most carreer rushing yards before 26 years old

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards by a player younger than 26, with 7,183 yards.

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most carreer rushing yards by a player before 26 years old

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	7,183	77	1,630	4.4	93.3	71	1,576	239		6.6	20.5	4
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	6,926	73	1,548	4.5	94.9	59	1,424	156		9.1	19.5	4
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	6,789	73	1,432	4.7	93.0	55	1,499	166		9.0	20.5	5
4	Clinton Portis C. Portis	6,453	68	1,385	4.7	94.9	52	1,299	158	223	8.2	19.1	4
5	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	6,384	71	1,413	4.5	89.9	46	1,957	241	315	8.1	27.6	10
6	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	6,187	78	1,491	4.1	79.3	31	875	112		7.8	11.2	3
7	Edgerrin James E. James	6,172	65	1,494	4.1	95.0	42	2,019	261	354	7.7	31.1	10
8	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	6,013	67	1,228	4.9	89.7	51	1,091	141	184	7.7	16.3	5
9	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	5,899	63	1,363	4.3	93.6	54	2,022	291	378	6.9	32.1	6
10	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	5,782	61	1,198	4.8	94.8	52	1,170	119	174	9.8	19.2	2
11	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	5,763	60	1,239	4.7	96.1	33	1,059	110	146	9.6	17.7	1
12	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	5,545	73	1,305	4.2	76.0	46	1,448	197	254	7.4	19.8	0
13	Ray Rice R. Rice	5,520	77	1,216	4.5	71.7	33	2,713	311	414	8.7	35.2	6
14	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	5,473	74	1,149	4.8	74.0	39	2,127	272	345	7.8	28.7	10
15	Terrell Davis T. Davis	5,406	52	1,126	4.8	104.0	47	1,062	136		7.8	20.4	3
16	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	5,404	73	1,265	4.3	74.0	58	2,090	218	301	9.6	28.6	12
17	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	5,336	62	1,229	4.3	86.1	35	2,660	312	397	8.5	42.9	7
18	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	5,320	77	1,389	3.8	69.1	42	2,804	297		9.4	36.4	9
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	5,291	69	1,224	4.3	76.7	37	1,965	230	303	8.5	28.5	7
20	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	5,248	77	1,141	4.6	68.2	54	2,099	235	307	8.9	27.3	7
21	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	5,147	46	1,061	4.9	111.9	44	669	92		7.3	14.5	2
22	Curtis Martin C. Martin	5,086	60	1,327	3.8	84.8	40	1,255	160		7.8	20.9	6
23	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	5,081	46	1,043	4.9	110.5	45	189	39		4.8	4.1	0
24	Ricky Williams R. Williams	4,982	54	1,197	4.2	92.3	32	1,455	179	242	8.1	26.9	3
25	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	4,920	56	1,105	4.5	87.9	29	1,109	142		7.8	19.8	2

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