most rushing ypc running back

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards by a running back when rushing for exactly 0.0 yards per attempt, with 18,355 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSYPCGPATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
4.2
226
4,409
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
4.4
190
3,838
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
4.3
241
3,735
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
5.0
153
3,062
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
4.6
184
3,230
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
4.0
168
3,518
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
4.3
170
3,174
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
3.9
192
3,479
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
4.4
146
2,996
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,018
4.9
153
2,662
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
4.3
173
2,936
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
5.2
118
2,359
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
4.3
176
2,836
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
4.0
148
3,028
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
4.1
222
3,022
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
4.1
173
2,949
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
4.2
182
2,877
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
4.6
153
2,534
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
4.1
160
2,764
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
3.9
175
2,916
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
4.3
150
2,618
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
4.7
135
2,404
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
4.5
170
2,457
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
4.1
181
2,669
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
4.1
144
2,622
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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