most purpose yards in a decade

Brian Mitchell has gained the most all-purpose yards in a decade, with 16,905 yards in the 1990s.

Interpreted as:
most purpose yards by a player in a decade
NAMEYDSDECADEGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
16,905
1990s
159
106.3
21
1,751
11.0
9
2,087
13.1
3
9,586
60.3
2
3,476
21.9
7
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
16,691
1990s
155
107.7
147
13,963
90.1
136
2,728
17.6
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
16,445
2000s
141
116.6
153
12,490
88.6
138
3,955
28.0
15
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
16,438
1990s
138
119.1
95
13,799
100.0
85
2,639
19.1
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
14,979
1990s
152
98.5
44
1,752
11.5
6
5,156
33.9
27
5,029
33.1
2
3,042
20.0
9
6Dante Hall
D. Hall
14,386
2000s
112
128.4
21
242
2.2
0
1,747
15.6
9
10,136
90.5
6
2,261
20.2
6
7Antonio Brown
A. Brown
14,319
2010s
131
109.3
80
124
0.9
0
11,263
86.0
75
1,173
9.0
1
1,759
13.4
4
8Tiki Barber
T. Barber
14,146
2000s
110
128.6
58
9,514
86.5
52
3,927
35.7
6
28
0.3
0
675
6.1
0
9LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
13,924
2010s
144
96.7
85
10,434
72.5
69
3,489
24.2
16
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Derrick Mason
D. Mason
13,519
2000s
157
86.1
58
10
0.1
0
10,481
66.8
56
1,986
12.6
1
1,042
6.6
1
11Edgerrin James
E. James
13,471
2000s
132
102.1
74
10,693
81.0
67
2,778
21.0
7
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
13,277
1990s
142
93.5
73
9,813
69.1
57
3,464
24.4
16
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Tim Brown
T. Brown
12,977
1990s
159
81.6
72
70
0.4
0
10,211
64.2
70
74
0.5
0
2,619
16.5
2
14Walter Payton
W. Payton
12,914
1980s
117
110.4
62
9,800
83.8
51
3,114
26.6
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
12,874
1980s
105
122.6
86
11,226
106.9
82
1,633
15.6
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
16O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
12,799
1970s
122
104.9
71
10,539
86.4
59
1,799
14.7
11
461
3.8
1
0
0.0
0
17Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
12,793
1990s
112
114.2
11
808
7.2
2
1,305
11.7
6
8,168
72.9
2
2,512
22.4
1
18Timmy Brown
T. Brown
12,684
1960s
107
118.5
64
3,862
36.1
31
3,399
31.8
26
4,781
44.7
5
639
6.0
1
19Torry Holt
T. Holt
12,628
2000s
157
80.4
68
32
0.2
0
12,594
80.2
68
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
12,611
1990s
123
102.5
81
9,083
73.8
70
3,528
28.7
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
12,609
2000s
121
104.2
58
295
2.4
2
8,330
68.8
50
2,371
19.6
2
1,606
13.3
4
22Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
12,484
2000s
131
95.3
62
10,607
81.0
58
1,879
14.3
4
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23James Brooks
J. Brooks
12,436
1980s
125
99.5
66
6,343
50.7
42
3,005
24.0
24
2,523
20.2
0
565
4.5
0
24Jerry Rice
J. Rice
12,416
1990s
146
85.0
110
338
2.3
6
12,078
82.7
103
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Julio Jones
J. Jones
12,261
2010s
126
97.3
58
118
0.9
0
12,125
96.2
57
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

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