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A closer look at the 2K Club with newest member Saquon Barkley originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Eagles running back Saquon Barkley made history on Sunday afternoon when he reached 2,000 rushing yards in the 2024 season.
With one game left in the 17-game regular season, Barkley is 101 yards away from breaking Eric Dickerson’s all-time rushing record of 2,105 but the Eagles are locked into the No. 2 seed in the playoffs and have bigger team goals to worry about.
But just reaching 2,000 yards is quite an accomplishment that has been achieved by just nine players in NFL history.
O.J. Simpson broke the 2,000-yard barrier in 1973 in just 14 games and that mark wasn’t touched again until Dickerson did it in 1984 in a 16-game season. It wasn’t hit again after that until 1997.
Here’s a look at the top nine rushing seasons in NFL history — a list that now includes Barkley’s 2024 season:
1. Eric Dickerson (1984) — 2,105
16 games, 379 attempts (5.6), 131.6 yards per game, 14 TDs
Dickerson was the No. 2 overall pick in the 1983 draft and had his record-breaking season in Year 2 of his career after putting up over 1,800 rushing yards yards as a rookie. Dickerson needed 15 games to break O.J. Simpson’s record and then added more in the 16th game. In addition to having two extra games, Dickerson also had 47 more attempts than Simpson. After 1984, Dickerson’s next beset season came in 1986, when he rushed for 1,821 yards. He’s the only player in NFL history with three seasons of 1,800+ rushing yards. Even though Dickerson set the rushing record in 1984, he was not the Offensive Player of the Year; that award and the MVP went to Dan Marino, who became the first player to throw for over 5,000 yards in a season — a milestone that wasn’t reached again until 2008. Dickerson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
2. Adrian Peterson (2012) — 2,097
16 games, 348 attempts (6.0), 131.1 yards per game, 12 TDs
Peterson was in his sixth NFL…
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Publish date : 2024-12-31 12:00:00
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