most scrimmage yards before age 30

Barry Sanders has the most career scrimmage yards by a player younger than 30, with 16,410 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards by a player before age 30
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
16,410
137
13,778
2,719
5.1
100.6
95
2,632
315
8.4
19.2
10
2Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
16,379
135
10,395
2,367
4.4
77.0
87
5,984
628
422
9.5
44.3
33
3LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
15,561
127
11,760
2,657
4.4
92.6
126
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15,175
140
12,566
2,914
4.3
89.8
125
2,609
415
6.3
18.6
9
5Edgerrin James
E. James
14,867
128
11,607
2,849
4.1
90.7
77
3,260
418
563
7.8
25.5
11
6Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
14,713
130
11,625
2,666
4.4
89.4
78
3,088
328
9.4
23.8
9
8LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
13,470
133
10,092
2,185
4.6
75.9
66
3,378
441
566
7.7
25.4
15
9Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
13,462
131
10,138
2,396
4.2
77.4
56
3,324
407
550
8.2
25.4
8
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
13,351
123
9,729
2,285
4.3
79.1
54
3,622
371
9.8
29.4
20
11Curtis Martin
C. Martin
13,065
124
10,361
2,604
4.0
83.6
71
2,704
377
277
7.2
21.8
8
12Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
12,859
105
11,226
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
13Matt Forte
M. Forte
12,374
116
8,380
1,989
4.2
72.2
44
3,994
474
620
8.4
34.4
17
14Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
12,096
136
10,876
2,686
4.0
80.0
53
1,220
170
57
7.2
9.0
3
15Clinton Portis
C. Portis
11,941
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
16Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11,905
104
10,190
2,054
5.0
98.0
86
1,715
208
291
8.2
16.5
5
17Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
11,902
103
6,877
1,487
4.6
66.8
55
5,025
580
723
8.7
48.8
32
18Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
11,898
122
10,107
2,399
4.2
82.8
58
1,791
213
287
8.4
14.7
4
19Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
11,848
135
9,130
2,139
4.3
67.6
74
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
20Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
11,541
115
6,779
1,543
4.4
58.9
60
4,762
573
728
8.3
41.4
25
21Frank Gore
F. Gore
11,470
116
8,839
1,911
4.6
76.2
51
2,631
315
457
8.4
22.7
10
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,412
105
9,626
1,997
4.8
91.7
57
1,786
159
11.2
17.0
12
23Ahman Green
A. Green
11,201
126
8,491
1,871
4.5
67.4
54
2,710
350
458
7.7
21.5
14
24Eddie George
E. George
11,174
115
9,166
2,485
3.7
79.7
60
2,008
241
230
8.3
17.5
10
25Tiki Barber
T. Barber
11,115
122
6,927
1,533
4.5
56.8
41
4,188
474
556
8.8
34.3
10

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PPG

30.7

3rd

OPP PPG

21.6

11th

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133.7

7th

PASS YDS/G

233.4

13th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
11/23
NYG NYG
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
TB Buccaneers

5 - 2 - 0

9

Final

24

DET Lions

5 - 2 - 0

Mon 20 Oct 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

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Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
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11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM