most rushing yards by an nfc player in the 1990s

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards in the NFC, with 13,963 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
13,963
155
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
13,799
138
2,782
5.0
100.0
85
2,639
328
8.0
19.1
10
3Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
6,897
104
1,824
3.8
66.3
49
1,309
174
7.5
12.6
2
4Terry Allen
T. Allen
6,881
99
1,684
4.1
69.5
60
1,401
172
8.1
14.2
5
5Ricky Watters
R. Watters
6,634
91
1,628
4.1
72.9
56
2,768
301
9.2
30.4
9
6Robert Smith
R. Smith
5,297
82
1,116
4.7
64.6
25
944
142
30
6.6
11.5
3
7Herschel Walker
H. Walker
4,168
127
983
4.2
32.8
30
2,379
283
8.4
18.7
14
8Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
4,122
69
992
4.2
59.7
27
1,152
111
2
10.4
16.7
6
9Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4,092
59
941
4.3
69.4
14
1,039
101
10.3
17.6
5
10Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
3,992
112
1,115
3.6
35.6
21
2,245
284
21
7.9
20.0
10
11Craig Heyward
C. Heyward
3,748
118
902
4.2
31.8
28
1,376
150
9.2
11.7
4
12Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
3,640
76
1,031
3.5
47.9
24
926
119
7.8
12.2
2
13Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
3,548
82
885
4.0
43.3
25
1,774
231
92
7.7
21.6
15
14Charlie Garner
C. Garner
3,490
82
736
4.7
42.6
21
1,097
131
76
8.4
13.4
2
15Earnest Byner
E. Byner
3,370
64
856
3.9
52.7
18
1,119
131
8.5
17.5
2
16Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,091
47
796
3.9
65.8
13
643
75
8.6
13.7
1
17Steve Young
S. Young
3,081
121
517
6.0
25.5
33
2
2
0
1.0
0.0
0
18Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
3,053
59
828
3.7
51.7
25
1,411
162
8.7
23.9
12
19Mario Bates
M. Bates
2,921
85
810
3.6
34.4
36
310
50
7
6.2
3.6
0
20Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
2,853
52
823
3.5
54.9
24
240
40
6.0
4.6
1
21Mike Alstott
M. Alstott
2,837
63
729
3.9
45.0
25
1,126
137
34
8.2
17.9
9
22Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,620
47
664
3.9
55.7
6
1,395
147
83
9.5
29.7
5
23Raymont Harris
R. Harris
2,473
50
671
3.7
49.5
16
719
110
6.5
14.4
1
24Cleveland Gary
C. Gary
2,471
56
630
3.9
44.1
23
842
131
6.4
15.0
5
25Duce Staley
D. Staley
2,367
48
590
4.0
49.3
9
748
100
66
7.5
15.6
3
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