most rushing yards 1920 to 1999

Between the 1920 and 1999 seasons, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 16,726 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player 1920 to 1999
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
13,963
155
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
4Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
6Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
8Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
9Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
11,938
173
2,849
4.2
69.0
65
4,341
456
5
9.5
25.1
22
10John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
11O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
12Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10,273
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
9,407
115
2,187
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
14Ricky Watters
R. Watters
9,083
123
2,272
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
15Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
8,597
129
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
16Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
8,463
109
2,106
4.0
77.6
41
1,075
149
28
7.2
9.9
3
17Joe Perry
J. Perry
8,378
156
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
18Earnest Byner
E. Byner
8,261
211
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
19Herschel Walker
H. Walker
8,225
187
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
4,859
512
9.5
26.0
21
20Roger Craig
R. Craig
8,189
165
1,991
4.1
49.6
56
4,911
566
8.7
29.8
17
21Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
8,188
129
1,989
4.1
63.5
69
1,516
201
7.5
11.8
0
22Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
8,081
146
1,891
4.3
55.3
64
820
106
7.7
5.6
4
23Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
8,074
144
1,798
4.5
56.1
38
2,961
295
10.0
20.6
12
24James Brooks
J. Brooks
7,962
162
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
25Terry Allen
T. Allen
7,777
115
1,938
4.0
67.6
68
1,526
186
19
8.2
13.3
6
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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