most rushing and receiving combined yards by running backs career

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards by a running back, with 18,355 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	REC YDS	TOTALYDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	PASS YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18,355	3,224	21,600	226	1	1	100.0	21	21.0	0.1	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	4,538	21,595	190	11	34	32.4	331	9.7	1.7	8	6	69.6	23.5	17.6	0	0
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	3,985	19,985	241	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	2,921	18,201	153	1	4	25.0	11	2.8	0.1	0	1	0.0	0.0	25.0	0	0
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,918	2,474	17,392	184	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	3,329	17,466	168	2	2	100.0	36	18.0	0.2	2	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	1	4
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	4,772	18,599	170	8	12	66.7	143	11.9	0.8	7	0	146.9	58.3	0.0	2	3
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	1,449	15,174	192	3	6	50.0	63	10.5	0.3	3	1	87.5	50.0	16.7	0	0
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	2,137	15,411	146	1	2	50.0	15	7.5	0.1	1	1	75.0	50.0	50.0	1	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,018	1,801	14,856	153	7	10	70.0	37	3.7	0.2	4	0	115.4	40.0	0.0	0	0
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	3,554	16,334	173	2	8	25.0	41	5.1	0.2	1	1	48.4	12.5	12.5	0	0
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	2,499	14,928	118	4	12	33.3	117	9.8	1.0	3	0	110.1	25.0	0.0
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	6,875	19,154	176	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
14	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	3,364	15,610	148	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	5,411	17,936	222	12	27	44.4	282	10.4	1.3	6	1	106.8	22.2	3.7	6	32
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	2,287	14,407	173	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	4,458	16,532	182	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	1	2
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	2,384	14,079	153	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	3,683	15,123	160	1	1	100.0	2	2.0	0.0	1	0	118.8	100.0	0.0	0	0
20	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	2,090	13,442	175	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	1,913	13,154	150	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	100.0	1	4
22	O.J. Simpson	11,236	2,142	13,488	135	6	16	37.5	110	6.9	0.8	1	0	82.8	6.3	0.0	1	11
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	3,898	15,000	170	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	4,339	15,306	181	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				1	3
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	4,248	14,892	144	1	2	50.0	1	0.5	0.0	1	0	95.8	50.0	0.0	0	0

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4,552

Prescott

RUSH

1,201

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REC

1,429

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Team Rankings

PPG

27.7

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OPP PPG

30.1

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RUSH YDS/G

125.6

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278.5

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2025 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys	7	9	1	.441
Commanders	5	12	0	.294
Giants	4	13	0	.235

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/13	DAL	@	NYG	8:20 PM
Sun 9/20	WAS	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 9/27	BAL	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM

Last Game

Cowboys

7 - 9 - 1

Final

Giants

4 - 13

Sun 4 Jan 2026

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4,707

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4,564

Goff

4,552

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,621

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1,595

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1,585

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,793

Smith-Njigba

1,715

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1,429

Pickens

Pass TD Leaders

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Stafford

34

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31

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Rush TD Leaders

18

Taylor

16

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14

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Rec TD Leaders

14

Adams

11

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11

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QB Rating Leaders

113.5

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109.2

Stafford

105.5

Goff

Sack Leaders

23.0

Garrett

16.5

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15.0

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NFL 2025 Rankings

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30.5

28.8

28.4

28.3

27.9

Opp PPG Rankings

17.2

17.4

18.3

18.8

19.1

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

394.6

391.9

379.4

376.3

373.2

369.5

Rush Yards Rankings

159.6

156.6

144.5

134.7

129.1

128.9

Pass Yards Rankings

278.5

276.9

268.6

262.3

256.1

254.0

Sack Leaders

68.0

57.0

53.0

49.0

48.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

316.3

Taylor

314.6

McCaffrey

291.8

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

246

Nacua

240.9

Smith-Njigba

207

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

189.9

McBride

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122.8

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Fantasy K Rankings

202

Myers

194

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12-6

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Worst Record ATS

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AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - z*	14	3	0	.824
Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - y	11	6	0	.647
Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176