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The '''2,000-yard club''' is a group of eight [[National Football League]] (NFL) running backs who have rushed for 2,000 yards or more in a regular season.<ref name="Minnesota Vikings" /> These eight rushing seasons rank as the highest single-season rushing totals in NFL history,<ref name="NFL Single-Season Rushing Yards Leaders">{{Cite web |title=NFL Single-Season Rushing Yards Leaders |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_single_season.htm |access-date=March 17, 2013 |publisher=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |archive-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131175413/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/rush_yds_single_season.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and reaching the 2,000-yard mark is considered a significant achievement for running backs.<ref name="Adrian Peterson just misses record">{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2012 |title=Adrian Peterson just misses record |url=http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8794141/adrian-peterson-minnesota-vikings-just-misses-nfl-single-season-record-becomes-seventh-player-nfl-history-rush-2000-yards |access-date=March 17, 2013 |work=[[ESPN.com]] |archive-date=July 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729154000/http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8794141/adrian-peterson-minnesota-vikings-just-misses-nfl-single-season-record-becomes-seventh-player-nfl-history-rush-2000-yards |url-status=live }}</ref> No running back has yet achieved this feat twice. The first 2,000-yard season was recorded in [[1973 Buffalo Bills season|1973]] by [[Buffalo Bills]] [[running back]] [[O. J. Simpson]]. Simpson is the only player ever to have surpassed 2,000 yards in a 14-game season; all others occurred in 16-game seasons. He finished the season with 2,003 rushing yards, averaging six [[Carry (American football)|yards per carry]] and an NFL-record 143.1 rushing yards per game.<ref name="Adrian Peterson has one more week to enter elite 2,000 yard club">{{Cite web |last=Bender |first=Bill |date=December 23, 2012 |title=Adrian Peterson has one more week to enter elite 2,000 yard club |url=http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-12-23/adrian-peterson-2000-yards-rushing-record-needs-eric-dickerson-stats-list/ |access-date=March 3, 2013 |publisher=[[Sporting News]]. [[AOL |AOL.com]] |archive-date=March 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316102259/http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-12-23/adrian-peterson-2000-yards-rushing-record-needs-eric-dickerson-stats-list |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Los Angeles Rams]] running back [[Eric Dickerson]], who broke the single-season rookie rushing record in [[1983 Los Angeles Rams season|1983]],<ref name="NFL Single-Season Rushing Leaders">{{Cite magazine |title=NFL Single-Season Rushing Leaders |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/photos/1212/nfl-single-season-rushing-leaders/1/ |access-date=March 3, 2013 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222064017/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/photos/1212/nfl-single-season-rushing-leaders/1/ |url-status=live }}</ref> recorded the second 2,000-yard season in [[1984 Los Angeles Rams season|1984]]. Dickerson rushed for 2,105 yards, the current NFL rushing record, and averaged 131.6 rushing yards per game.<ref name="Adrian Peterson has one more week to enter elite 2,000 yard club" />
[[Detroit Lions]] running back [[Barry Sanders]] recorded the third 2,000-yard season in [[1997 Detroit Lions season|1997]], rushing for 2,053 yards. At the age of 29, Sanders was the oldest back to surpass 2,000 yards. Sanders had opened the season with only 53 yards through two games, but ran for 100 yards or more in each of the last 14 games of the season and averaged 6.1 yards per carry during the season.<ref name="Adrian Peterson has one more week to enter elite 2,000 yard club" /> In [[1998 Denver Broncos season|1998]], [[Denver Broncos]] running back [[Terrell Davis]] became the fourth player to rush for over 2,000 yards, running for 2,008 yards. Davis also recorded 21 rushing touchdowns in his 2,000-yard season, the only 2,000 yard rusher to do so.<ref name="Adrian Peterson has one more week to enter elite 2,000 yard club" /> To date, Davis is the only member of the 2,000 yard club to win a [[Super Bowl]] in the year they rushed for 2,000 yards. Davis had reached the 1,000-yard mark only seven games into the season.<ref name="NFL Single-Season Rushing Leaders" /> [[Baltimore Ravens]] running back [[Jamal Lewis (American football)|Jamal Lewis]] surpassed 2,000 yards in the [[2003 Baltimore Ravens season|2003 season]], recording 2,066 yards over the course of the season. 500 of these yards were recorded in two games against the [[Cleveland Browns]], with Lewis rushing for a then-NFL record 295 yards in the first and recording 205 rushing yards in the second.<ref name="NFL Single-Season Rushing Leaders" /> [[Tennessee Titans]] running back [[Chris Johnson (running back)|Chris Johnson]] ran for 2,006 yards in [[2009 Tennessee Titans season|2009]], averaging 5.6 yards per carry, and also recorded an NFL-record 2,509 [[yards from scrimmage]].<ref name="Adrian Peterson has one more week to enter elite 2,000 yard club" /> [[Minnesota Vikings]] back [[Adrian Peterson]] is the second most recent player to have surpassed 2,000 yards rushing, having finished [[2012 Minnesota Vikings season|the 2012 season]] with 2,097 yards rushing, just 8 yards short of Dickerson's record.<ref name="NFL Single-Season Rushing Leaders" /> Peterson had torn two ligaments in his left knee the previous year, making him the only player to have surpassed 2,000 yards after having reconstructive knee surgery the prior season.<ref name="Minnesota Vikings">{{Cite web |date=December 30, 2012 |title=Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson joins the 2,000-yard club |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000119412/article/minnesota-vikings-adrian-peterson-joins-the-2000yard-club |access-date=March 3, 2013 |work=[[National Football League|NFL.com]] |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209060445/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000119412/article/minnesota-vikings-adrian-peterson-joins-the-2000yard-club |url-status=live }}</ref> Titans running back [[Derrick Henry]] reached the mark on January 3, 2021, making the Titans the first franchise to have multiple 2,000-yard rushers
[[File:Derrick Henry 2019 10-13.jpg|thumb|right|[[Tennessee Titans]] running back [[Derrick Henry]] became the newest member of the 2,000-yard club with 2,027 yards in the 2020 regular season.]]
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