most regular season rushing yards by a running back including the postseason since 1980

Since 1980, Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards by a running back in the regular season and playoffs, with 19,941 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	19,941	243	4,758	4.2	82.1	183	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
2	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,668	250	3,883	4.3	66.7	86	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,655	159	3,153	5.0	98.5	100	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	15,330	189	3,346	4.6	81.1	125	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
5	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,896	178	3,700	4.0	83.7	98	3,634	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
6	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	14,336	205	3,678	3.9	69.9	100	1,506	208	104	7.2	7.3	3
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	14,321	165	2,926	4.9	86.8	135	1,927	207	266	9.3	11.7	5
8	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	14,152	180	3,305	4.3	78.6	151	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,983	153	3,144	4.4	91.4	93	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	13,590	238	3,289	4.1	57.1	134	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
11	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	13,516	203	3,216	4.2	66.6	81	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
12	Edgerrin James E. James	13,098	161	3,246	4.0	81.4	86	3,648	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,881	188	3,001	4.3	68.5	106	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
14	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	12,308	161	2,663	4.6	76.4	69	2,454	297	357	8.3	15.2	9
15	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,749	158	2,738	4.3	74.4	86	1,987	256	292	7.8	12.6	7
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,530	164	2,793	4.1	70.3	70	3,688	465	633	7.9	22.5	9
17	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	11,496	191	2,805	4.1	60.2	52	4,609	548	641	8.4	24.1	15
18	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	11,383	162	2,664	4.3	70.3	97	2,366	301	413	7.9	14.6	9
19	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,324	177	2,514	4.5	64.0	74	4,002	533	687	7.5	22.6	16
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	11,309	155	2,797	4.0	73.0	86	4,699	508	179	9.3	30.3	17
21	Eddie George E. George	11,217	150	3,071	3.7	74.8	73	2,376	291	303	8.2	15.8	10
22	Thomas Jones T. Jones	11,104	188	2,803	4.0	59.1	73	2,113	320	430	6.6	11.2	3
23	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	11,033	137	2,672	4.1	80.5	62	1,947	231	313	8.4	14.2	4
24	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,924	161	2,337	4.7	67.9	56	5,379	612	740	8.8	33.4	12
25	Walter Payton W. Payton	10,305	124	2,435	4.2	83.1	51	3,207	352		9.1	25.9	11

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Saints	1	2	0	.333
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