Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards by an NFC East running back, with 17,162 yards.

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most ridding rushing yards by nfc east rb

	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	17,162	201	4,052	4.2	85.4	153	3,012	486	91	6.2	15.0	11
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,036	157	2,755	4.4	76.7	72	3,432	382		9.0	21.9	13
3	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	154	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	10,273	182	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
5	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,488	118	1,955	4.3	71.9	71	2,405	317	418	7.6	20.4	12
6	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	8,356	106	1,826	4.6	78.8	55	2,651	358	489	7.4	25.0	16
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	7,472	114	1,988	3.8	65.5	79	928	121		7.7	8.1	6
8	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	6,897	104	1,824	3.8	66.3	49	1,309	174		7.5	12.6	2
9	Clinton Portis C. Portis	6,824	84	1,667	4.1	81.2	46	1,340	176	239	7.6	16.0	3
10	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	6,792	90	1,461	4.6	75.5	44	2,282	300	382	7.6	25.4	10
11	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	6,538	100	1,465	4.5	65.4	45	2,447	266		9.2	24.5	12
12	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	5,995	107	1,308	4.6	56.0	37	3,790	426	580	8.9	35.4	29
13	Herschel Walker H. Walker	5,961	145	1,403	4.2	41.1	41	4,178	426		9.8	28.8	16
14	Stephen Davis S. Davis	5,790	99	1,383	4.2	58.5	45	1,168	146	147	8.0	11.8	3
15	Alfred Morris A. Morris	5,741	101	1,317	4.4	56.8	33	440	60	86	7.3	4.4	1
16	Joe Morris J. Morris	5,296	94	1,318	4.0	56.3	48	884	98		9.0	9.4	2
17	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	5,228	68	1,127	4.6	76.9	34	1,522	215	262	7.1	22.4	2
18	Brandon Jacobs B. Jacobs	5,087	107	1,136	4.5	47.5	60	743	82	138	9.1	6.9	4
19	Larry Brown L. Brown	4,987	88	1,328	3.8	56.7	31	2,183	204		10.7	24.8	20
20	Duce Staley D. Staley	4,807	98	1,200	4.0	49.1	22	2,498	275	306	9.1	25.5	10
21	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	4,784	168	1,160	4.1	28.5	31	956	120		8.0	5.7	5
22	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	4,649	116	986	4.7	40.1	32	1,955	209		9.4	16.9	9
23	Calvin Hill C. Hill	4,625	88	1,110	4.2	52.6	32	1,381	144		9.6	15.7	7
24	Marion Barber M. Barber	4,358	88	1,042	4.2	49.5	47	1,280	174	223	7.4	14.5	6
25	Ahmad Bradshaw A. Bradshaw	4,232	84	921	4.6	50.4	32	1,087	132	174	8.2	12.9	3

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