C.J. Anderson, and Percentage of Super Bowl Champion Yards

by Chase Stuart on February 13, 2016

in Checkdowns, History, Statistics, Super Bowl

Anderson clinches the title for Denver

The Denver Broncos didn’t exactly ride the team’s offense to a Super Bowl title, but C.J. Anderson did have a great postseason run. The Broncos back rushed for at least 72 yards and gained at least 83 yards from scrimmage in all three games. He had 32.6% of all yards from scrimmage gained by Denver players in the postseason, which ranks 15th among the leaders in that category on the 50 Super Bowl champions.

The player with the most yards from scrimmage in a single postseason is John Riggins, who rushed for an incredible 610 yards and picked up 625 yards from scrimmage for Washington after the 1982 season. But on a per-game basis, Marcus Allen a year later was even better: in three games, Allen rushed for 466 yards and four touchdowns, while also gaining 118 yards through the air. That gave him an incredible 584 yards from scrimmage and 5 touchdowns in three games, and one of the most famous highlights in NFL history.

Allen also holds the record for most yards from scrimmage during the postseason among the 50 Super Bowl champions. Anderson ranks a respectable 15th in this category:

Rk	Player	Team	Year	Rush	Rec	YFS	G	Tm Yds	Perc
1	Marcus Allen	rai	1983	466	118	584	3	1242	47%
2	Terrell Davis	den	1998	468	69	537	3	1240	43.3%
3	Terrell Davis	den	1997	581	38	619	4	1474	42%
4	John Riggins	was	1982	610	15	625	4	1508	41.4%
5	Franco Harris	pit	1975	314	84	398	3	1004	39.6%
6	Jamal Lewis	rav	2000	338	40	378	4	982	38.5%
7	Emmitt Smith	dal	1993	280	138	418	3	1127	37.1%
8	Emmitt Smith	dal	1992	336	86	422	3	1213	34.8%
9	Jerry Rice	sfo	1988	29	409	438	3	1273	34.4%
10	Larry Csonka	mia	1973	333	0	333	3	969	34.4%
11	Joe Morris	nyg	1986	313	22	335	3	986	34%
12	Corey Dillon	nwe	2004	292	53	345	3	1035	33.3%
13	Dorsey Levens	gnb	1996	195	156	351	3	1072	32.7%
14	Emmitt Smith	dal	1995	298	60	358	3	1095	32.7%
15	C.J. Anderson	den	2015	234	39	273	3	837	32.6%
16	Matt Snell	nyj	1968	192	55	247	2	758	32.6%
17	Franco Harris	pit	1974	343	5	348	3	1088	32%
18	Franco Harris	pit	1979	214	148	362	3	1162	31.2%
19	Marshawn Lynch	sea	2013	288	3	291	3	948	30.7%
20	Timmy Smith	was	1987	342	9	351	3	1179	29.8%
21	Roger Craig	sfo	1989	288	74	362	3	1312	27.6%
22	Duane Thomas	dal	1971	205	27	232	3	843	27.5%
23	Isaac Bruce	ram	1999	0	317	317	3	1174	27%
24	Otis Taylor	kan	1969	0	217	217	3	808	26.9%
25	Hakeem Nicks	nyg	2011	0	444	444	4	1685	26.4%
26	Troy Brown	nwe	2001	-9	253	244	3	942	25.9%
27	Ottis Anderson	nyg	1990	249	16	265	3	1028	25.8%
28	Ricky Watters	sfo	1994	174	108	282	3	1099	25.7%
29	Tony Dorsett	dal	1977	222	48	270	3	1062	25.4%
30	Joseph Addai	clt	2006	294	118	412	4	1622	25.4%
31	Larry Csonka	mia	1972	212	8	220	3	872	25.2%
32	Willie Parker	pit	2008	246	-4	242	3	967	25%
33	Pierre Thomas	nor	2009	143	111	254	3	1022	24.9%
34	Kenny King	rai	1980	131	187	318	4	1281	24.8%
35	Julian Edelman	nwe	2014	19	281	300	3	1220	24.6%
36	Eddie Hinton	clt	1970	-5	252	247	3	1015	24.3%
37	Willie Gault	chi	1985	0	253	253	3	1041	24.3%
38	John Stallworth	pit	1978	0	288	288	3	1188	24.2%
39	Michael Pittman	tam	2002	182	63	245	3	1011	24.2%
40	Dwight Clark	sfo	1981	4	269	273	3	1136	24%
41	Carroll Dale	gnb	1966	0	187	187	2	789	23.7%
42	Ray Rice	rav	2012	306	88	394	4	1679	23.5%
43	Gary Clark	was	1991	0	255	255	3	1094	23.3%
44	Antowain Smith	nwe	2003	252	9	261	3	1127	23.2%
45	Clarence Davis	rai	1976	220	12	232	3	1005	23.1%
46	Donny Anderson	gnb	1967	135	92	227	3	1018	22.3%
47	Willie Parker	pit	2005	225	81	306	4	1373	22.3%
48	Amani Toomer	nyg	2007	0	280	280	4	1269	22.1%
49	James Starks	gnb	2010	315	15	330	4	1498	22%
50	Wendell Tyler	sfo	1984	168	118	286	3	1377	20.8%

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