The Only 8 Players To Ever Rush For 2,000+ Yards In A Season 

Barry Sanders rushed for exactly 2000 over his final 14 games too, after just 53 yards on 25 carries over the first 2 weeks

He’s done crazier things

@@nonot8232it’s easy to kill, a 2k yard season is a different story

@@JohnFKennedy313 But “magically” making a glove not fit is definitely not easy

@@nonot8232 Him not going to jail for that might be crazier, you right. The killing two people part was easy for him

Yeah we don't have video of Barry Sanders decline. Even Emmitt admitted he would've likely had the record had he stayed. He had almost 1500 yards rushing and only 4? TD I think his final year and it was considered a "down year." Honestly absurd looking back on it.

This is one reason I think he’s the best RB to ever lace em up

People forget that Payton played (3) 14 game seasons, lost 7 games to a strike shortened season and then bowed out gracefully his last season accommodate Neal Anderson. That's about 16 games and 1,500 rushing yards given away. Sanders would've needed 2,500 rushing yards to catch Walter when these are considered. I'm not saying that Barry couldn't have gotten the yards, but you can't only factor in what Sanders gave away without also factoring in what Walter gave away.

Barry's the goat

@@Bluewatercat Barry was one dimensional whereas Walter did everything. Barry is without a doubt the greatest breakaway runner of all time. But Payton was also a primary receiver with nearly 2,500 more yards than Barry. And Payton is the greatest blocking HB of all-time. In today's sports world, where all metrics are calculated to determine the GOAT, Payton's all around game makes him the best, by a wide margin.

HE WAS INNOCENT let it go white ppl. Stay mad

Yes when you brutally murder 2 people the rest of tend to forget about how you were great at a game.

I thought he was found innocent

​@@aguyfromnotherethe man beat the charge, how u know he did it.

@@aguyfromnothere It really puts things into perspective, that's for sure.

That's awesome! Did you go to any games that year other than against CLE?

Brian Billick could’ve handed him that ball just 1 more time for that big 300 but wishful thinking 🤣🤷🏾‍♂️💯

@@FantasyPhenoms Cozy very lucky, was able to attend all home games from 96--07. Cheap seats but the best people possible.

Sure has been fun being a Ravens fan since they came to Bmore.

pissed they didnt give him that last handoff....fucc perserving records...they are made to be shattered....i don't for once believe that he didnt give him that chance cuz he didnt want him to get hurt....

Amen. Walter Payton is the greatest running back of all time, because he was a "complete" running back, that spawned LT, Marshall Faulk, Christian McCaffrey and others too. Payton showed running backs how be a hybrid, running, receiving, blocking, throwing touchdowns and kick off returns. Walter Payton is the best no question, and my favorite player, well him and Lawrence Taylor.

this video explains Walter as the greatest ever... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rmcQPMo8L3E.html

@@YaredYahu1212 you sir,are correct!!... Hero I was lucky enough to see play!

Against SLOW WHITE GUYS

I agree, and I believe he's the greatest back of all-time, and the top 4 Football Players ever.

Well said Good Sir.

Nah fam lol. Barry had no line whatsoever, and still reached that mark. He ran backwards for another 1000yards before reaching the 2000yd mark.

Barry

O.j did it in less games

Fewer​@@JuniorCumberbatch-s9h

@travisvanalst4698 Adrian Peterson had his 2000+ yard season the year after he tore his ACL. To me, that was miraculous. He was the MVP also.

@@johnjohnson1657 Put Walter in his prime and he rushes for 3,000

@@samsonbabayan6894 You're either smokn' some good bud or you're absolutely delusional or both. As soon as you said "3,000 yards" your response fell into the trash can. Do some math on what he would've had to run each game for 3,000 yards in the amount of games played back then. Fandomship tends to put common sense to the side, as in your case. Anything else?

Is he really the GOAT when your only argument is a made up hypothetical scenario?

@@Supermanfan99um kinda….

O.J Did it on a bad team too

God bless him 👌🏾😭

@@deemyers6817 a killer r.b.

@@coop8267 On fast surface (Astroturf) and controlled indoor comfortable temp.With Run and Shoot offenses.Descent QBS, fast WRs, pro bowlers Glover, LOMAS Brown, later Bill Fralic OG pro bowler.Payton in 14 games with garbage players on Offense and defense .Some frigid games on concrete turf in Chicago.

On the Lions with no offensive line

@@timorean320 true!! But 40 years later, most now are showing evidence of CTE!! That's because we did not realize that football can kill you!!

ok, CTE and players talking in hieroglyphics as a result is real football 😂

@@migo.offa30 You know what? Even with all we know, all the risks, Men will still play, and love it.

This is why I love to watch the current 49ers and Lions- great running games as well as passing the ball!

@@timorean320yeah play it smarter and better, so not running your back into the ground and maybe relying on the guy who could throw you the ball for 10+ years 😂.

Then didn’t show up in the road playoff game as usual

​@Supermanfan99 Playoffs get tougher obviously and mediocre QB play and getting hit in the backfield by better competition does that. Shocker

@@PaulWeezy50 Nice theory, except they played at Tampa in the playoffs. Barry ran for 215 yards and 2 TDs at Tampa during the regular season. He just sucked when the fields got cold and wet.

Ya OJ could slice through 2 bodies and get away with it like no one else

I thought he was gonna break the record I remember everything I did that day I was so sure he was gonna do it

Definitely should've gotten it

They didn't rob him of anything lol

AP tore his ACL and came back the very next year and not only joined the 2k club but almost had the record.. #MyGoatRb

Er. Derrick Henry? Hello? I'm just going by the temporal aspect that defines things like 'before' and 'after'.

He didnt mention this in the video . But Minnesota had to kick that field goal to make the playoffs. It wasnt just a regular game

Derrick Henry was the last

Sanders did it in last 14 games nitwit. 53 yds first 2 games. Greatest of all time so get it straight

@@noeljessmon2669 which means if he played only the first 14 games he would not have done it i.e. not on simpsons level

@@noeljessmon2669 Which means if he played only the FIRST 14 games (like Simpson) he would NOT have done it i.e. not on Simpson's level... also Gale Sayers and Jim Brown along with Simpson are better than Barry Sanders so ... O.J. didn't have the option of sucking for the first two games

cold weather makes the run game more effective bcz your forced to run more passing to hard during the cold so u get more run plays in the cold

Good analysis because playing in the snow rain cold or whatever that takes a lot out of everybody

Right!! he rush for over 2,000 yards in a season

Thurman did it FOUR straight seasons.

Nope. They're barley getting guys just over 1,000 now. It's turned into damn Arena League with just pass, pass, pass, and pass some more.

this is true. he was the detroit lions only option. and the defenses would stack the box to try and stop him. and he still blew their doors off. i’m a dallas cowboys fan and emmitt smith is our guy, but i have to give it to barry sanders. i would take him and emmitt both

@jonathans6087 I'm with ya. Imagine Barry with a hof qb, wr and that great wall of Dallas it would of been unfair

He had help. He had several Probowlers on his line. Plus he had Herman Moore, Perriman etc. Not their fault Barry wanted to go east and west. Not their fault Barry got pulled on 3rd downs and goal line situations. Not their fault Barry didn't show up in the playoffs.

If & would’ve don’t feed the bulldog!

@@morrisparrish76 Doesn’t matter. Barry is still the best running back by far! Anyone who knows football would agree…

Anyone knowing football would know your statement is a poorly disguised opinion masquerading as fact!

Easy

@@RealJew63

@@philb.1502 he killed it

@Macarena22279 I know you're being funny, but just looking at his football performance without the other stuff, he had the best 2000 yard season.

@@philb.1502 not being funny at all

and henry not?

it will definitely happen again lol

@@lyleseward8638 and dead, thankfully

@@Macarena22279 Tru dat

The juice probably evaporated from the heat of hell.

@@dcatura1 How do I like this one twice? Lmao

@@dcatura1 let's hope

Yea. And the vikes were 1 bad play from the superbowl. Too bad that year he couldn't get out of his own way with all them fumbles that year atleast

@LifeIsChill13 I would argue they wouldn't have won that superbowl either way because of how beat up farve was after the bounty gate bs. However, it seems the saints may have won but cursed themselves in the process, which makes me smile every time it rears it's ugly head.

The 2k year the Vikings felt like they went back to the 60's with how dominant their run game was and how lacking the passing game was. Not to mention he had injuries that appeared during the season yet still cranked those yards out. It was honestly baffling how much he was doing to the point it completely overshadowed iirc a Kansas City RB Jamaal Charles? Who I think was also recovering from a significant injury at the time.

@@jeff8366 Losing 4 Superbowls is far more of a curse! At least the Saints knew how to take advantage of their opportunity. You Viqueens fans never cease to amaze as if your team never had some form of "bounties" or any NFL team for that matter, when Cris Carter could tell you otherwise; it's not like Goodell used the Saints as scapegoats due to the league being sued by former players to save face and attempt to "protect the shield" or anything! Should I fell to mention your team had a better chance in 98 to go to the SB and botched that up by losing to the Falcons who were 14-2 that year but didn't nearly possess the same firepower! Oh and what happened against the Giants 2 years later? Yeah, they've owned the Saints in the playoffs (lately seems the only team they can beat just to get curb stomped the following week) except the one time when it counted most! That puts a smile upon my face every time!

Oh who was O.J QB

That would be interesting!!

That's weak.

@@wallacebrown6066you couldn’t do it if you tried

If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle!

That was 1 of the best OJ Jokes yet on RU-vid....congrats.!

Yikes!