average yards carried leaders including playoffs

Emmitt Smith averaged 4.2 yards per rush attempt in the regular-season and playoffs in his career.

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average rushing yards carried leaders including playoffs

	NAME	YPC	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4.2	4,758	243	19,941	82.1	183	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	4.3	4,018	199	17,358	87.2	112	4,716	514		9.2	23.7	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	4.3	3,883	250	16,668	66.7	86	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	4.0	3,700	178	14,896	83.7	98	3,634	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3.9	3,678	205	14,336	69.9	100	1,506	208	104	7.2	7.3	3
6	Franco Harris F. Harris	4.1	3,349	192	13,676	71.2	107	2,791	358		7.8	14.5	10
7	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	4.6	3,346	189	15,330	81.1	125	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
8	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4.3	3,305	180	14,152	78.6	151	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
9	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4.1	3,289	238	13,590	57.1	134	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
10	Edgerrin James E. James	4.0	3,246	161	13,098	81.4	86	3,648	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.4	3,238	190	14,122	74.3	86	3,957	444		8.9	20.8	14
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4.2	3,216	203	13,516	66.6	81	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
13	John Riggins J. Riggins	3.9	3,167	184	12,348	67.1	116	2,135	256		8.3	11.6	12
14	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	5.0	3,153	159	15,655	98.5	100	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
15	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	4.4	3,144	153	13,983	91.4	93	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
16	Eddie George E. George	3.7	3,071	150	11,217	74.8	73	2,376	291	303	8.2	15.8	10
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.3	3,001	188	12,881	68.5	106	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
18	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	2,860	162	14,020	86.5	129	1,889	202	261	9.4	11.7	5
19	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	4.1	2,805	191	11,496	60.2	52	4,609	548	641	8.4	24.1	15
20	Thomas Jones T. Jones	4.0	2,803	188	11,104	59.1	73	2,113	320	430	6.6	11.2	3
21	Ricky Watters R. Watters	4.0	2,797	155	11,309	73.0	86	4,699	508	179	9.3	30.3	17
22	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	4.1	2,793	164	11,530	70.3	70	3,688	465	633	7.9	22.5	9
23	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	4.3	2,738	158	11,749	74.4	86	1,987	256	292	7.8	12.6	7
24	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	4.1	2,672	137	11,033	80.5	62	1,947	231	313	8.4	14.2	4
25	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	4.3	2,664	162	11,383	70.3	97	2,366	301	413	7.9	14.6	9

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