most rushing and receiving yards by running backs in history

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

NAMERUSH YDSREC YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
3,224
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
4,538
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
3,985
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
2,921
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
2,474
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
3,329
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
4,772
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
1,449
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
2,137
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
3,554
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
398
8.9
20.5
13
11Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
2,499
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
262
9.5
21.2
20
12Derrick Henry
D. Henry
12,294
1,749
147
2,542
4.8
83.6
115
187
241
9.4
11.9
5
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
6,875
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
3,364
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
5,411
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
587
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
2,287
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
4,458
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
2,384
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
3,683
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
2,090
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
1,913
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
2,142
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
3,898
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
4,339
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
4,248
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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120.5

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3
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.727
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1
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