longest air yard attempt

Emmitt Smith has the most career attempts, with 4,939 attempts.

Interpreted as:
longest air yard attempt by a player
NAMEATTYDSGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,939
21,564
226
95.4
175
18,355
81.2
164
3,224
14.3
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
4,368
21,803
190
114.8
125
16,726
88.0
110
4,538
23.9
15
539
2.8
0
0
0.0
0
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
4,230
19,992
241
83.0
100
16,000
66.4
81
3,985
16.5
18
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4,015
17,421
168
103.7
100
14,101
83.9
90
3,329
19.8
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,807
18,456
170
108.6
162
13,684
80.5
145
4,772
28.1
17
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,695
15,113
192
78.7
94
13,662
71.2
91
1,449
7.5
3
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,624
17,648
222
79.5
145
12,243
55.1
123
5,411
24.4
21
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
8Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
3,618
19,190
176
109.0
136
12,279
69.8
100
6,875
39.1
36
18
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,569
17,808
184
96.8
126
14,918
81.1
120
2,474
13.4
6
428
2.3
0
0
0.0
0
10Edgerrin James
E. James
3,469
15,610
148
105.5
91
12,246
82.7
80
3,364
22.7
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,432
18,308
153
119.7
109
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
19.1
10
118
0.8
0
0
0.0
0
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
3,359
16,532
182
90.8
88
12,074
66.3
65
4,458
24.5
23
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,351
16,326
173
94.4
91
12,739
73.6
77
3,554
20.5
13
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,293
15,411
146
105.6
96
13,259
90.8
90
2,137
14.6
6
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
3,281
14,622
173
84.5
100
12,120
70.1
91
2,287
13.2
9
233
1.3
0
0
0.0
0
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
3,239
15,191
160
94.9
78
11,438
71.5
69
3,683
23.0
9
79
0.5
0
0
0.0
0
17Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
3,214
15,665
181
86.5
64
10,967
60.6
49
4,339
24.0
15
310
1.7
0
48
0.3
0
18John Riggins
J. Riggins
3,174
13,435
175
76.8
116
11,352
64.9
104
2,090
11.9
12
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Eddie George
E. George
3,148
12,669
141
89.9
78
10,441
74.0
68
2,227
15.8
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
3,098
14,891
144
103.4
91
10,643
73.9
78
4,248
29.5
13
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Thomas Jones
T. Jones
3,012
12,885
180
71.6
71
10,591
58.8
68
2,023
11.2
3
271
1.5
0
0
0.0
0
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,984
15,001
170
88.2
89
11,102
65.3
73
3,898
22.9
16
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
2,977
17,359
154
112.7
68
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
33.7
12
544
3.5
0
1,181
7.7
1
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,955
13,362
182
73.4
86
10,273
56.4
81
3,062
16.8
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
2,915
14,468
146
99.1
75
9,796
67.1
54
4,672
32.0
21
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

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11
6
0
.647
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176