most rushing yards from 1992 to 2001

Between the 1992 and 2001 seasons, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards, with 13,687 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player from 1992 to 2001
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
13,687
153
3,192
4.3
89.5
125
2,437
397
67
6.1
15.9
10
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10,947
107
2,185
5.0
102.3
56
1,852
251
7.4
17.3
6
3Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
10,876
136
2,686
4.0
80.0
53
1,220
170
57
7.2
9.0
3
4Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
5Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
9,442
121
2,155
4.4
78.0
79
5,447
548
320
9.9
45.0
31
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
9,267
108
2,343
4.0
85.8
64
2,342
328
221
7.1
21.7
8
7Terry Allen
T. Allen
8,051
115
2,032
4.0
70.0
71
1,552
198
40
7.8
13.5
5
8Eddie George
E. George
7,813
96
2,078
3.8
81.4
47
1,726
201
179
8.6
18.0
8
9Chris Warren
C. Warren
7,672
130
1,774
4.3
59.0
51
1,926
271
89
7.1
14.8
5
10Terrell Davis
T. Davis
7,607
78
1,655
4.6
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
7,245
120
1,813
4.0
60.4
39
2,418
283
29
8.5
20.2
10
12Robert Smith
R. Smith
6,818
98
1,411
4.8
69.6
32
1,292
178
74
7.3
13.2
6
13Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
6,209
78
1,413
4.4
79.6
36
1,113
138
136
8.1
14.3
5
14Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
6,145
91
1,418
4.3
67.5
18
1,517
154
55
9.9
16.7
7
15Charlie Garner
C. Garner
5,471
114
1,205
4.5
48.0
29
2,322
271
261
8.6
20.4
7
16Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
5,383
75
1,459
3.7
71.8
37
752
99
7.6
10.0
0
17Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
5,336
88
1,329
4.0
60.6
34
1,645
156
64
10.5
18.7
7
18Natrone Means
N. Means
5,215
88
1,409
3.7
59.3
45
631
103
13
6.1
7.2
2
19Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
5,092
119
1,347
3.8
42.8
23
1,337
210
93
6.4
11.2
5
20Stephen Davis
S. Davis
4,970
87
1,176
4.2
57.1
38
1,026
123
114
8.3
11.8
2
21James Stewart
J. Stewart
4,820
87
1,247
3.9
55.4
44
1,382
174
101
7.9
15.9
7
22Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4,792
91
978
4.9
52.7
12
1,107
127
49
8.7
12.2
5
23Gary Brown
G. Brown
4,215
88
1,024
4.1
47.9
20
630
82
2
7.7
7.2
3
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4,200
76
1,070
3.9
55.3
17
2,374
259
247
9.2
31.2
9
25Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
4,143
86
1,174
3.5
48.2
29
552
89
51
6.2
6.4
3
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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