most all purpose yards by running backs career including post season

Brian Mitchell has gained the most career all-purpose yards by a running back in the regular season and playoffs, with 24,921 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	24,921	239	2,199	426	5.2	9.2	13	2,481	274	85	9.1	10.4	4
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	23,492	243	19,941	4,758	4.2	82.1	183	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	22,670	199	17,358	4,018	4.3	87.2	112	4,716	514		9.2	23.7	15
4	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	21,411	195	3,850	808	4.8	19.7	27	5,317	602	819	8.8	27.3	35
5	Frank Gore F. Gore	20,827	250	16,668	3,883	4.3	66.7	86	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
6	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	20,312	188	12,881	3,001	4.3	68.5	106	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	19,525	238	13,590	3,289	4.1	57.1	134	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
8	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	19,100	180	14,152	3,305	4.3	78.6	151	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,805	159	15,655	3,153	5.0	98.5	100	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	18,656	203	13,516	3,216	4.2	66.6	81	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
11	Curtis Martin C. Martin	18,521	178	14,896	3,700	4.0	83.7	98	3,634	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
12	Herschel Walker H. Walker	18,507	192	8,357	1,982	4.2	43.5	61	4,919	522		9.4	25.6	21
13	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	18,294	189	15,330	3,346	4.6	81.1	125	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	18,112	190	14,122	3,238	4.4	74.3	86	3,957	444		8.9	20.8	14
15	Tiki Barber T. Barber	18,077	161	10,924	2,337	4.7	67.9	56	5,379	612	740	8.8	33.4	12
16	Edgerrin James E. James	16,746	161	13,098	3,246	4.0	81.4	86	3,648	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
17	Franco Harris F. Harris	16,682	192	13,676	3,349	4.1	71.2	107	2,791	358		7.8	14.5	10
18	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	16,592	191	11,496	2,805	4.1	60.2	52	4,609	548	641	8.4	24.1	15
19	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	16,226	153	13,983	3,144	4.4	91.4	93	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
20	Derrick Henry D. Henry	16,062	163	14,164	2,884	4.9	86.9	132	1,908	203	262	9.4	11.7	5
21	Ricky Watters R. Watters	16,008	155	11,309	2,797	4.0	73.0	86	4,699	508	179	9.3	30.3	17
22	Jim Brown J. Brown	15,966	122	12,553	2,425	5.2	102.9	107	2,598	270		9.6	21.3	20
23	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,844	205	14,336	3,678	3.9	69.9	100	1,506	208	104	7.2	7.3	3
24	James Brooks J. Brooks	15,620	171	8,178	1,743	4.7	47.8	50	3,770	398		9.5	22.0	33
25	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	15,327	177	11,324	2,514	4.5	64.0	74	4,002	533	687	7.5	22.6	16

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