THE 2000 CLUB: The 7 NFL Players Who Rushed For Over 2000 Yards In A Season 

Barry Sanders also did 2,000 yards in 14 games. Barry was the best to ever do it!

I don't think he's the very best but he's top10. I don't think he was better than Jim Brown or Barry Sanders.

@@Physics072 Not the same because although Barry did it in 14 games he still had 16 games to do it. OJ did with 14 games and no more...Barry was trash for 2 games then turnt up the action for the next 14 games. Comparing Barry to OJ means you would have to stop count Barry stats at week 15. Barry is my favorite running back of all time, but facts is fact

​@@truthiscensoredThat just means the season was longer but it's still the same amount of games. The true comparison is yards per carry.

@@Physics072 No he did not. Sanders ran for 184 yds against the NY Jets in week 17 to get the record. The final game of the 1997 season.

Amazing!

Is that for real? That's a stat I never even thought possible!

last great running back there will never be those kind of rusher the league dont.want powerball just passing..

@@Chris-di2fv For now ... if a great RB emerges in the future they'll use him everyone wants to win.

Absolutely. AP season was the greatest by a running back ever.

@@henrivanbemmel they will not run it like that boring ball hog powerball football nowadays the game the rules all are about pass the league want it to pass first second run on goal line..I'm just those days of 30 carry's a game being normal are a thing of the pass there won't be no 2000.yards seasons anymore...

People don't even understand the stacked defensive fronts he crushed all year, Never seen anything like it and I was born in the 70's

Yes. He reached 10000 in 91 games. 7 faster than Jim Brown and 10 faster than Peterson. He's number 2 all time in my book behind Brown and even that can be debated.

Plus he had cool googles and jerry curls. It's all about style....

Dickerson was a bad MF, and one of the 5 best RBs ever to play the game.

He did tail off in his last few seasons, that's why he's not as high in most eyes. He didn't finish with that bang. I do like Barry a lot more because of his consistency over a longer period of time and I saw more of him with my own 2 eyes

People always overlook Dickerson for some reason. Looking at his stats they are impressive

Jim Brown...RIP...The greatest RB to have ever played in the NFL...Barry Sanders...possibly the second greatest...

Living in LA then used to HATE to see the Hams on TV. But When E. D. came.....wheewwwweeee. That playoff game vs my Cowboys. E.D. was SWEET!

@@willielittle9301 Fact

​@@willielittle9301still a woman beater

How wonder how he would had fare against the 70s defense it was much violent and men were men

Would have been Back to back seasons if not for that foot injury

​@@travislewis7785He certainly was on pace for it.

He also wore short sleeves every game, no matter the weather.

Football history has written OJ out of the script, but no one has put up 2000 yards in 14 games since....

@@KingKumari Interestingly, Barry Sanders in 1997 had only 53 yds after the first two games but in the final 14 games (Weeks 3-16) he ran for an even 2000. His 6.1 yds/carry is the highest of the 2000 club.

OJ is one of the greatest. His speed on the sweep was unparalleled. Sanders is my favorite.

@@justicetruth5456 I don't know if you remember but O.J. was also a world class sprinter in college (world record 4x110 yard relay at USC) but it wasn't ratified because one of the teammates was Jamaican.

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Yeah but he didn't have the moves of OJ....

Now a days players will be down 20 and celebrate a touchdown like they just won the lottery

@@youngkeazy2806 They're lucky that Lombardi is not their coach ... even at the all star game he wouldn't put up with it. Such was the respect he garnered that great players listened. The great hockey player Bobby Orr would often hang his head when scored. It was for others to celebrate. Pretty special. I'm no athlete, nor was my dad, but I did that stuff he would have straightened me out pretty fast. It's a different age... maybe a different planet. No one seems to much care about the things I have valued most of my life. Not what I expected as I got older.

1975 was actually his best overall year. 426 receiving yards, 23 total td, 2243 yds from scrim. see also his span of years 72-76. if he wasnt a murderer he would be unanimously known as the player of the 70s. joe greene is his only realistic competition for that title, o.j. had a conclusively better decade than roger staubach or anyone else.

Exactly! Long Beach St, my ass!

Davis had the lowest 2,000 yards in the group. Don't forget Denver was beating everyone pretty good that year. So Davis didn't play the whole game sometimes. I think they estimated the games they were winning by a good margin. Davis sat out a good amount. I think they estimated all the times Davis sat out mounted up to 4 whole games.

No he wouldn't have. Dallas didn't just run the ball. They passed alot too. Barry wasn't the blocker smith was. He didn't catch like Smith either. Smith fit perfect in the offense Dallas had.

In 91, 94 and 95 Emmitt lead the league in rush attempts. 7 of his 13 years in Dallas Emmitt had 300+ carries. Yeah they ran the ball alot my Boi.

