most scrimmage yards player nfl from 1950 to 1997

Between the 1950 and 1997 seasons, Walter Payton had the most yards from scrimmage, with 21,264 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,264	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492	9.2	23.9	15
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,654	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587	9.2	24.4	21
3	Jerry Rice J. Rice	17,069	190	614	81	7.6	3.2	10	16,455	1,057	15.6	86.6	155
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	16,410	137	13,778	2,719	5.1	100.6	95	2,632	315	8.4	19.2	10
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,293	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398	8.9	20.5	13
6	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	15,489	154	11,405	2,720	4.2	74.1	63	4,084	427	9.6	26.5	20
7	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,396	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281	7.6	14.6	6
8	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,811	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262	9.5	21.2	20
9	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,407	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307	7.4	13.2	9
10	James Lofton J. Lofton	14,250	233	246	32	7.7	1.1	1	14,004	764	18.3	60.1	75
11	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	13,712	221	50	19	2.6	0.2	0	13,662	807	16.9	61.8	65
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	13,668	124	11,234	2,595	4.3	90.6	112	2,434	388	6.3	19.6	7
13	John Riggins J. Riggins	13,442	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250	8.4	11.9	12
14	O.J. Simpson	13,378	135	11,236	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203	10.6	15.9	14
15	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	13,335	182	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376	8.1	16.8	5
16	Steve Largent S. Largent	13,172	200	83	17	4.9	0.4	1	13,089	819	16.0	65.4	100
17	Roger Craig R. Craig	13,100	165	8,189	1,991	4.1	49.6	56	4,911	566	8.7	29.8	17
18	Herschel Walker H. Walker	13,084	187	8,225	1,954	4.2	44.0	61	4,859	512	9.5	26.0	21
19	Art Monk A. Monk	13,053	224	332	63	5.3	1.5	0	12,721	940	13.5	56.8	68
20	Earnest Byner E. Byner	12,866	211	8,261	2,095	3.9	39.2	56	4,605	512	9.0	21.8	15
21	Andre Reed A. Reed	12,264	190	500	75	6.7	2.6	1	11,764	826	14.2	61.9	80
22	Charlie Joiner C. Joiner	12,168	239	22	8	2.8	0.1	0	12,146	750	16.2	50.8	65
23	Don Maynard D. Maynard	11,904	186	70	24	2.9	0.4	0	11,834	633	18.7	63.6	88
24	Irving Fryar I. Fryar	11,607	209	180	39	4.6	0.9	1	11,427	736	15.5	54.7	75
25	James Brooks J. Brooks	11,583	162	7,962	1,685	4.7	49.1	49	3,621	383	9.5	22.4	30

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