most all purpose yards player nfl from 1950 to 1998

Between the 1950 and 1998 seasons, Walter Payton gained 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	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,308	153	119.7	109	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	19.1	10	118	0.8	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jerry Rice J. Rice	18,232	206	88.5	175	614	3.0	10	17,612	85.5	164	6	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Herschel Walker H. Walker	18,168	187	97.2	84	8,225	44.0	61	4,859	26.0	21	5,084	27.2	2	0	0.0	0
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,648	222	79.5	145	12,243	55.1	123	5,411	24.4	21	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	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
7	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	16,280	152	107.1	54	2,365	15.6	12	5,420	35.7	31	5,691	37.4	2	2,804	18.4	9
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	16,090	168	95.8	86	11,786	70.2	65	4,304	25.6	21	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	15,718	228	68.9	69	50	0.2	0	13,777	60.4	65	364	1.6	0	1,527	6.7	4
10	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
11	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
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	15,175	140	108.4	134	12,566	89.8	125	2,609	18.6	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	15,150	143	105.9	20	1,531	10.7	8	1,782	12.5	3	8,693	60.8	2	3,144	22.0	7
14	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
15	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	14,776	225	65.7	81	226	1.0	1	11,983	53.3	77	505	2.2	0	2,055	9.1	3
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Tim Brown T. Brown	14,060	160	87.9	73	116	0.7	1	9,600	60.0	69	1,235	7.7	1	3,106	19.4	2
21	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	13,996	146	95.9	27	1,684	11.5	8	3,038	20.8	11	5,566	38.1	1	3,708	25.4	7
22	Earnest Byner E. Byner	13,497	211	64.0	72	8,261	39.2	56	4,605	21.8	15	576	2.7	0	0	0.0	0
23	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
24	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
25	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

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