
23 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
4,168
127
983
4.2
32.8
30
2,379
283
8.4
18.7
14
24 Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
4,122
69
992
4.2
59.7
27
1,152
111
2
10.4
16.7
6
25 Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
4,078
72
1,046
3.9
56.6
21
1,513
177
8.5
21.0
5
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