most rushing yards in a career in cfb

Donnel Pumphrey has the most career rushing yards, with 6,405 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a career in cfb
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Donnel Pumphrey
D. Pumphrey
6,405
54
1,059
6.0
118.6
62
1,041
100
124
10.4
19.3
5
2Ron Dayne
R. Dayne
6,397
43
1,115
5.7
148.8
63
304
31
9.8
7.1
0
3Ricky Williams
R. Williams
6,279
46
1,011
6.2
136.5
72
927
85
10.9
20.2
3
4Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
6,174
41
926
6.7
150.6
50
407
42
67
9.7
9.9
5
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6,082
44
1,074
5.7
138.2
55
404
38
10.6
9.2
4
6DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
6,026
44
969
6.2
137.0
55
723
70
10.3
16.4
5
7Royce Freeman
R. Freeman
5,621
51
947
5.9
110.2
60
814
79
91
10.3
16.0
4
8Charles White
C. White
5,598
45
1,023
5.5
124.4
46
507
54
9.4
11.3
3
9Travis Prentice
T. Prentice
5,596
44
1,138
4.9
127.2
73
522
54
9.7
11.9
5
10Cedric Benson
C. Benson
5,540
48
1,112
5.0
115.4
64
621
69
9.0
12.9
3
11Justin Jackson
J. Jackson
5,440
51
1,142
4.8
106.7
41
858
122
165
7.0
16.8
1
12Garrett Wolfe
G. Wolfe
5,434
34
849
6.4
159.8
54
588
58
10.1
17.3
5
13Myles Gaskin
M. Gaskin
5,323
52
945
5.6
102.4
57
465
65
91
7.2
8.9
5
14Damion Fletcher
D. Fletcher
5,302
50
1,009
5.3
106.0
44
904
109
8.3
18.1
2
15LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
5,263
44
907
5.8
119.6
54
238
39
6.1
5.4
0
16Herschel Walker
H. Walker
5,259
33
994
5.3
159.4
49
243
26
9.3
7.4
3
17Archie Griffin
A. Griffin
5,177
42
845
6.1
123.3
25
286
25
11.4
6.8
1
18Montee Ball
M. Ball
5,140
49
924
5.6
104.9
77
598
59
10.1
12.2
6
19Marquez Cooper
M. Cooper
5,135
54
1,101
4.7
95.1
45
496
57
79
8.7
9.2
2
20LaMichael James
L. James
5,082
37
771
6.6
137.4
53
586
51
11.5
15.8
4
21Michael Hart
M. Hart
5,040
43
1,015
5.0
117.2
41
566
67
8.4
13.2
2
22Avon Cobourne
A. Cobourne
5,039
43
1,023
4.9
117.2
42
459
57
8.1
10.7
0
23Darren Lewis
D. Lewis
5,012
46
909
5.5
109.0
44
126
25
5.0
2.7
1
24Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
4,979
45
815
6.1
110.6
45
609
66
9.2
13.5
2
25Dontrell Moore
D. Moore
4,973
48
1,028
4.8
103.6
51
857
92
9.3
17.9
8
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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24.7

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12.6

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188.1

37th

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153.7

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