most rushing and receiving yards running back in back to back games

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards by a running back when playing >0 games and gaining >0 receiving yards, 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
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,018
1,801
153
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
3,554
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
6,875
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
3,364
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
5,411
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
587
9.2
24.4
21
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
2,287
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
307
7.4
13.2
9
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
4,458
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
2,384
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
3,683
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
2,090
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
250
8.4
11.9
12
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
1,913
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
21O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
2,142
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
203
10.6
15.9
14
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
3,898
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
4,339
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
4,248
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,607
1,879
131
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards and rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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