Rushing Yards through 5 Games:
420 | Adrian Peterson (2012 – 2,097 yds)
468 | Chris Johnson (2009 – 2,006 yds)
498 | Eric Dickerson (1984 – 2,105 yds)
588 | Derrick Henry
2,000 yard watch is officially on.
Per league_winner
Just some more stats for the 2K rushers and comparison to Henry:
- OJ and Dickerson are the only 2 do reach 2K in <16 games (OJ-14, ED-15)
- 5/7 had more than 1 game reaching 200 yards. Only TD and CJ2K did it once.
- sanders had the least games under 100 w/ 2. The rest had 3+
- Sanders had the least 25+ carry games w/ 3. All at least 1 game w/ 30.
Pace needed: 125 YPG 16 games, OJ in 14 games needed 143 YPG.
- OJ and Jamal Lewis were on pace the first 7/8 games, the rest didn’t reach pace until at least week 5 (TD) and most were behind pace at halfway point.
Final 2 games of the season - strong finish and coach dedication:
OJ - 22/219, 34/200
ED - 27/215 (reached 2K), 26/98
Barry - 19/138, 23/184
TD - 16/29, 29/178
Lewis - 22/205, 27/114
CJ2K - 21/142, 36/134
AP - 25/86, 34/199
- Denver had the best team results at 14-2. All the rest were 10-6(x3), 9-7, 9-5, and the titans at 8-8.
Lowest game totals for each:
OJ - 14 carries, 55 yards
ED - 13 carries, 38 yards
Barry - 10 carries, 20 yards
TD - 16 carries, 29 yards
Lewis - 15 carries, 68 yards (different games)
CJ2K - 9 carries, 34 yards
AP - 15 carries, 60 yards (different games)
Stringed together century games is key:
OJ - 2 sets of 5
ED - 6 straight
Barry - 14 straight
TD - 7 straight
Lewis - 6 straight
CJ2K - 11 straight
AP - 8 straight
I’m certain there are other seasons with RB that were on pace at times but ended up short.
- Dickerson is the only back to reach 1800 3x.
- in YPG only, the following would have reached if played enough games:
Jim Brown - 58’/63’
OJ - 75’
Payton - 77’
Campbell - 80’
150 yards or less short of 2K (116+ YPG):
Clinton Portis - 03’. Finished 1591, 13 games
Ahman Green - 03’. Finished 1883, 16 games
Barry Sanders - 94’. Finished 1883, 16 games
Alexander - 05’ Finished 1880, 16 games
TD - 97’. Finished 1750, 15 games
Tiki Barber - 05’ Finished 1860, 16 games