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Top NFL Running Backs by Decade

For each decade, name the NFL's top 10 rushers by yards gained.
Through 2023
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2020s
5,669
Derrick Henry
4,582
Jonathan Taylor
4,395
Josh Jacobs
4,103
Dalvin Cook
4,021
Nick Chubb
3,735
David Montgomery
3,680
Aaron Jones
3,499
Ezekiel Elliott
3,481
Joe Mixon
3,421
Alvin Kamara
 
 
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
KingofQuiz
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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.
Andrew169
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Jan 17, 2023
I guessed Martin and Dillon too
KingofQuiz
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Oct 24, 2016
Additionally, are you making this quiz for WRs too?
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