Should coulda woulda... If I had been younger I would have been the greatest QB in NFL History

If ... If was a 5th, we'd All be drunk

Yes he would

That may be true when he was young. But he was no match as far as speed goes for Darrell Green. I saw Green run Eric down from the other side of the field on a 85 breakaway run Darrell Green was the fastest men that ever played in the NFL

@@williammorton3359 Foot speed in the open field isn’t the only measure of a running backs greatness! Darrell Green ran a sub 4.1 forty and outside of Bo Jackson no running back in the history of the game would have been a match for his speed.

@@williammorton3359 As a rookie in his very first game, Green chased down Tony Dorsett in a 1983 Monday night match. Dorsett broke out in the open with a long lead on everyone, and went 77 yards I believe before Green caught him short of the end zone. Darrell Green made a name for himself in the NFL that night not just w/ his unbelievable athleticism, but also not giving up on a play when it looked like the speedy Dorsett had a sure touchdown.

Yess Davis was the man one fav childhood rb with faulk and the bus

Will anyone break O.J.s record

Derrick was on his way to another 2000-yard season in 2021. He had over 900 yards about halfway through the season until the injury happened.

@@kevinpayton2664 🙁

If Henry can stay healthy, he has a legitimate chance to be the 🐐 when you factor in his high school and college career. The man has ran for over 23,000 yards when you combine his NFL Stats to his high school and college stats. Henry ran for at least 2000 yards at every level which means high school, college and pros. The man ran for over 4000 yards and 55 touchdowns his senior year in high school which are Florida State records. Henry is a literal freak of nature with his physique and running ability.

You are not the only. He's my favorite. Also defenders said he was the hardest to defend. He could juke you, truck you, or fly right past you. Sanders was great but he lost a ton of yards with his fancy footwork.

Dickerson didn't possess the longevity of elite greatness that Jim Brown nor Walter Payton had ,although his prime could arguably be considered better ,I don't believe it's better then browns . Jim Brown accomplished his magnificent stats in 12 and 14 game seasons and didn't give any visual signs at the age of 29 he was slowing down in his final career season in which he once again led the league in rushing and captured the NFL MVP trophy ,was significantly instrumental in assisting his team into playing in the NFL championship contest . Walter Payton with exception of his first ,year ,the 82 strike season ,and his last season was great ,testimony being 1300 yds or more 10 times, his outstanding consistency outweighs Dickersons . Walter Payton essentially carried the mostly "meh" bears offense his entire career ,he was the literal embodiment of what folks irrationally attempt to place the tag upon Barry Sanders," he didn't have any help " . Sanders had 3 100 yd WR's in Herman Moore,Bret Perriman and Johnny Morton, a former pro bowl QB Scott Mitchell,several times had a top 10 defense a good offensive line led by Lomas Brown ,played in a 3 wr spread offense ,thus he rarely saw a 8 man defensive front , played 8 home games in a dome ,so inclement weather conditions at least 8 games didn't obstruct him. He routinely was taken out of the game in short yd situations because he often would attempt to bounce the run outside ,looking for the long gain resulting in his NFL record for a RB 1500 yds loss in the backfield . Basically, other Hof rb's get mentioned as being superior then Jim Brown and Walter Payton,but none were great with less assistance like Payton ,nor were as utterly dominant as brown was ,career 5 yds avg, over 100 yds per game avg , multiple league MVP seasons .1 JimBrown,2Walter Payton,3OJ Simpson,4Eric Dickerson 5,Barry Sanders,6Emitt Smith 7 Adrian Peterson 8Earl Campbell 9 Tony Dorsett ,10 Thurman Thomas , some honorable mentions . Gayle Sawyers ,Jim Taylor ,John Riggins , Marshall Faulk , Leroy Kelly .Joe Perry ,Larry Csonka ,

@@HaroldMccoy-vv4lt 😂great synopsis 😂

I would

YEA Nice try, no he is absolutely NOT. He’s literally not even in the top 5. Barry Sanders is the greatest running back to ever take a hand off and it’s not even remotely close. He averaged 5 yards a carry his ENTIRE CAREER with the WORST LINE in the entire 1990’s decade. There IS no getting around that.. He holds the record for most consecutive 100+ yard games; most (and most consecutive) 1,500+ yard seasons, he was the offensive player of the year in 94 & 97, and the MVP in 97 in his 2,000 yard season. It’s not even close. He retired at just 30 and was only 1,500 yards from the all-time record. If Barry Sanders played until he was 35 yrs old like everybody else above him and all around him, he’d be the only player in NFL history with 20,000+ yards right now. That is a fact. It’s not even remotely close, he was the best running back to ever take a handoff.

Jim Brown is the all time best. Other than a QB, no player was as much of a target as him. ever. And, a lot of his games were played on bad fields in Cleveland and other stadiums in the Northeast and Midwest.

