most rushing yards with 70 td since 1973

Since 1973, Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most yards when rushing for 70+ touchdowns, with 18,355 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player with 70 or more rushing td since 1973
NAMERUSH YDSRUSH TDGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
164
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
110
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
81
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
99
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
120
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
90
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
145
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
91
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
90
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,018
122
153
2,662
4.9
85.1
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
77
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
100
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
80
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
123
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
15Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
82
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
16LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
73
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
17Franco Harris
F. Harris
11,065
81
159
2,761
4.0
69.6
2,107
286
7.4
13.3
8
18Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
78
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
19Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
10,413
85
149
2,453
4.2
69.9
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
20Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10,273
81
182
2,562
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
21Clinton Portis
C. Portis
9,923
75
113
2,230
4.4
87.8
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
22John Riggins
J. Riggins
9,639
96
149
2,529
3.8
64.7
1,629
193
8.4
10.9
9
23Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
9,453
100
123
2,187
4.3
76.9
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
24Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
9,407
74
115
2,187
4.3
81.8
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
25Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
9,130
74
135
2,139
4.3
67.6
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
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