most scrimmage yards from 1988 to 2002

Between the 1988 and 2002 seasons, Emmitt Smith gained the most scrimmage yards, with 20,174 yards.

Interpreted as:
most scrimmage yards by a player from 1988 to 2002
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
20,174
201
17,162
4,052
4.2
85.4
153
3,012
486
91
6.2
15.0
11
2Jerry Rice
J. Rice
18,518
226
496
63
7.9
2.2
7
18,022
1,256
521
14.3
79.7
152
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
5Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
16,379
135
10,395
2,367
4.4
77.0
87
5,984
628
422
9.5
44.3
33
6Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,891
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
7Tim Brown
T. Brown
14,357
224
190
50
3.8
0.8
1
14,167
1,018
545
13.9
63.2
97
8Cris Carter
C. Carter
13,856
225
41
13
3.2
0.2
0
13,815
1,096
442
12.6
61.4
128
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
13,065
124
10,361
2,604
4.0
83.6
71
2,704
377
277
7.2
21.8
8
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
12,819
149
11,542
2,873
4.0
77.5
62
1,277
177
66
7.2
8.6
3
11Michael Irvin
M. Irvin
11,910
159
6
6
1.0
0.0
0
11,904
750
19
15.9
74.9
65
12Andre Reed
A. Reed
11,578
191
508
68
7.5
2.7
0
11,070
793
111
14.0
58.0
71
13Eddie George
E. George
10,959
112
8,978
2,421
3.7
80.2
59
1,981
237
225
8.4
17.7
10
14Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
10,881
163
51
8
6.4
0.3
0
10,830
625
17.3
66.4
47
15Irving Fryar
I. Fryar
10,841
199
94
22
4.3
0.5
0
10,747
727
122
14.8
54.0
65
16Andre Rison
A. Rison
10,228
186
23
9
2.6
0.1
0
10,205
743
115
13.7
54.9
84
17Terry Allen
T. Allen
10,215
130
8,614
2,152
4.0
66.3
73
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
18Herschel Walker
H. Walker
9,904
159
6,597
1,594
4.1
41.5
42
3,307
376
8.8
20.8
18
19Charlie Garner
C. Garner
9,696
130
6,433
1,387
4.6
49.5
36
3,263
362
372
9.0
25.1
11
20Chris Warren
C. Warren
9,631
162
7,696
1,791
4.3
47.5
52
1,935
273
89
7.1
11.9
5
21Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
9,617
125
137
19
7.2
1.1
0
9,480
619
488
15.3
75.8
63
22Rob Moore
R. Moore
9,376
153
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
9,368
628
96
14.9
61.2
49
23Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
9,299
189
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
9,290
753
344
12.3
49.2
54
24Jimmy Smith
J. Smith
9,286
134
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
9,287
664
635
14.0
69.3
51
25Anthony Miller
A. Miller
9,279
155
131
22
6.0
0.8
1
9,148
595
15.4
59.0
63

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