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The 'NFL 1,500-yard rushers' quiz
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The 'NFL 1,500-yard rushers' quiz

Just a couple of days after Bijan Robinson reset the running back market with his three-year, $75 million contract, veteran Jonathan Taylor is getting a payday of his own. 

Following his 1,585-yard, 18-touchdown performance in 2025, the Colts have rewarded Taylor with a two-year, $44M contract extension. The six-year veteran and 2021 rushing champion does have a history of sitting out until he gets the deal he wants – missing the first four games of the 2023 season before signing his three-year, $42M contract. But he also has a history of being one of the NFL’s elite running backs, topping 1,000-yards in every season he played at least 14 games and racking up 10+ rushing touchdowns in each of those seasons. 

Entering his final season of that deal, the Colts now won’t have to worry about a disgruntled (or absent) JT to begin the 2026 campaign. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. Taylor is one of just 18 players to record 1,500 rushing yards in one season multiple times. How many of the players to reach that milestone at least once in the Super Bowl era can you name in eight minutes?

Good luck!

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5 / TEN, BAL / 2016-Present
Derrick Henry
5 / DET / 1989-98
Barry Sanders
4 / IND / 1999-2009
Edgerrin James
4 / LAR, IND / 1983-93
Eric Dickerson
4 / CHI / 1975-87
Walter Payton
3 / NYG / 1997-2006
Tiki Barber
3 / DEN, WAS / 2002-10
Clinton Portis
3 / SD / 2001-11
LaDainian Tomlinson
3 / DEN / 1995-2001
Terrell Davis
3 / DAL / 1990-2004
Emmitt Smith
3 / BUF / 1969-79
O.J. Simpson
2 / IND / 2020-Present
Jonathan Taylor
2 / MIN / 2007-21
Adrian Peterson
2 / KC / 2003-11
Larry Johnson
2 / SEA / 2000-08
Shaun Alexander
2 / KC / 1997-2007
Priest Holmes
2 / NYJ / 1995-2005
Curtis Martin
2 / HOU / 1978-85
Earl Campbell
1 / BUF / 2022-Present
James Cook
1 / PHI / 2018-Present
Saquon Barkley
1 / CLE / 2018-Present
Nick Chubb
1 / LVR / 2019-Present
Josh Jacobs
1 / MIN / 2017-24
Dalvin Cook
1 / DAL / 2016-24
Ezekiel Elliott
1 / DAL / 2011-17
DeMarco Murray
1 / PHI / 2009-20
LeSean McCoy
1 / KC / 2008-18
Jamaal Charles
1 / SEA / 2007-19
Marshawn Lynch
1 / WAS / 2012-20
Alfred Morris
1 / JAX / 2006-14
Maurice Jones-Drew
1 / HOU / 2009-16
Arian Foster
1 / TEN / 2008-17
Chris Johnson
1 / ATL / 2004-12
Michael Turner
1 / CAR / 2006-16
DeAngelo Williams
1 / SF / 2005-20
Frank Gore
1 / STL / 2004-15
Steven Jackson
1 / NE / 1997-2006
Corey Dillon
1 / GB / 1998-2009
Ahman Green
1 / BAL / 2000-09
Jamal Lewis
1 / NO / 2001-08
Deuce McAllister
1 / JAX / 1998-2010
Fred Taylor
1 / MIA / 1999-2011
Ricky Williams
1 / TEN / 1996-2004
Eddie George
1 / MIN / 1993-2000
Robert Smith
1 / ATL / 1994-2001
Jamal Anderson
1 / SF / 1993-2004
Garrison Hearst
1 / PIT / 1993-2005
Jerome Bettis
1 / SEA / 1990-2000
Chris Warren
1 / PIT / 1990-94
Barry Foster
1 / SF / 1983-93
Roger Craig
1 / DAL / 1986-97
Herschel Walker
1 / NYG / 1982-91
Joe Morris
1 / RAI / 1982-97
Marcus Allen
1 / ATL / 1982-91
Gerald Riggs
1 / TB / 1981-90
James Wilder
1 / ATL / 1979-86
William Andrews
1 / DAL / 1977-88
Tony Dorsett
1 / NO / 1981-87
George Rogers
1 / ATL / 1979-92
Ottis Anderson
1 / PHI / 1977-85
Wilbert Montgomery

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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