most run after catch ever

Emmitt Smith has the most career rush attempts, with 4,409 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
most run after catch by a player ever
NAMEATTRECGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
515
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
492
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
484
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
484
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
409
6.9
19.8
10
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
200
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
100
7.2
7.5
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
305
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
423
8.1
13.4
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
624
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
352
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
8.3
19.1
10
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
433
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
584
7.8
22.7
11
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
587
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
9.2
24.4
21
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
281
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
7.6
14.6
6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
307
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
7.4
13.2
9
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
398
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
8.9
20.5
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
250
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
8.4
11.9
12
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
472
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
29
9.4
24.5
23
16Eddie George
E. George
2,865
268
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
269
8.3
15.8
10
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
767
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
606
9.0
39.1
36
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
461
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
627
8.0
23.0
9
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
308
180
10,591
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
410
6.6
11.2
3
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
510
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
594
8.5
24.0
15
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,662
189
153
13,018
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
245
9.5
11.8
5
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
467
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
176
9.1
29.5
13
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
244
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
278
7.8
12.8
7
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
376
182
10,273
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
8.1
16.8
5
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
221
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
298
8.5
14.3
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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