most rushing yards before turning 27 years old

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards by a player younger than 27, with 8,956 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards before turning 27 years old by a player
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
8,956
93
2,007
4.5
96.3
96
1,951
301
6.5
21.0
4
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
8,672
89
1,763
4.9
97.4
62
1,782
210
8.5
20.0
6
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
8,386
89
1,865
4.5
94.2
65
1,791
202
8.9
20.1
5
4Edgerrin James
E. James
7,720
81
1,828
4.2
95.3
51
2,502
312
414
8.0
30.9
10
5Clinton Portis
C. Portis
7,715
84
1,710
4.5
91.8
63
1,688
205
281
8.2
20.1
4
6Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
7,386
88
1,650
4.5
83.9
56
2,244
288
380
7.8
25.5
12
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
7,372
93
1,807
4.1
79.3
34
965
128
7.5
10.4
3
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
7,361
79
1,702
4.3
93.2
72
2,392
342
455
7.0
30.3
8
9Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
7,210
78
1,433
5.0
92.4
66
1,359
173
219
7.9
17.4
7
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
6,968
62
1,465
4.8
112.4
55
874
118
7.4
14.1
2
11Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
6,874
90
1,606
4.3
76.4
61
1,790
233
297
7.7
19.9
1
12Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
6,854
93
1,484
4.6
73.7
62
2,473
278
370
8.9
26.6
10
13LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
6,792
90
1,461
4.6
75.5
44
2,282
300
382
7.6
25.4
10
14Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
6,752
73
1,406
4.8
92.5
64
1,309
137
197
9.6
17.9
3
15Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
6,707
84
1,548
4.3
79.8
41
2,287
281
378
8.1
27.2
7
16Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
6,701
93
1,642
4.1
72.1
49
3,852
384
103
10.0
41.4
14
17Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
6,669
75
1,508
4.4
88.9
36
1,250
142
190
8.8
16.7
2
18Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,624
65
1,410
4.7
101.9
58
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
19Curtis Martin
C. Martin
6,550
76
1,694
3.9
86.2
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
20Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
6,457
62
1,404
4.6
104.1
55
345
75
4.6
5.6
0
21Ricky Williams
R. Williams
6,354
70
1,589
4.0
90.8
41
1,806
229
304
7.9
25.8
4
22Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
6,316
78
1,376
4.6
81.0
35
2,666
247
10.8
34.2
16
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
6,190
71
1,401
4.4
87.2
34
1,568
196
8.0
22.1
3
24Ray Rice
R. Rice
6,180
92
1,430
4.3
67.2
37
3,034
369
487
8.2
33.0
6
25Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
6,160
73
1,184
5.2
84.4
48
933
113
151
8.3
12.8
3
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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8
3
0
.727
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5
5
1
.500
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3
8
0
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10
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4:30 PM
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12/4
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8:20 PM
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12/21
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1:00 PM
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12/25
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1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
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.545
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5
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.545
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.636
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.818
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.636
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8
3
0
.727
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5
5
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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8
3
0
.727
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7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
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8
3
0
.727

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Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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9/6
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Thu
11/27
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11/27
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11/27
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