all-time rush yards leader

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards, with 18,355 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12,127
145
2,503
4.8
83.6
112
1,706
183
237
9.3
11.8
5
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PPG

29.2

4th

OPP PPG

30.8

31st

RUSH YDS/G

120.7

13th

PASS YDS/G

268.7

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
7
2
0
.778
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
Commanders Commanders
3
7
0
.300
Giants Giants
2
8
0
.200
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

3 - 5 - 0

27

Final

17

DAL Cowboys

3 - 5 - 1

Mon 3 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
8
2
0
.800
Bills Bills
6
3
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
4
0
.556
Ravens Ravens
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
2
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
5
4
0
.556
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
8
2
0
.800
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
7
2
0
.778
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Lions Lions
6
3
0
.667
Bears Bears
6
3
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
3
0
.667
Panthers Panthers
5
5
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
7
2
0
.778
Rams Rams
7
2
0
.778

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/13
NYJ NYJ
@
NE NE
8:15 PM
Sun
11/16
WAS WAS
@
MIA MIA
9:30 AM
Sun
11/16
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
LAC LAC
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
TB TB
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM