most rushing yards with at least 40 receptions and 5 fumbles

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards when making 40+ catches with 5+ fumbles, with 18,355 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player with at least 40 receptions and 5 or more fumbles
NAMERUSH YDSRECFUMLOSTGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
515
61
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
492
86
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
484
46
30
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
352
41
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
305
49
29
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
484
29
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
624
31
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
200
41
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
281
78
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
7.6
14.6
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,018
189
24
13
153
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
398
90
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
8.9
20.5
13
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
262
57
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
9.5
21.2
20
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
767
36
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
433
44
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
587
65
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
307
90
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
472
50
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
290
27
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
461
23
15
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
250
58
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
244
28
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
203
62
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
518
25
15
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
510
26
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
467
43
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
176
9.1
29.5
13
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