most scrimmage yards from 1980 to 2000

Between the 1980 and 2000 seasons, Jerry Rice had the most yards from scrimmage, with 19,872 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards by a player from 1980 to 2000
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
19,872
238
625
84
7.4
2.6
10
19,247
1,281
246
15.0
80.9
176
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
17,973
171
15,166
3,537
4.3
88.7
145
2,807
453
46
6.2
16.4
11
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,654
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
5Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
7Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,466
139
10,325
2,550
4.0
74.3
77
4,141
456
154
9.1
29.8
13
8Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
13,827
228
50
19
2.6
0.2
0
13,777
814
16.9
60.4
65
9Andre Reed
A. Reed
13,698
234
500
75
6.7
2.1
1
13,198
951
111
13.9
56.4
87
10Roger Craig
R. Craig
13,100
165
8,189
1,991
4.1
49.6
56
4,911
566
8.7
29.8
17
11Herschel Walker
H. Walker
13,084
187
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
4,859
512
9.5
26.0
21
12Art Monk
A. Monk
13,053
224
332
63
5.3
1.5
0
12,721
940
13.5
56.8
68
13Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
13,027
255
242
44
5.5
0.9
1
12,785
851
122
15.0
50.1
84
14Cris Carter
C. Carter
12,999
213
37
12
3.1
0.2
0
12,962
1,020
295
12.7
60.9
123
15Walter Payton
W. Payton
12,914
117
9,800
2,290
4.3
83.8
51
3,114
336
9.3
26.6
11
16Earnest Byner
E. Byner
12,866
211
8,261
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,742
107
8,060
1,895
4.3
75.3
67
4,682
465
216
10.1
43.8
22
18James Lofton
J. Lofton
12,452
201
234
28
8.4
1.2
1
12,218
664
18.4
60.8
65
19Tim Brown
T. Brown
12,204
192
132
40
3.3
0.7
1
12,072
846
278
14.3
62.9
86
20Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,910
159
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
11,904
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
21Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
11,828
129
9,300
2,188
4.3
72.1
52
2,528
287
8.8
19.6
9
22James Brooks
J. Brooks
11,583
162
7,962
1,685
4.7
49.1
49
3,621
383
9.5
22.4
30
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
11,422
166
8,668
2,231
3.9
52.2
73
2,754
335
8.2
16.6
3
24Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
11,035
144
8,074
1,798
4.5
56.1
38
2,961
295
10.0
20.6
12
25Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
10,976
125
9,804
2,461
4.0
78.4
49
1,172
162
47
7.2
9.4
3

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,151

Jones

Mac Jones

RUSH

1,179

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

REC

890

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey
Team Rankings

PPG

27.1

8th

OPP PPG

22.4

13th

RUSH YDS/G

110.3

22nd

PASS YDS/G

261.9

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/3
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

11 - 5

38

Final

42

SF 49ers

12 - 4

Sun 28 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
7
9
0
.438
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - w
11
5
0
.688
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
Sat
9/27
@
26-21
Sat
9/27
@
20-27
Sat
9/27
@
25-24
Sat
9/27
@
20-37

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/3
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/3
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM