Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards + rush attempts, with 22,764.

Interpreted as:

most 15 rushing yard plus runs by a player

	NAME	YDS+ATT	RUSH YDS	ATT	GP	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	22,764	18,355	4,409	226	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	20,564	16,726	3,838	190	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	19,735	16,000	3,735	241	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,331	15,269	3,062	153	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	18,148	14,918	3,230	184	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	17,619	14,101	3,518	168	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	17,141	13,662	3,479	192	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
8	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	16,858	13,684	3,174	170	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	16,255	13,259	2,996	146	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	15,680	13,018	2,662	153	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	15,675	12,739	2,936	173	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Edgerrin James E. James	15,274	12,246	3,028	148	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
13	Marcus Allen M. Allen	15,265	12,243	3,022	222	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
14	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	15,115	12,279	2,836	176	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	15,069	12,120	2,949	173	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
16	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	14,951	12,074	2,877	182	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
17	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,671	12,312	2,359	118	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	14,268	11,352	2,916	175	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
19	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	14,229	11,695	2,534	153	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
20	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	14,202	11,438	2,764	160	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	13,859	11,241	2,618	150	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
22	O.J. Simpson	13,640	11,236	2,404	135	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
23	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	13,636	10,967	2,669	181	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
24	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	13,559	11,102	2,457	170	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
25	Eddie George E. George	13,306	10,441	2,865	141	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176