History of 2,000-yard rushers in NFL with Saquon Barkley joining NBC Bay Area [Video]

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:

16 games, 379 attempts (5.6), 131.6 yards per game, 14 TDs

Dickerson was the No. 2 overall pick in …