most scrimmage yards before age 30

Barry Sanders has the most career yards from scrimmage 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
12Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
12,979
112
7,589
1,658
4.6
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
13Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
12,859
105
11,226
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
14Matt Forte
M. Forte
12,374
116
8,380
1,989
4.2
72.2
44
3,994
474
620
8.4
34.4
17
15Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
12,096
136
10,876
2,686
4.0
80.0
53
1,220
170
57
7.2
9.0
3
16Clinton Portis
C. Portis
11,941
113
9,923
2,230
4.4
87.8
75
2,018
247
338
8.2
17.9
5
17Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
11,905
104
10,190
2,054
5.0
98.0
86
1,715
208
291
8.2
16.5
5
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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