most scrimmage yards in nfl history including postseason

Jerry Rice has gained the most career scrimmage yards in the regular season and playoffs, with 25,829 yards.

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most scrimmage yards by a player in NFL history including postseason

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jerry Rice J. Rice	25,829	332	689	94	7.3	2.1	10	25,140	1,700	748	14.8	75.7	219
2	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	23,507	243	19,941	4,758	4.2	82.1	183	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	22,074	199	17,358	4,018	4.3	87.2	112	4,716	514		9.2	23.7	15
4	Frank Gore F. Gore	20,820	250	16,668	3,883	4.3	66.7	86	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
5	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	20,275	188	12,881	3,001	4.3	68.5	106	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	19,531	238	13,590	3,289	4.1	57.1	134	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	19,100	180	14,152	3,305	4.3	78.6	151	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,687	159	15,655	3,153	5.0	98.5	100	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
9	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	18,646	203	13,516	3,216	4.2	66.6	81	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
10	Curtis Martin C. Martin	18,530	178	14,896	3,700	4.0	83.7	98	3,634	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
11	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	18,502	272	68	20	3.4	0.3	0	18,434	1,489	2,420	12.4	67.8	131
12	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	18,079	190	14,122	3,238	4.4	74.3	86	3,957	444		8.9	20.8	14
13	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,858	189	15,330	3,346	4.6	81.1	125	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
14	Terrell Owens T. Owens	16,936	231	251	39	6.4	1.1	3	16,685	1,132	1,665	14.7	72.2	158
15	Edgerrin James E. James	16,746	161	13,098	3,246	4.0	81.4	86	3,648	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	16,467	192	13,676	3,349	4.1	71.2	107	2,791	358		7.8	14.5	10
17	Randy Moss R. Moss	16,442	233	173	26	6.7	0.7	0	16,269	1,036	1,708	15.7	69.8	166
18	Tiki Barber T. Barber	16,303	161	10,924	2,337	4.7	67.9	56	5,379	612	740	8.8	33.4	12
19	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	16,211	153	13,983	3,144	4.4	91.4	93	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
20	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	16,164	230	432	62	7.0	1.9	3	15,732	1,090	1,831	14.4	68.4	90
21	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	16,107	232	140	26	5.4	0.6	0	15,967	1,068	1,293	15.0	68.8	95
22	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	16,105	191	11,496	2,805	4.1	60.2	52	4,609	548	641	8.4	24.1	15
23	Derrick Henry D. Henry	16,072	163	14,164	2,884	4.9	86.9	132	1,908	203	262	9.4	11.7	5
24	Ricky Watters R. Watters	16,008	155	11,309	2,797	4.0	73.0	86	4,699	508	179	9.3	30.3	17
25	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,842	205	14,336	3,678	3.9	69.9	100	1,506	208	104	7.2	7.3	3

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