most total yards by a running back in playoff history

Thurman Thomas has the most career all-purpose yards by a running back in the playoffs, with 2,124 yards.

NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,124
21
1,442
339
4.3
68.7
16
672
76
0
8.8
32.0
5
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,060
19
1,556
400
3.9
81.9
16
504
51
9.9
26.5
1
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,928
17
1,586
349
4.5
93.3
19
342
46
2
7.4
20.1
2
4Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,877
16
1,347
267
5.0
84.2
11
530
53
10.0
33.1
2
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,786
17
1,383
302
4.6
81.4
9
403
46
8.8
23.7
1
6Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,715
12
298
76
3.9
24.8
4
477
49
71
9.7
39.8
3
7Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,591
16
232
38
6.1
14.5
1
145
19
11
7.6
9.1
0
8Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,495
18
841
208
4.0
46.7
7
606
63
9.6
33.7
2
9Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
1,307
13
860
229
3.8
66.2
7
447
45
9.9
34.4
0
10Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,271
8
1,140
204
5.6
142.5
12
131
19
6.9
16.4
0
11Earnest Byner
E. Byner
1,227
14
839
186
4.5
59.9
5
388
39
9.9
27.7
3
12Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
1,176
12
454
118
3.8
37.8
3
649
65
10.0
54.1
2
13Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
1,150
19
702
165
4.3
36.9
5
411
45
14
9.1
21.6
2
14Edgerrin James
E. James
1,136
13
852
218
3.9
65.5
6
284
35
53
8.1
21.8
0
15Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
1,122
13
970
211
4.6
74.6
12
152
14
22
10.9
11.7
0
16Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,122
12
602
165
3.6
50.2
6
519
52
57
10.0
43.3
2
17Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,117
11
666
175
3.8
60.5
8
451
41
3
11.0
41.0
4
18Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,100
10
795
182
4.4
79.5
8
305
37
22
8.2
30.5
0
19Derrick Henry
D. Henry
1,090
9
1,002
198
5.1
111.3
7
88
13
16
6.8
9.8
0
20Ray Rice
R. Rice
1,077
12
750
191
3.9
62.5
5
296
37
53
8.0
24.7
1
21Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
1,046
13
143
31
4.6
11.0
0
164
25
6.6
12.6
0
22John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,041
9
996
251
4.0
110.7
12
45
6
7.5
5.0
0
23Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,024
9
605
131
4.6
67.2
6
419
48
61
8.7
46.6
5
24Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
957
19
149
47
3.2
7.8
0
528
44
12.0
27.8
3
25Brian Westbrook
B. Westbrook
953
11
591
129
4.6
53.7
3
334
33
60
10.1
30.4
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