most scrimmage yards from 1950 to 2000

Between the 1950 and 2000 seasons, Walter Payton gained the most scrimmage yards, with 21,264 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards by a player from 1950 to 2000
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,264
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
19,872
238
625
84
7.4
2.6
10
19,247
1,281
246
15.0
80.9
176
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
17,973
171
15,166
3,537
4.3
88.7
145
2,807
453
46
6.2
16.4
11
5Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,654
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
6Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,293
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
10Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,466
139
10,325
2,550
4.0
74.3
77
4,141
456
154
9.1
29.8
13
11Franco Harris
F. Harris
14,407
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
12James Lofton
J. Lofton
14,250
233
246
32
7.7
1.1
1
14,004
764
18.3
60.1
75
13Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,827
228
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
13,777
814
16.9
60.4
65
14Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,698
234
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
13,198
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
15John Riggins
J. Riggins
13,442
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
16O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
13,378
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
17Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
13,335
182
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
18Steve Largent
S. Largent
13,172
200
83
17
4.9
0.4
1
13,089
819
16.0
65.4
100
19Roger Craig
R. Craig
13,100
165
8,189
1,991
4.1
49.6
56
4,911
566
8.7
29.8
17
20Herschel Walker
H. Walker
13,084
187
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
4,859
512
9.5
26.0
21
21Art Monk
A. Monk
13,053
224
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
12,721
940
13.5
56.8
68
22Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
13,027
255
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
12,785
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
23Cris Carter
C. Carter
12,999
213
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
12,962
1,020
295
12.7
60.9
123
24Earnest Byner
E. Byner
12,866
211
8,261
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
25Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,742
107
8,060
1,895
4.3
75.3
67
4,682
465
216
10.1
43.8
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12
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11
6
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.647
9
7
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.559
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8
9
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.471
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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