most receiving yards by a running back from 1978 to 2004

Between the 1978 and 2004 seasons, Marshall Faulk had the most yards on receptions by a running back, with 6,584 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
6,584
160
723
548
9.1
41.2
35
11,987
2,771
4.3
74.9
100
2Larry Centers
L. Centers
6,194
182
761
386
8.1
34.0
25
2,036
590
3.5
11.2
14
3Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
6,076
181
582
10.4
33.6
24
2,774
615
4.5
15.3
10
4Keith Byars
K. Byars
5,661
189
610
9.3
30.0
31
3,109
865
3.6
16.4
23
5Marcus Allen
M. Allen
5,411
222
587
9.2
24.4
21
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
6Roger Craig
R. Craig
4,911
165
566
8.7
29.8
17
8,189
1,991
4.1
49.6
56
7Herschel Walker
H. Walker
4,859
187
512
9.5
26.0
21
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
8John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
4,656
149
546
8.5
31.2
19
5,006
1,245
4.0
33.6
18
9Earnest Byner
E. Byner
4,605
211
512
9.0
21.8
15
8,261
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4,458
182
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
11Ricky Watters
R. Watters
4,248
144
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
12Tiki Barber
T. Barber
4,188
122
474
556
8.8
34.3
10
6,927
1,533
4.5
56.8
41
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,907
149
417
9.4
26.2
13
12,805
2,992
4.3
85.9
76
14Charlie Garner
C. Garner
3,711
147
419
456
8.9
25.2
12
7,097
1,537
4.6
48.3
39
15James Brooks
J. Brooks
3,621
162
383
9.5
22.4
30
7,962
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
16Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
3,592
123
383
9.4
29.2
16
3,543
732
4.8
28.8
16
17James Wilder
J. Wilder
3,500
129
431
8.1
27.1
10
6,008
1,586
3.8
46.6
37
18Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
3,381
118
375
403
9.0
28.7
13
6,905
1,690
4.1
58.5
36
19Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
3,381
142
395
8.6
23.8
8
2,858
727
3.9
20.1
24
20Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,281
159
369
8.9
20.6
12
11,732
2,728
4.3
73.8
65
21Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3,224
226
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
22Terry Kirby
T. Kirby
3,222
110
333
112
9.7
29.3
12
2,875
761
3.8
26.1
27
23Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,211
156
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
13,366
3,298
4.1
85.7
85
24Joe Washington
J. Washington
3,169
106
364
8.7
29.9
18
4,622
1,133
4.1
43.6
12
25Richie Anderson
R. Anderson
3,149
161
400
409
7.9
19.6
14
1,274
318
4.0
7.9
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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