most career scrimmage yards before 2000

Before 2000, Walter Payton gained the most scrimmage yards, with 21,264 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career scrimmage yards by a player before 2000
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,264
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
19,069
222
627
83
7.6
2.8
10
18,442
1,206
124
15.3
83.1
169
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,654
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
16,691
155
13,963
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,293
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
7Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,279
173
11,938
2,849
4.2
69.0
65
4,341
456
5
9.5
25.1
22
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
14,407
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
11James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,250
233
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
14,004
764
18.3
60.1
75
12Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,827
228
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
13,777
814
16.9
60.4
65
13Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,595
221
500
75
6.7
2.3
1
13,095
941
93
13.9
59.3
86
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
13,442
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
13,378
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
16Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
13,335
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
17Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,172
200
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
13,089
819
16.0
65.4
100
18Roger Craig
R. Craig
13,100
165
8,189
1,991
4.1
49.6
56
4,911
566
8.7
29.8
17
19Herschel Walker
H. Walker
13,084
187
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
4,859
512
9.5
26.0
21
20Art Monk
A. Monk
13,053
224
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
12,721
940
13.5
56.8
68
21Earnest Byner
E. Byner
12,866
211
8,261
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
12,611
123
9,083
2,272
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
23Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
12,463
241
226
42
5.4
0.9
1
12,237
810
46
15.1
50.8
79
24Charlie Joiner
C. Joiner
12,168
239
22
8
2.8
0.1
0
12,146
750
16.2
50.8
65
25Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,910
159
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
11,904
750
19
15.9
74.9
65

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