most combined yards for running backs career

Emmitt Smith has accounted for the most career yards by a running back, with 21,600 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

	NAME	TOTALYDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	21,600	226	1	1	100.0	21	21.0	0.1	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,595	190	11	34	32.4	331	9.7	1.7	8	6	69.6	23.5	17.6	0	0
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	19,985	241	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	19,154	176	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	18,599	170	8	12	66.7	143	11.9	0.8	7	0	146.9	58.3	0.0	2	3
6	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,201	153	1	4	25.0	11	2.8	0.1	0	1	0.0	0.0	25.0	0	0
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,936	222	12	27	44.4	282	10.4	1.3	6	1	106.8	22.2	3.7	6	32
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	17,466	168	2	2	100.0	36	18.0	0.2	2	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	1	4
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,392	184	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	16,532	182	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	1	2
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,334	173	2	8	25.0	41	5.1	0.2	1	1	48.4	12.5	12.5	0	0
12	Tiki Barber T. Barber	15,632	154	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
13	Edgerrin James E. James	15,610	148	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,411	146	1	2	50.0	15	7.5	0.1	1	1	75.0	50.0	50.0	1	6
15	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	15,306	181	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				1	3
16	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,174	192	3	6	50.0	63	10.5	0.3	3	1	87.5	50.0	16.7	0	0
17	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	15,123	160	1	1	100.0	2	2.0	0.0	1	0	118.8	100.0	0.0	0	0
18	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	15,000	170	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
19	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,928	118	4	12	33.3	117	9.8	1.0	3	0	110.1	25.0	0.0
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	14,892	144	1	2	50.0	1	0.5	0.0	1	0	95.8	50.0	0.0	0	0
21	Matt Forte M. Forte	14,468	146	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,407	173	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
23	Derrick Henry D. Henry	14,080	147	7	10	70.0	37	3.7	0.3	4	0	115.4	40.0	0.0	0	0
24	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	14,079	153	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
25	O.J. Simpson	13,488	135	6	16	37.5	110	6.9	0.8	1	0	82.8	6.3	0.0	1	11

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