most scrimmage yards 1981 to 2021 including playoffs

Between the 1981 and 2021 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards from scrimmage in the regular-season and playoffs, with 25,829 yards.

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most scrimmage yards by a player 1981 to 2021 including playoffs

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	25,829	332	689	94	7.3	2.1	10	25,140	1,700	748	14.8	75.7	219
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	23,507	243	19,941	4,758	4.2	82.1	183	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	20,820	250	16,668	3,883	4.3	66.7	86	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	20,275	188	12,881	3,001	4.3	68.5	106	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	19,531	238	13,590	3,289	4.1	57.1	134	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	19,100	180	14,152	3,305	4.3	78.6	151	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,687	159	15,655	3,153	5.0	98.5	100	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	18,646	203	13,516	3,216	4.2	66.6	81	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
9	Curtis Martin C. Martin	18,530	178	14,896	3,700	4.0	83.7	98	3,634	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
10	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	18,502	272	68	20	3.4	0.3	0	18,434	1,489	2,420	12.4	67.8	131
11	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,858	189	15,330	3,346	4.6	81.1	125	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
12	Terrell Owens T. Owens	16,936	231	251	39	6.4	1.1	3	16,685	1,132	1,665	14.7	72.2	158
13	Edgerrin James E. James	16,746	161	13,098	3,246	4.0	81.4	86	3,648	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
14	Randy Moss R. Moss	16,442	233	173	26	6.7	0.7	0	16,269	1,036	1,708	15.7	69.8	166
15	Tiki Barber T. Barber	16,303	161	10,924	2,337	4.7	67.9	56	5,379	612	740	8.8	33.4	12
16	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	16,211	153	13,983	3,144	4.4	91.4	93	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
17	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	16,164	230	432	62	7.0	1.9	3	15,732	1,090	1,831	14.4	68.4	90
18	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	16,107	232	140	26	5.4	0.6	0	15,967	1,068	1,293	15.0	68.8	95
19	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	16,105	191	11,496	2,805	4.1	60.2	52	4,609	548	641	8.4	24.1	15
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	16,008	155	11,309	2,797	4.0	73.0	86	4,699	508	179	9.3	30.3	17
21	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,842	205	14,336	3,678	3.9	69.9	100	1,506	208	104	7.2	7.3	3
22	Tim Brown T. Brown	15,711	267	196	51	3.8	0.7	1	15,515	1,139	719	13.6	58.1	103
23	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	15,599	232	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	15,599	1,163	1,868	13.4	67.2	91
24	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	15,491	206	28	10	2.8	0.1	0	15,463	1,167	1,554	13.3	75.1	130
25	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	15,427	277	14	2	7.0	0.1	0	15,413	1,355	1,896	11.4	55.6	115

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