Barry Sanders Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Barry Sanders Position: RB Height: 5' 8''  Weight: 203 Born: 7/16/1968, in Wichita, KS, USA High School: North (Wichita, KS) College: Oklahoma State University Drafted: 1989, Round 1, Pick 3 (3 Overall) by Detroit Lions
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1989 21 DET NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   280 1470 5.3 14 34   24 282 11.8 0 46   10 0 0 0 0 1990 22 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   255 1304 5.1 13 45t   36 480 13.3 3 47t   4 2 0 0 0 1991 23 DET NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   342 1548 4.5 16 69t   41 307 7.5 1 34   5 1 0 0 0 1992 24 DET NFL 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 53   312 1352 4.3 9 55t   29 225 7.8 1 48   6 2 0 0 0 1993 25 DET NFL 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   243 1115 4.6 3 42   36 205 5.7 0 17   3 3 0 0 0 1994 26 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   331 1883 5.7 7 85   44 283 6.4 1 22   0 0 0 0 0 1995 27 DET NFL 16 2 1 50.0 11 5.50 11 0 0 0 0 66.7 84   314 1500 4.8 11 75t   48 398 8.3 1 40   3 1 0 0 0 1996 28 DET NFL 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0   307 1553 5.1 11 54t   24 147 6.1 0 28   4 2 0 0 0 1997 29 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   335 2053 6.1 11 82t   33 305 9.2 3 66t   3 1 0 0 0 1998 30 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   343 1491 4.3 4 73t   37 289 7.8 0 44   3 1 0 0 0 Log 10 NFL Season Totals   153 4 1 25.0 11 2.75 0 0 1 0 0 0.0     3062 15269 5.0 99 0   352 2921 8.3 10 0   41 13 0 0 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1989 21 DET NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   5 118 23.6 43 0 1990 22 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1991 23 DET NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1992 24 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1993 25 DET NFL 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1994 26 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1995 27 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1996 28 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1997 29 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1998 30 DET NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Log 10 NFL Season Totals   153 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   5 118 23.6 0 0 Awards 1997 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - PFWA MVP 1994 - AP Offensive Player of the Year 1991 - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) 1989 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year 1988 - Heisman Trophy Winner
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Att 1. Emmitt Smith 4409 2. Walter Payton 3838 3. Curtis Martin 3518 4. Jerome Bettis 3479 5. Barry Sanders 3062 Career Rush Yds 1. Emmitt Smith 18355 2. Walter Payton 16726 3. Barry Sanders 15269 4. Curtis Martin 14101 5. Jerome Bettis 13662 Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 . . . . . 9. Barry Sanders 99 Career Rush Att/TD 1. Lenny Moore 16.97 2. Paul Hornung 17.86 3. Steve Van Buren 19.13 4. Pete Johnson 19.59 5. Priest Holmes 20.70 . . . . . 73. Barry Sanders 30.93 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rec/TD 1. Ottis Anderson 75.20 2. Tony Galbreath 54.44 3. Michael Pittman* 53.13 4. Tiki Barber 48.83 5. Curtis Martin 48.40 . . . . . 11. Barry Sanders 35.20 Minimum 350 Rec.   1997 - AP NFL MVP - AP Offensive Player of the Year - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - PFWA MVP 1994 - AP Offensive Player of the Year 1991 - Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) 1989 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year - UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year 1988 - Heisman Trophy Winner
Similar Players   Top
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