most receiving attempts by a running back career

Emmitt Smith had 3,224 yards on receptions in his career.

	NAME	REC YDS	ATT	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	3,224	4,939	226	515	130	6.3	14.3	11	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,538	4,368	190	492		9.2	23.9	15	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,985	4,230	241	484	696	8.2	16.5	18	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,329	4,015	168	484	409	6.9	19.8	10	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	90
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4,772	3,807	170	624	868	7.6	28.1	17	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145
6	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,449	3,695	192	200	100	7.2	7.5	3	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	91
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	5,411	3,624	222	587		9.2	24.4	21	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	6,875	3,618	176	767	606	9.0	39.1	36	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,474	3,569	184	305	423	8.1	13.4	6	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	120
10	Edgerrin James E. James	3,364	3,469	148	433	584	7.8	22.7	11	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	80
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,921	3,432	153	352		8.3	19.1	10	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4,458	3,359	182	472	29	9.4	24.5	23	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,554	3,351	173	398		8.9	20.5	13	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,137	3,293	146	281		7.6	14.6	6	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,287	3,281	173	307		7.4	13.2	9	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	3,683	3,239	160	461	627	8.0	23.0	9	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	69
17	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	4,339	3,214	181	510	594	8.5	24.0	15	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	2,090	3,174	175	250		8.4	11.9	12	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104
19	Eddie George E. George	2,227	3,148	141	268	269	8.3	15.8	10	10,441	2,865	3.6	74.0	68
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	4,248	3,098	144	467	176	9.1	29.5	13	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78
21	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,023	3,012	180	308	410	6.6	11.2	3	10,591	2,678	4.0	58.8	68
22	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	3,898	2,984	170	518	665	7.5	22.9	16	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73
23	Tiki Barber T. Barber	5,183	2,977	154	586	707	8.8	33.7	12	10,449	2,217	4.7	67.9	55
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	3,062	2,955	182	376		8.1	16.8	5	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	81
25	Matt Forte M. Forte	4,672	2,915	146	554	724	8.4	32.0	21	9,796	2,356	4.2	67.1	54

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