most 50 plus yard runs all-time

Emmitt Smith has the highest career 50 + rushing yards, with 18,405.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAME50+YDSRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,405
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,776
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,050
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,319
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,968
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,151
14,101
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,757
13,707
162
2,837
4.8
84.6
130
1,876
201
259
9.3
11.6
6
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,734
13,684
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,712
13,662
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,309
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,789
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,362
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,329
12,279
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
12,296
12,246
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,293
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,170
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,124
12,074
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,745
11,695
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,488
11,438
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,402
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,291
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
11,286
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,152
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
11,017
10,967
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,693
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
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