most points scored by a running back

Emmitt Smith has the most career points by a running back, with 1,052 points.

NAMEPTSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,052
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
972
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
872
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
830
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
766
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
6Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
760
104
3,711
893
4.2
35.7
50
1,480
130
11.4
14.2
12
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
758
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
8Jim Brown
J. Brown
756
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
750
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
10John Riggins
J. Riggins
696
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
11Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
672
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
654
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
13Curtis Martin
C. Martin
606
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
602
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
600
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
590
112
7,589
1,658
4.6
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
17Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
576
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
18Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
570
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
19Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
568
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
20Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
566
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
21Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
558
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
22Edgerrin James
E. James
556
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
23Ricky Watters
R. Watters
548
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
24Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
546
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
25LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
540
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
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14
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10
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0
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12
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9
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9
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11
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14
3
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12
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