most scrimmage yards before turning 27 years old

Emmitt Smith has gained the most career yards from scrimmage by a player younger than 27, with 10,907 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards before turning 27 years old by a player
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
10,907
93
8,956
2,007
4.5
96.3
96
1,951
301
6.5
21.0
4
2Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
10,553
93
6,701
1,642
4.1
72.1
49
3,852
384
103
10.0
41.4
14
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
10,454
89
8,672
1,763
4.9
97.4
62
1,782
210
8.5
20.0
6
4Edgerrin James
E. James
10,222
81
7,720
1,828
4.2
95.3
51
2,502
312
414
8.0
30.9
10
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
10,177
89
8,386
1,865
4.5
94.2
65
1,791
202
8.9
20.1
5
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
9,753
79
7,361
1,702
4.3
93.2
72
2,392
342
455
7.0
30.3
8
7Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
9,630
88
7,386
1,650
4.5
83.9
56
2,244
288
380
7.8
25.5
12
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
9,403
84
7,715
1,710
4.5
91.8
63
1,688
205
281
8.2
20.1
4
9Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
9,327
93
6,854
1,484
4.6
73.7
62
2,473
278
370
8.9
26.6
10
10Ray Rice
R. Rice
9,214
92
6,180
1,430
4.3
67.2
37
3,034
369
487
8.2
33.0
6
11LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
9,074
90
6,792
1,461
4.6
75.5
44
2,282
300
382
7.6
25.4
10
12Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
9,067
84
7,598
1,551
4.9
90.5
69
1,469
187
239
7.9
17.5
7
13Jim Brown
J. Brown
9,022
76
7,459
1,499
5.0
98.1
70
14Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
8,994
84
6,707
1,548
4.3
79.8
41
2,287
281
378
8.1
27.2
7
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
8,982
78
6,316
1,376
4.6
81.0
35
2,666
247
10.8
34.2
16
16Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
8,664
90
6,874
1,606
4.3
76.4
61
1,790
233
297
7.7
19.9
1
17Randy Moss
R. Moss
8,534
96
159
23
6.9
1.7
0
8,375
525
774
16.0
87.2
77
18Justin Jefferson
J. Jefferson
8,518
94
38
15
2.5
0.4
1
8,480
579
871
14.6
90.2
42
19Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
8,482
75
4,726
1,025
4.6
63.0
38
3,756
442
547
8.5
50.1
22
20Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
8,337
93
7,372
1,807
4.1
79.3
34
965
128
7.5
10.4
3
21Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
8,336
88
6,082
1,460
4.2
69.1
67
2,254
243
336
9.3
25.6
12
22Ricky Williams
R. Williams
8,160
70
6,354
1,589
4.0
90.8
41
1,806
229
304
7.9
25.8
4
23Marcus Allen
M. Allen
8,154
70
5,397
1,289
4.2
77.1
49
2,757
283
9.7
39.4
15
24Curtis Martin
C. Martin
8,064
76
6,550
1,694
3.9
86.2
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
8,061
73
6,752
1,406
4.8
92.5
64
1,309
137
197
9.6
17.9
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