most rushing yards by a running back through age 26

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards by a running back 26 or younger, with 8,956 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	8,956	93	2,007	4.5	96.3	96	1,951	301		6.5	21.0	4
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	8,672	89	1,763	4.9	97.4	62	1,782	210		8.5	20.0	6
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	8,386	89	1,865	4.5	94.2	65	1,791	202		8.9	20.1	5
4	Edgerrin James E. James	7,720	81	1,828	4.2	95.3	51	2,502	312	414	8.0	30.9	10
5	Clinton Portis C. Portis	7,715	84	1,710	4.5	91.8	63	1,688	205	281	8.2	20.1	4
6	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	7,456	81	1,500	5.0	92.0	67	1,409	179	228	7.9	17.4	7
7	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	7,386	88	1,650	4.5	83.9	56	2,244	288	380	7.8	25.5	12
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	7,372	93	1,807	4.1	79.3	34	965	128		7.5	10.4	3
9	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	7,361	79	1,702	4.3	93.2	72	2,392	342	455	7.0	30.3	8
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	6,968	62	1,465	4.8	112.4	55	874	118		7.4	14.1	2
11	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	6,874	90	1,606	4.3	76.4	61	1,790	233	297	7.7	19.9	1
12	Maurice Jones-Drew M. Jones-Drew	6,854	93	1,484	4.6	73.7	62	2,473	278	370	8.9	26.6	10
13	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	6,792	90	1,461	4.6	75.5	44	2,282	300	382	7.6	25.4	10
14	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	6,752	73	1,406	4.8	92.5	64	1,309	137	197	9.6	17.9	3
15	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	6,707	84	1,548	4.3	79.8	41	2,287	281	378	8.1	27.2	7
16	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	6,701	93	1,642	4.1	72.1	49	3,852	384	103	10.0	41.4	14
17	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	6,669	75	1,508	4.4	88.9	36	1,250	142	190	8.8	16.7	2
18	Terrell Davis T. Davis	6,624	65	1,410	4.7	101.9	58	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
19	Curtis Martin C. Martin	6,550	76	1,694	3.9	86.2	45	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
20	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	6,457	62	1,404	4.6	104.1	55	345	75		4.6	5.6	0
21	Ricky Williams R. Williams	6,354	70	1,589	4.0	90.8	41	1,806	229	304	7.9	25.8	4
22	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	6,316	78	1,376	4.6	81.0	35	2,666	247		10.8	34.2	16
23	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	6,190	71	1,401	4.4	87.2	34	1,568	196		8.0	22.1	3
24	Ray Rice R. Rice	6,180	92	1,430	4.3	67.2	37	3,034	369	487	8.2	33.0	6
25	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	6,160	73	1,184	5.2	84.4	48	933	113	151	8.3	12.8	3

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