most total yards by nfl hall of fame rbs

Walter Payton has gained the most career all-purpose yards by a running back Hall of Famer, with 21,803 yards.

NAME YDS HOF GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,803
1993
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21,564
2010
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
3 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
19,190
2011
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
4 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18,456
2017
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
5 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,308
2004
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
6 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,648
2003
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
7 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
17,421
2012
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
8 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
2007
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
9 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,326
1994
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
10 Edgerrin James
E. James
15,610
2020
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
15,459
1971
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
12 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,411
1999
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
13 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
15,113
2015
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
14 Franco Harris
F. Harris
14,622
1990
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
15 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
14,368
1985
135
11,236
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
16 John Riggins
J. Riggins
13,435
1992
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
17 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
12,330
1994
136
7,274
1,727
4.2
53.5
74
2,281
190
12.0
16.8
13
18 Floyd Little
F. Little
12,173
2010
117
6,323
1,641
3.9
54.0
43
2,418
215
11.2
20.7
9
19 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
12,117
1972
142
4,992
1,143
4.4
35.2
38
2,699
190
14.2
19.0
19
20 Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
11,375
1970
143
5,281
1,124
4.7
36.9
38
3,247
264
12.3
22.7
20
21 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
10,539
1976
129
8,597
1,941
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
22 Joe Perry
J. Perry
10,456
1969
156
8,378
1,737
4.8
53.7
53
1,796
241
7.5
11.5
8
23 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
10,213
1991
115
9,407
2,187
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
24 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
9,435
1977
68
4,956
991
5.0
72.9
39
1,307
112
11.7
19.2
9
25 Lenny Moore
L. Moore
9,311
1975
111
4,016
859
4.7
36.2
50
4,087
248
16.5
36.8
29

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4
1
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Lions Lions
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2
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4
2
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3
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.500
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NYG NYG
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CHI CHI
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MIN MIN
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11/23
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NO Saints

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2
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1
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3
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3
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2
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3
3
1
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
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4
1
1
.750
Lions Lions
5
2
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.714
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5
2
0
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Panthers Panthers
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3
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0
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2
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Thu
9/4
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Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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Sat
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Sun
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NYJ NYJ
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CIN CIN
1:00 PM
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10/26
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