most rushing yards and rec yards in a career including playoffs by a player

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 19,941 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	REC YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	19,941	3,566	243	4,758	4.2	82.1	183	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	17,358	4,716	199	4,018	4.3	87.2	112	514		9.2	23.7	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,668	4,152	250	3,883	4.3	66.7	86	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,655	3,032	159	3,153	5.0	98.5	100	373		8.1	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	15,330	2,528	189	3,346	4.6	81.1	125	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,896	3,634	178	3,700	4.0	83.7	98	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
7	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	14,336	1,506	205	3,678	3.9	69.9	100	208	104	7.2	7.3	3
8	Derrick Henry D. Henry	14,321	1,927	165	2,926	4.9	86.8	135	207	266	9.3	11.7	5
9	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	14,152	4,948	180	3,305	4.3	78.6	151	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
10	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	14,122	3,957	190	3,238	4.4	74.3	86	444		8.9	20.8	14
11	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,983	2,228	153	3,144	4.4	91.4	93	300		7.4	14.6	7
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	13,676	2,791	192	3,349	4.1	71.2	107	358		7.8	14.5	10
13	Marcus Allen M. Allen	13,590	5,941	238	3,289	4.1	57.1	134	640		9.3	25.0	23
14	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	13,516	5,130	203	3,216	4.2	66.6	81	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
15	Edgerrin James E. James	13,098	3,648	161	3,246	4.0	81.4	86	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
16	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,881	7,394	188	3,001	4.3	68.5	106	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
17	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,553	2,598	122	2,425	5.2	102.9	107	270		9.6	21.3	20
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	12,348	2,135	184	3,167	3.9	67.1	116	256		8.3	11.6	12
19	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	12,308	2,454	161	2,663	4.6	76.4	69	297	357	8.3	15.2	9
20	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,749	1,987	158	2,738	4.3	74.4	86	256	292	7.8	12.6	7
21	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,530	3,688	164	2,793	4.1	70.3	70	465	633	7.9	22.5	9
22	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	11,496	4,609	191	2,805	4.1	60.2	52	548	641	8.4	24.1	15
23	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	11,383	2,366	162	2,664	4.3	70.3	97	301	413	7.9	14.6	9
24	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,324	4,002	177	2,514	4.5	64.0	74	533	687	7.5	22.6	16
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	11,309	4,699	155	2,797	4.0	73.0	86	508	179	9.3	30.3	17

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