1990 to 2000 running backs with the most yards

From 1990 through 2000, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 15,166 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	15,166	171	3,537	4.3	88.7	145	2,807	453	46	6.2	16.4	11
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	13,799	138	2,782	5.0	100.0	85	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
3	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,325	139	2,550	4.0	74.3	77	4,141	456	154	9.1	29.8	13
4	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,949	151	2,372	4.2	65.9	57	3,581	394	29	9.1	23.7	17
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	9,804	125	2,461	4.0	78.4	49	1,172	162	47	7.2	9.4	3
6	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	8,060	107	1,895	4.3	75.3	67	4,682	465	216	10.1	43.8	22
7	Terry Allen T. Allen	7,956	119	1,984	4.0	66.9	70	1,533	187	20	8.2	12.9	6
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	7,754	92	2,010	3.9	84.3	54	2,022	275	158	7.4	22.0	8
9	Chris Warren C. Warren	7,696	162	1,791	4.3	47.5	52	1,935	273	89	7.1	11.9	5
10	Terrell Davis T. Davis	6,906	70	1,488	4.6	98.7	60	1,211	157	5	7.7	17.3	5
11	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	6,897	104	1,824	3.8	66.3	49	1,309	174		7.5	12.6	2
12	Eddie George E. George	6,874	80	1,763	3.9	85.9	42	1,447	164	129	8.8	18.1	8
13	Robert Smith R. Smith	6,818	98	1,411	4.8	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
14	Natrone Means N. Means	5,215	88	1,409	3.7	59.3	45	631	103	13	6.1	7.2	2
15	Jamal Anderson J. Anderson	5,146	85	1,274	4.0	60.5	33	1,534	153	60	10.0	18.0	6
16	Adrian Murrell A. Murrell	5,092	119	1,347	3.8	42.8	23	1,337	210	93	6.4	11.2	5
17	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4,968	117	1,241	4.0	42.5	60	1,750	199		8.8	15.0	5
18	Earnest Byner E. Byner	4,968	128	1,289	3.9	38.8	26	2,113	254		8.3	16.5	5
19	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	4,939	75	1,166	4.2	65.9	14	1,170	113		10.4	15.6	6
20	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4,894	62	1,073	4.6	78.9	26	885	104	75	8.5	14.3	2
21	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	4,792	91	978	4.9	52.7	12	1,107	127	49	8.7	12.2	5
22	Charlie Garner C. Garner	4,632	98	994	4.7	47.3	28	1,744	199	170	8.8	17.8	5
23	Marion Butts M. Butts	4,502	89	1,175	3.8	50.6	34	450	61		7.4	5.1	1
24	Harold Green H. Green	4,365	124	1,151	3.8	35.2	13	1,644	213		7.7	13.3	4
25	Gary Brown G. Brown	4,300	99	1,032	4.2	43.4	21	631	84	2	7.5	6.4	3

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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
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Commanders	0	2	0	.000
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Lions	1	1	0	.500
Bears	1	1	0	.500
Packers	1	1	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	1	0	.500
Saints	1	1	0	.500
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
Falcons	0	2	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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49ers	2	0	0	1.000
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000