Barry Sanders

Barry Sanders #20 RB

Player Card | Career Stats
CAREER RUSHING STATS
G ATT YDS AVG LONG TD
153 3062 15269 5.0 85 99
2073 Results for barry sanders

A look at Johnson's pace

Paul Kuharsky, AFC South

Chris Johnson's pace is a big topic, and if he keeps it up he'll finish with 1,940 yards. Eric Dickerson set the league record with 2,105 yards in 198...

Blog | November 18, 2009

Recycling the Silverdome

SportsCenter

...take the savings and relive the Silverdome's golden years? Get this kid to wear a Barry Sanders jersey and have him run against a local Pop Warner team on Thanksgiving. Contract Cleveland's...

Blog | November 18, 2009

McCluster: There's more to come

Chris Low, SEC

Running for 100 yards against just about any SEC defense is an accomplishment. Running for 200 yards is spectacular. But flirting with 300 yards...

Blog | November 17, 2009

Football journey: Isaiah Stanback

Mike Reiss

...and players he followed: "I wasn't a football guy. When I did get into it, Barry Sanders was my favorite. Nobody could touch him. I always remember that commercial that he had -- he...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009

Running on sports-hate empty

Bill Simmons, ESPN.com

After watching the Lakers, Yankees and Colts over the past year, Bill Simmons doesn't have any sports hate left.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

FBO: Numbers crunching, Week 10

Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders

Football Outsiders applies their metrics to analysis of all Week 10 games. Some observations: the red zone will be the key in CIN/PIT; YAC will be the key in NE/IND; and the Eagles? Not a great road team.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Mike Sando's MVP Watch

Mike Sando, NFC West

...only team to produce an MVP without winning at least 62.5 percent of their games (Barry Sanders shared MVP honors with Brett Favre that season). Quarterbacks have won seven of the last nine...

Blog | November 11, 2009

A closer look at the Eagles' performance

Matt Mosley, NFC East

...running room, but had enough to pick up the first down. But he started making like Barry Sanders rather than just putting his head down and driving forward for the first down. He ended...

Blog | November 09, 2009

Bills' toothless run D to face toughest task yet

Tim Graham, AFC East

...and averaged 6 yards a carry: Jim Brown, 1963 Browns: 1,863 yards, 6.4 average. Barry Sanders, 1997 Lions: 2,053, 6.1 average Joe Perry, 1954 49ers: 1,049 yards, 6.1...

Blog | November 09, 2009

Sound-off responses

Bill Williamson, AFC West

Posted by ESPN.com's Bill Williamson These fans are not alone. There is a petition against Johnson making the rounds. Kansas City Chiefs fans ha...

Blog | November 05, 2009

Run records for Jags, good and bad

Paul Kuharsky, AFC South

...NFL history to have two scoring runs of 75 yards or more in the same game. Barry Sanders did it Oct. 12, 1997 and Frank Gore did it Sept. 20, 2009

Blog | November 01, 2009

Karl's Mailbag 10

Karl Ravech

Q: What is the record for the longest field goal in the NFL? Amanda from Michigan A: Amanda two players...

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009

The Book of Basketball

Bill Simmons, Special to ESPN.com

In an excerpt from "The Book of Basketball," Bill explains why Patrick Ewing is the 39th best player ever.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2009

When the wheels come off RBs

Len Pasquarelli, ESPN.com

Star RBs such as LaDainian Tomlinson and Clinton Portis ain't what they used to be. Is it time to buy into the notion that teams can overwork their star runners? Len Pasquarelli explores the idea.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009