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Inside the Numbers: Saquon Barkley moves up on Giants' all-time rushing list

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Giants' game against the Jets Sunday was not pretty, but Saquon Barkley worked his way through it to be the game's most productive offensive player. In the process, he continued his rise on the franchise's career statistical lists.

The sixth year running back rushed for a game-high 128 yards on a career-high 36 carries in the Giants' 13-10 overtime loss.

Barkley increased his career total to 4,661 rushing yards. That moved him past Alex Webster (4,638) and into fifth place on the Giants' all-time list. Brandon Jacobs is fourth with 5,087 yards.

Barkley has 1,064 rushing attempts, which is seventh in franchise history, just two behind Ron Johnson.

Barkley's 17th career 100-yard game tied him with Rodney Hampton for third on the Giants' all-time list, behind Tiki Barber (38) and Joe Morris (19).

Barkley moved past Morris (6,529) and into ninth place on the franchise's total yardage list with 6,568 yards (4,661 rushing, 1,907 receiving). Ahmad Bradshaw is eighth with 7,168.

Barkley has 32 games with at least 100 scrimmage yards, which ranks seventh among active NFL running backs.

Barkley's 36 rushing attempts were the most by an NFL running back since Dec. 10, 2017, when Frank Gore, then with the Colts, had 36 carries for 130 yards at Buffalo. It was the highest total for a Giants back since Dec. 5, 1999, when Joe Montgomery had 38 for 111 yards, also in a home game against the Jets.

In the three games since his return after missing three contests with a sprained ankle, Barkley has 81 rushing attempts and 91 scrimmage touches, by far the league's highest totals during that time. Jacksonville's Travis Etienne is second with 56 carries and New Orleans' Alvin Kamara is runner-up with 76 touches.

View photos of Giants running back Saquon Barkley's time with the New York Giants.

*Kayvon Thibodeaux's 8.5 sacks tie him for third in the NFL with Pittsburgh's T.J. Watt and Cleveland's Myles Garrett. That is the highest total by a Giants player through eight games since Jason Pierre-Paul had 9.5 in 2011. JPP finished that season with 16.5 sacks.

*Tommy DeVito scored the Giants' only touchdown Sunday on a six-yard run. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the first Giants quarterback to rush for a touchdown in his NFL debut since Sept. 26, 1954, when Bobby Clatterbuck scored on a one yard run in a 41-10 victory over the Chicago Cardinals in Comiskey Park.

*The Giants and Jets combined for 445 total net yards of offense (184 passing) and 1,078 yards on 24 punts. It was just the third NFL game since the 1970 merger with fewer than 450 yards of offense and more than 1,000 yards of punts. The others were a 7-6 Raiders victory against the Chargers on Oct. 11, 1998 (354, 1,231) and a 16-10 Dolphins triumph against the Titans on Oct. 8, 2017 (366, 1,008).

*The Giants' 203 rushing yards marked the fifth time they exceeded 200 yards on the ground in Brian Daboll's two seasons as coach.

*The Giants' 52 rushing attempts Sunday was their highest total since Dec. 4, 1988, when they ran 53 times for 170 yards in a 44-7 rout of the Cardinals.

*Their 13 punts were their highest total under Daboll, five more than the previous high – eight, the week prior in a victory against Washington. The Jets' 11 punts were the highest by a Giants opponent during those two seasons; The Commanders punted 10 times last week.

*The Giants' 21 punts the last two weeks was their highest total in