most rushing yards before turning 26 years old

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards by a player younger than 26, with 7,183 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player before turning 26 years old
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7,183
77
1,630
4.4
93.3
71
1,576
239
6.6
20.5
4
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
6,926
73
1,548
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6,789
73
1,432
4.7
93.0
55
1,499
166
9.0
20.5
5
4Clinton Portis
C. Portis
6,453
68
1,385
4.7
94.9
52
1,299
158
223
8.2
19.1
4
5Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
6,384
71
1,413
4.5
89.9
46
1,957
241
315
8.1
27.6
10
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
6,187
78
1,491
4.1
79.3
31
875
112
7.8
11.2
3
7Edgerrin James
E. James
6,172
65
1,494
4.1
95.0
42
2,019
261
354
7.7
31.1
10
8Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
6,013
67
1,228
4.9
89.7
51
1,091
141
184
7.7
16.3
5
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
5,899
63
1,363
4.3
93.6
54
2,022
291
378
6.9
32.1
6
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
5,782
61
1,198
4.8
94.8
52
1,170
119
174
9.8
19.2
2
11Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
5,763
60
1,239
4.7
96.1
33
1,059
110
146
9.6
17.7
1
12Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
5,545
73
1,305
4.2
76.0
46
1,448
197
254
7.4
19.8
0
13Ray Rice
R. Rice
5,520
77
1,216
4.5
71.7
33
2,713
311
414
8.7
35.2
6
14LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
5,473
74
1,149
4.8
74.0
39
2,127
272
345
7.8
28.7
10
15Terrell Davis
T. Davis
5,406
52
1,126
4.8
104.0
47
1,062
136
7.8
20.4
3
16Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
5,404
73
1,265
4.3
74.0
58
2,090
218
301
9.6
28.6
12
17Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
5,336
62
1,229
4.3
86.1
35
2,660
312
397
8.5
42.9
7
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
5,320
77
1,389
3.8
69.1
42
2,804
297
9.4
36.4
9
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
5,291
69
1,224
4.3
76.7
37
1,965
230
303
8.5
28.5
7
20Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
5,248
77
1,141
4.6
68.2
54
2,099
235
307
8.9
27.3
7
21Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
5,147
46
1,061
4.9
111.9
44
669
92
7.3
14.5
2
22Curtis Martin
C. Martin
5,086
60
1,327
3.8
84.8
40
1,255
160
7.8
20.9
6
23Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
5,081
46
1,043
4.9
110.5
45
189
39
4.8
4.1
0
24Ricky Williams
R. Williams
4,982
54
1,197
4.2
92.3
32
1,455
179
242
8.1
26.9
3
25Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
4,920
56
1,105
4.5
87.9
29
1,109
142
7.8
19.8
2
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3
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.727
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5
1
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10
2
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.833
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4
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.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
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6
5
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.545
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.545
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.818
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3
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.727
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5
1
.500
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3
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.727
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3
1
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5
0
.545
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5
0
.545
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9
2
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3
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