2022 best run offense

Emmitt Smith has the most career yards of total offense with 2,022+ carries, with 18,376 yards.

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2022 or more best run offense by a player
NAMEOFFATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,376
4,409
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
17,057
3,838
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
3,735
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,280
3,062
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
3,230
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,133
3,518
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,824
3,174
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,725
3,479
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,268
2,996
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,055
2,662
153
13,018
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,780
2,936
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,493
3,022
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
2,836
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
3,028
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
2,949
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,072
2,877
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
2,534
153
11,695
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,440
2,764
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
2,916
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,335
2,404
135
11,236
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,237
2,618
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
2,457
170
11,102
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,964
2,669
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,644
2,622
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,607
2,542
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
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