best rushing game in nfl history by a player

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards, with 18,359 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,359
224
4,402
4.2
82.0
164
3,217
512
127
6.3
14.4
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
188
3,820
4.4
89.0
110
4,539
487
9.3
24.1
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
239
3,729
4.3
66.9
81
3,977
483
695
8.2
16.6
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
183
3,226
4.6
81.5
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.5
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
13,687
169
3,171
4.3
81.0
145
4,768
623
865
7.7
28.2
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
189
3,477
3.9
72.3
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.7
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,262
144
2,994
4.4
92.1
90
2,128
280
7.6
14.8
6
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
172
2,936
4.3
74.1
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.7
13
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
173
2,835
4.3
71.0
100
6,818
761
598
9.0
39.4
36
12Edgerrin James
E. James
12,249
146
3,026
4.0
83.9
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
23.0
11
13Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,248
217
3,005
4.1
56.4
123
5,347
580
9.2
24.6
21
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
172
2,949
4.1
70.5
91
2,285
306
7.5
13.3
9
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
178
2,872
4.2
67.8
65
4,434
469
27
9.5
24.9
22
16Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12,052
143
2,483
4.9
84.3
112
1,697
180
234
9.4
11.9
5
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,706
151
2,527
4.6
77.5
66
2,384
290
346
8.2
15.8
8
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
159
2,761
4.1
71.9
69
3,675
460
625
8.0
23.1
8
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
173
2,916
3.9
65.6
104
2,090
250
8.4
12.1
12
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,246
134
2,397
4.7
83.9
61
2,128
201
10.6
15.9
14
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
147
2,618
4.3
76.5
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
13.0
7
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,107
162
2,456
4.5
68.6
73
3,786
504
647
7.5
23.4
16
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
180
2,668
4.1
60.9
49
4,331
508
591
8.5
24.1
15
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,607
131
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
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30.8

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OPP PPG

31.3

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RUSH YDS/G

120.4

13th

PASS YDS/G

271.0

1st

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6
2
0
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3
4
1
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6
0
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11/27
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4:30 PM
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12/4
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Final

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DEN Broncos

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Sun 26 Oct 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
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7
2
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.778
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6
2
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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3
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5
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6
2
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.750
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4
1
.438
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2
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3
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2
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4
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9/3
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9/6
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DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Thu
11/6
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11/9
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11/9
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11/9
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