most rushing yards on monday night football history

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards on Mondays, with 2,434 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player on monday night football history
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
2,434
25
520
4.7
97.4
23
402
69
15
5.8
16.1
1
2 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,897
25
421
4.5
75.9
9
670
66
10.2
26.8
4
3 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,769
23
375
4.7
76.9
6
548
65
4
8.4
23.8
4
4 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,486
27
381
3.9
55.0
17
678
77
8.8
25.1
2
5 Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,435
19
322
4.5
75.5
9
283
40
7.1
14.9
0
6 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,391
18
336
4.1
77.3
7
497
57
8.7
27.6
0
7 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,330
17
336
4.0
78.2
9
211
26
9
8.1
12.4
0
8 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,326
14
250
5.3
94.7
14
169
21
8.0
12.1
0
9 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,222
17
284
4.3
71.9
5
177
24
42
7.4
10.4
1
10 Ahman Green
A. Green
1,205
15
271
4.4
80.3
10
388
56
76
6.9
25.9
5
11 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1,112
11
213
5.2
101.1
5
155
24
19
6.5
14.1
0
12 Matt Forte
M. Forte
1,110
15
265
4.2
74.0
2
346
44
64
7.9
23.1
1
13 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,069
14
279
3.8
76.4
8
262
33
34
7.9
18.7
0
14 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,054
15
243
4.3
70.3
5
275
33
3
8.3
18.3
1
15 James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,030
18
180
5.7
57.2
9
406
49
8.3
22.6
2
16 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
973
9
209
4.7
108.1
5
162
20
8.1
18.0
1
17 John Riggins
J. Riggins
958
17
293
3.3
56.4
13
205
27
7.6
12.1
1
18 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
939
22
213
4.4
42.7
7
532
62
8.6
24.2
3
19 Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
937
19
207
4.5
49.3
6
517
55
77
9.4
27.2
4
20 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
936
13
243
3.9
72.0
10
135
20
4
6.8
10.4
0
21 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
927
9
196
4.7
103.0
10
201
27
7.4
22.3
0
22 Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
926
21
226
4.1
44.1
8
254
37
23
6.9
12.1
1
23 Roger Craig
R. Craig
910
21
266
3.4
43.3
2
683
82
8.3
32.5
4
24 Edgerrin James
E. James
907
10
245
3.7
90.7
9
277
30
38
9.2
27.7
0
25 Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
876
18
215
4.1
48.7
4
496
55
9.0
27.6
4
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

31.7

2nd

OPP PPG

29.4

30th

RUSH YDS/G

122.1

13th

PASS YDS/G

274.6

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
4
0
.429
Giants Giants
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Thu
11/27
KC KC
@
DAL DAL
4:30 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

3 - 3 - 1

44

Final

22

WAS Commanders

3 - 4 - 0

Sun 19 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
5
2
0
.714
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
3
4
0
.429
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
6
1
0
.857
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC West W L T PCT
Broncos Broncos
5
2
0
.714
Chargers Chargers
4
3
0
.571
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
5
2
0
.714
Cowboys Cowboys
3
3
1
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
2
0
.714
Panthers Panthers
4
3
0
.571
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
SF SF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM