most all purpose yards player nfl from 1950 to 1996

Between the 1950 and 1996 seasons, Walter Payton had the most all-purpose yards, with 21,803 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,803	190	114.8	125	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	23.9	15	539	2.8	0	0	0.0	0
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,057	206	82.8	134	11,738	57.0	112	5,325	25.8	21	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jerry Rice J. Rice	17,007	188	90.5	165	624	3.3	10	16,377	87.1	154	6	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Herschel Walker H. Walker	16,832	171	98.4	82	8,205	48.0	61	4,710	27.5	19	3,917	22.9	2	0	0.0	0
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,326	173	94.4	91	12,739	73.6	77	3,554	20.5	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	15,459	118	131.0	126	12,312	104.3	106	2,499	21.2	20	648	5.5	0	0	0.0	0
7	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,411	146	105.6	96	13,259	90.8	90	2,137	14.6	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	15,118	205	73.7	65	50	0.2	0	13,177	64.3	61	364	1.8	0	1,527	7.4	4
9	James Brooks J. Brooks	14,910	162	92.0	79	7,962	49.1	49	3,621	22.4	30	2,762	17.0	0	565	3.5	0
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	14,638	138	106.1	82	10,762	78.0	62	3,876	28.1	20	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,622	173	84.5	100	12,120	70.1	91	2,287	13.2	9	233	1.3	0	0	0.0	0
12	O.J. Simpson	14,368	135	106.4	76	11,236	83.2	61	2,142	15.9	14	990	7.3	1	0	0.0	0
13	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,277	233	61.3	76	246	1.1	1	14,004	60.1	75	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	14,170	121	117.1	91	11,725	96.9	84	2,327	19.2	7	118	1.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	14,078	148	95.1	91	2,735	18.5	18	7,954	53.7	65	2,690	18.2	5	699	4.7	3
16	John Riggins J. Riggins	13,435	175	76.8	116	11,352	64.9	104	2,090	11.9	12	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,396	200	67.0	101	83	0.4	1	13,089	65.4	100	156	0.8	0	68	0.3	0
18	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	13,362	182	73.4	86	10,273	56.4	81	3,062	16.8	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Drew Hill D. Hill	13,337	211	63.2	61	19	0.1	0	9,831	46.6	60	3,460	16.4	1	22	0.1	0
20	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	13,262	158	83.9	47	5,672	35.9	27	3,069	19.4	18	2,514	15.9	1	2,007	12.7	1
21	Roger Craig R. Craig	13,143	165	79.7	73	8,189	49.6	56	4,911	29.8	17	43	0.3	0	0	0.0	0
22	Art Monk A. Monk	13,063	224	58.3	68	332	1.5	0	12,721	56.8	68	10	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Earnest Byner E. Byner	13,056	195	67.0	72	7,948	40.8	56	4,477	23.0	15	576	3.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	13,028	120	108.6	49	2,370	19.8	12	4,520	37.7	29	4,118	34.3	2	2,020	16.8	6
25	Mel Gray M. Gray	12,925	155	83.4	10	99	0.6	1	164	1.1	0	10,057	64.9	6	2,592	16.7	3

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