most rushing yards from a running back through 2006

Before 2007, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 18,355 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	18,355	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
8	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
9	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
11	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
13	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
14	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
15	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
16	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
17	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	154	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
18	Eddie George E. George	10,441	141	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
19	Edgerrin James E. James	10,385	112	2,525	4.1	92.7	70	3,056	394	525	7.8	27.3	11
20	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	10,273	182	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
21	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	9,513	112	2,062	4.6	84.9	56	2,205	261	306	8.4	19.7	8
22	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	9,461	150	2,256	4.2	63.1	43	3,771	426	467	8.9	25.1	15
23	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
24	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	9,176	95	2,050	4.5	96.6	100	2,900	398	535	7.3	30.5	11
25	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	8,713	106	1,969	4.4	82.2	96	1,435	200	290	7.2	13.5	11

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