most scrimmage yards by a running backfrom 1992 to 2001

Between the 1992 and 2001 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most scrimmage yards, with 16,124 yards.

Interpreted as:

most scrimmage yards by a running by a player backfrom 1992 to 2001

	NAME	YDS	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	16,124	13,687	153	3,192	4.3	89.5	125	2,437	397	67	6.1	15.9	10
2	Ricky Watters R. Watters	14,891	10,643	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
3	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	14,889	9,442	121	2,155	4.4	78.0	79	5,447	548	320	9.9	45.0	31
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	12,799	10,947	107	2,185	5.0	102.3	56	1,852	251		7.4	17.3	6
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	12,096	10,876	136	2,686	4.0	80.0	53	1,220	170	57	7.2	9.0	3
6	Tim Brown T. Brown	11,790	105	159	25	4.2	0.7	0	11,685	839	418	13.9	73.5	82
7	Jerry Rice J. Rice	11,648	334	146	39	8.6	2.3	6	11,314	838	371	13.5	77.5	92
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	11,609	9,267	108	2,343	4.0	85.8	64	2,342	328	221	7.1	21.7	8
9	Cris Carter C. Carter	11,026	18	156	8	2.3	0.1	0	11,008	905	425	12.2	70.6	102
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,663	7,245	120	1,813	4.0	60.4	39	2,418	283	29	8.5	20.2	10
11	Terry Allen T. Allen	9,603	8,051	115	2,032	4.0	70.0	71	1,552	198	40	7.8	13.5	5
12	Chris Warren C. Warren	9,598	7,672	130	1,774	4.3	59.0	51	1,926	271	89	7.1	14.8	5
13	Eddie George E. George	9,539	7,813	96	2,078	3.8	81.4	47	1,726	201	179	8.6	18.0	8
14	Herman Moore H. Moore	9,039	0	132	0		0.0	0	9,039	659	119	13.7	68.5	62
15	Michael Irvin M. Irvin	8,934	-2	111	4	-0.5	0.0	0	8,936	579	19	15.4	80.5	45
16	Terrell Davis T. Davis	8,887	7,607	78	1,655	4.6	97.5	60	1,280	169	26	7.6	16.4	5
17	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	8,524	119	109	16	7.4	1.1	0	8,405	540	358	15.6	77.1	56
18	Jimmy Smith J. Smith	8,257	-3	118	1	-3.0	0.0	0	8,260	584	498	14.1	70.0	44
19	Tony Martin T. Martin	8,232	-11	145	5	-2.2	-0.1	0	8,243	537	257	15.4	56.8	52
20	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	8,177	-6	144	2	-3.0	0.0	0	8,183	663	256	12.3	56.8	49
21	Jeff Graham J. Graham	8,151	0	147	0		0.0	0	8,151	540	337	15.1	55.4	30
22	Larry Centers L. Centers	8,133	2,006	158	569	3.5	12.7	12	6,127	746	289	8.2	38.8	27
23	Robert Smith R. Smith	8,110	6,818	98	1,411	4.8	69.6	32	1,292	178	74	7.3	13.2	6
24	Terance Mathis T. Mathis	8,086	69	158	11	6.3	0.4	2	8,017	619	384	13.0	50.7	60
25	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	7,910	60	141	10	6.0	0.4	0	7,850	543	122	14.5	55.7	50

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