most rush yard including playoff

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards in the regular-season and playoffs, with 19,941 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rush yard by a player including playoff
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
19,941
243
4,758
4.2
82.1
183
3,566
561
132
6.4
14.7
13
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
17,358
199
4,018
4.3
87.2
112
4,716
514
9.2
23.7
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,668
250
3,883
4.3
66.7
86
4,152
502
719
8.3
16.6
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,655
159
3,153
5.0
98.5
100
3,032
373
8.1
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
15,330
189
3,346
4.6
81.1
125
2,528
311
433
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,896
178
3,700
4.0
83.7
98
3,634
521
431
7.0
20.4
10
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
14,336
205
3,678
3.9
69.9
100
1,506
208
104
7.2
7.3
3
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
14,152
180
3,305
4.3
78.6
151
4,948
649
904
7.6
27.5
18
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
14,122
190
3,238
4.4
74.3
86
3,957
444
8.9
20.8
14
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
14,020
162
2,860
4.9
86.5
129
1,889
202
261
9.4
11.7
5
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,983
153
3,144
4.4
91.4
93
2,228
300
7.4
14.6
7
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
13,676
192
3,349
4.1
71.2
107
2,791
358
7.8
14.5
10
13Marcus Allen
M. Allen
13,590
238
3,289
4.1
57.1
134
5,941
640
9.3
25.0
23
14Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
13,516
203
3,216
4.2
66.6
81
5,130
548
29
9.4
25.3
28
15Edgerrin James
E. James
13,098
161
3,246
4.0
81.4
86
3,648
468
637
7.8
22.7
11
16Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,881
188
3,001
4.3
68.5
106
7,394
819
663
9.0
39.3
38
17Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,553
122
2,425
5.2
102.9
107
2,598
270
9.6
21.3
20
18John Riggins
J. Riggins
12,348
184
3,167
3.9
67.1
116
2,135
256
8.3
11.6
12
19Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
12,308
161
2,663
4.6
76.4
69
2,454
297
357
8.3
15.2
9
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,749
158
2,738
4.3
74.4
86
1,987
256
292
7.8
12.6
7
21Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,530
164
2,793
4.1
70.3
70
3,688
465
633
7.9
22.5
9
22Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
11,496
191
2,805
4.1
60.2
52
4,609
548
641
8.4
24.1
15
23Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
11,383
162
2,664
4.3
70.3
97
2,366
301
413
7.9
14.6
9
24LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,324
177
2,514
4.5
64.0
74
4,002
533
687
7.5
22.6
16
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
11,309
155
2,797
4.0
73.0
86
4,699
508
179
9.3
30.3
17
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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9
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11
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14
3
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