Payton was the best. Sanders was a close second. Dickerson was a better offensive weapon with his breakaway speed but his offensive line and the scheme he was gifted with gave him a unique advantage. Payton was also the best blocker and receiver of the bunch. And none of these cats played through injuries and pain like Walter. He once ran for over a hundred yards with a dislocated big toe. We've never seen a runner quite like Walter Payton... Either before, or since. If Dickerson got into traffic, he was tackled. If Walter Payton got into traffic, it would look like a Mike Tyson uppercut just hit 4 defensive lineman, with arms flailing helplessly, and the upper chest and head jerking up into the air like a reverse whack a mole, as the elusive runner just shot through. They'd catch him and gang pile him and the pile would start moving in Walter's direction. 7-8 guys on every play were required to take him down. Barry had the best lateral movement... Edging Walter slightly in that category. But Walter was the best overall package. He'd hit the defender, rather than elude and dart. Walter was the best hitter.

Really? OJ had 2000 yds in 14 games and he had way more longer runs and better moves at the line.

@@nwchrista I agree that Payton was great and ran with tenacity, but you can't say Dickerson just got tackled.. He was 6'3 225 lbs and ran people over with those high knees. He was very hard to tackle also. He just looked so good running people forgot that he was a north to south power back. He didn't have to run violent like Payton because if Dickerson got the angle on you, he was gone ✌

You are right! No domed stadium and in Buffalo the team and the weather sucked! Every other game was a cold weather game once you hit late October early November

Except Barry Sanders who ran did 2k in 14 games and had no decline in 10 years as OJ did.

@@Physics072 Barry Sanders couldn't be depended on to block on 3rd down and he couldn't catch a pass. Therefore, as an RB his is below Walter Payton and Emmit Smith.

@@kenwilson6850 Smith isn't in the same class as Barry.

Yes!!!!

If you count playoffs TD is King!

Um, John Riggins?

Me

I didn’t know that he ran for 2000 until I read this comment

@@willtyler2858 me either, and I do not even know who he is or what team he is on... NFL is dead to me, I just go to youtube to see its ghost

@@johnliberty3647 Yup he ran for 2027 yards in the 2020 season.

@@DragonAurora there was a 2020 season? the NFL died to me when the Redskins were no more.

Barry's 1988 season at Oklahoma State is just like you said: ridiculous. When he saw the numbers he put up that season, I couldn't believe it.

In week 14 OJ needed about 80 to break JB's 10 year old single season mark of 1863 and about 200 to reach 2000 in the cold and snow and mud in Shea Stadium vs the Jets. OJ getting 200 in the last week to get 2000 in those conditions was one of the greatest performances in the history of the game.

@@unocryptoblackart716 12-14-73 history was made by OJ.

Bad fields like that favor the runner

I agree. He was the Bills only offense and was unstoppable.

AGREED.

He was in the NFL. In fact, he played in the NFL for 12 years (1986-97) with four different teams.

@@rdouglas747 He was not in the NFL when he rushed for that INSANE AMOUNT of yds 2,411!!!!!

@@dwightlove3704 He wasn't playing against the same type of competition as in the NFL. Heerschel was good but not in the class of these RB.

@@jamesasmith2494 You are forgetting that he was THE FIRST FROSH that was nominated for The Heisman Trophy.

What?? Dickerson had two more rushing titles AFTER his. Peterson had more great seasons,including another rushing title m OJ had 3 more great seasons including 2 more titles. Chris Johnson had four more 1000 yard seasons. Jamal Lewis had one more great and two more good seasons. Derrick Henry has averaged 89 yards/game SINCE his 2000. What are you talking about?

2.4?! You might wanna rethink that...

@@DragonAurora sarcasm bruh. I know it gets lost on the computer. Obviously he ain't running a 2.4 but a 4.2 now lol

Chris Johnson could fly.

He would have made this list in his 💤!!!!!

He would have done it in the '60s

The talent level Jim Brown played agains was inferior. In the sixties the NFL has very little speed and overall athelets.

Key player for the offense of a Super Bowl champion, 10k yards and a 2k yard season. That's good enough for me.

That was impressive as hell friggin BEAST

Barry would have broke the All Time record if he didn't retire early. He even said he didn't want the record

In this clip Chris confirms eludes to success whenever Vince played at QB. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vrqOJOoAWxc.html

…..and here he is admitting to this fact. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pCI7ZRnMKu8.html

Yes Also Vince Young had glarring mental issues as well

@@dc7236 .. We heard that but never saw any actual evidence of it being true.

@@micahatkins5286 saw him break down and cry on the field after a loss fumble

No he wouldn’t have because he played baseball too

ON POINT!

He was the best ever

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@@frankfindout1505 nope mr. brown was. his first three season in the nfl where 12 GAMES seasons! THE NFL WENT 14 GAMES SEASON IN 1960.

@@rachelbullock-eb5kq Jim Brown could not start and stop like Barry Sanders but then no one in history has.

Brown was a power runner who also outran people. Barry ran around and never ran through anyone. Lost lots of yards. Jim never lost yards. Averaged 5 yards a carry for a CAREER