most rushing touch downslast 5 years

Emmitt Smith had 18,355 rushing yards when playing 5+ seasons.

Interpreted as:
most rushing touch by a player downslast 5 or more years
NAMERUSH YDSTOUCHESSEASGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
4,924
15
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
4,330
13
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
4,219
16
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
4,002
11
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
3,798
11
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
3,679
13
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
3,609
16
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
8Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
3,603
12
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
3,535
15
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
10Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
3,461
11
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
3,414
10
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
3,349
13
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
3,334
12
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
3,277
11
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
3,256
13
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
3,225
12
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
17Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
3,179
12
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
18John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
3,166
14
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
19Eddie George
E. George
10,441
3,133
9
141
2,865
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
3,089
10
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
21Thomas Jones
T. Jones
10,591
2,986
12
180
2,678
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
2,975
12
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10,273
2,938
14
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
24Matt Forte
M. Forte
9,796
2,910
10
146
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
2,862
10
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
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