From 1970 through 2000, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 16,726 yards.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	15,166	171	3,537	4.3	88.7	145	2,807	453	46	6.2	16.4	11
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
7	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
9	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
10	O.J. Simpson	10,539	122	2,223	4.7	86.4	59	1,799	173		10.4	14.7	11
11	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,325	139	2,550	4.0	74.3	77	4,141	456	154	9.1	29.8	13
12	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	10,273	182	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
13	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	9,804	125	2,461	4.0	78.4	49	1,172	162	47	7.2	9.4	3
14	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
15	Earnest Byner E. Byner	8,261	211	2,095	3.9	39.2	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15
16	Herschel Walker H. Walker	8,225	187	1,954	4.2	44.0	61	4,859	512		9.5	26.0	21
17	Roger Craig R. Craig	8,189	165	1,991	4.1	49.6	56	4,911	566		8.7	29.8	17
18	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	8,188	129	1,989	4.1	63.5	69	1,516	201		7.5	11.8	0
19	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	8,074	144	1,798	4.5	56.1	38	2,961	295		10.0	20.6	12
20	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	8,060	107	1,895	4.3	75.3	67	4,682	465	216	10.1	43.8	22
21	James Brooks J. Brooks	7,962	162	1,685	4.7	49.1	49	3,621	383		9.5	22.4	30
22	Terry Allen T. Allen	7,956	119	1,984	4.0	66.9	70	1,533	187	20	8.2	12.9	6
23	Curtis Martin C. Martin	7,754	92	2,010	3.9	84.3	54	2,022	275	158	7.4	22.0	8
24	Chris Warren C. Warren	7,696	162	1,791	4.3	47.5	52	1,935	273	89	7.1	11.9	5
25	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	7,378	152	1,844	4.0	48.5	51	1,860	270		6.9	12.2	5

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Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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