Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Kahn's Weiners
This post is a list of NFL running backs with at least 1,800 rushing yards in a season as of May 8th, 2020. There are 21 seasons listed below. The photo above is Jim Brown in 1961. Data source: Pro-football-reference.com
1. Eric Dickerson (1984) - 2,105
2. Adrian Peterson (2012) - 2,097
3. Jamal Lewis (2003) - 2,066
4. Barry Sanders (1997) - 2,053
5. Terrell Davis (1998) - 2,008
6. Chris Johnson (2009) - 2,006
7. O. J. Simpson (1973) - 2,003
8. Earl Campbell (1980) - 1,934
9. Barry Sanders (1994) - 1,883
9. Ahman Green (2003) - 1,883
11. Shaun Alexander (2005) - 1,880
12. Jim Brown (1963) - 1,863
13. Tiki Barber (2005) - 1,860
14. Ricky Williams (2002) - 1,853
15. Walter Payton (1977) - 1,852
16. Jamal Anderson (1998) - 1,846
17. DeMarco Murray (2014) - 1,845
18. Eric Dickerson (1986) - 1,821
19. O. J. Simpson (1975) - 1,817
20. LaDainian Tomlinson (2006) - 1,815
21. Eric Dickerson (1983) - 1,808
