Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards on Thursdays, with 1,178 yards.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player on thursdays ever

	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	1,178	13	270	4.4	90.6	13	287	42	5	6.8	22.1	1
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1,138	12	251	4.5	94.8	10	169	17		9.9	14.1	2
3	Derrick Henry D. Henry	932	11	179	5.2	84.7	11	166	14	20	11.9	15.1	0
4	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	886	15	226	3.9	59.1	9	321	46	60	7.0	21.4	2
5	Frank Gore F. Gore	850	12	195	4.4	70.8	3	188	22	33	8.5	15.7	1
6	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	843	14	211	4.0	60.2	9	243	29	32	8.4	17.4	1
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	761	11	183	4.2	69.2	9	208	25		8.3	18.9	0
8	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	747	8	137	5.5	93.4	7	41	5	8	8.2	5.1	0
9	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	705	8	132	5.3	88.1	4	225	23	27	9.8	28.1	2
10	Josh Jacobs J. Jacobs	609	8	168	3.6	76.1	9	190	15	19	12.7	23.8	0
11	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	565	7	134	4.2	80.7	6	211	30	33	7.0	30.1	0
12	Walter Payton W. Payton	555	5	109	5.1	111.0	1	137	13		10.5	27.4	1
13	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	549	8	139	3.9	68.6	6	86	12	13	7.2	10.8	0
14	James Stewart J. Stewart	538	6	119	4.5	89.7	6	30	8	16	3.8	5.0	0
15	Alfred Morris A. Morris	537	10	114	4.7	53.7	3	40	4	5	10.0	4.0	0
16	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	531	6	102	5.2	88.5	5	128	18	20	7.1	21.3	0
17	Matt Forte M. Forte	523	10	159	3.3	52.3	8	412	46	54	9.0	41.2	0
18	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	518	13	148	3.5	39.8	6	147	22	28	6.7	11.3	1
19	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	517	8	126	4.1	64.6	5	313	43	55	7.3	39.1	4
20	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	515	7	108	4.8	73.6	3	212	34	39	6.2	30.3	0
21	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	507	8	94	5.4	63.4	3	225	21	26	10.7	28.1	3
22	Arian Foster A. Foster	493	5	104	4.7	98.6	6	166	22	26	7.5	33.2	1
23	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	490	6	93	5.3	81.7	5	209	23	32	9.1	34.8	0
24	Lamar Miller L. Miller	480	7	97	4.9	68.6	2	108	18	21	6.0	15.4	0
25	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	469	7	126	3.7	67.0	3	92	16	17	5.8	13.1	1

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Sun 9/13	DAL	@	NYG	8:20 PM
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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
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Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176