most career rushing yards by a hall of famer

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards by a Hall of Famer, with 18,355 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career rushing yards by a hall of famer by a player
NAME RUSH YDS HOF GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
2010
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
1993
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
2004
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
2012
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
2017
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
2015
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
7 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
1999
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
8 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
1994
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
9 Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
1971
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
10 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
2011
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
11 Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
2020
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
12 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
2003
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
13 Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
1990
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
2007
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
15 John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
1992
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
16 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
1985
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
17 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
9,407
1991
115
2,187
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
18 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8,597
1976
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
19 Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
1969
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
20 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
8,081
1987
146
1,891
4.3
55.3
64
820
106
7.7
5.6
4
21 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
7,607
2017
78
1,655
4.6
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
22 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
7,274
1994
136
1,727
4.2
53.5
74
2,281
190
12.0
16.8
13
23 John Henry Johnson
J. Henry Johnson
6,803
1987
143
1,571
4.3
47.6
48
1,478
186
7.9
10.3
7
24 Floyd Little
F. Little
6,323
2010
117
1,641
3.9
54.0
43
2,418
215
11.2
20.7
9
25 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
5,860
1965
83
1,320
4.4
70.6
69
523
45
11.6
6.3
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
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1
2
1
.375
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3
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.250
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WAS WAS
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10/26
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4:25 PM
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ARI ARI
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GB Packers

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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
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.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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3
1
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.750
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2
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.500
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1
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.800
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3
1
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.750
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0
0
1.000
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2
2
0
.500
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3
1
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.750
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2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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9/4
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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9/6
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Sun
10/5
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10/5
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
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PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM