most total yards rushing and passing combined

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards, with 18,355 yards.

Interpreted as:
most passing total yards rushing and passing by a player combined
NAMERUSH YDSTOTALYDSPASS YDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
21,600
21
226
1
1
100.0
21.0
0.1
1
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
0
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
21,595
331
190
11
34
32.4
9.7
1.7
8
6
69.6
23.5
17.6
0
0
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
19,985
0
241
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
18,201
11
153
1
4
25.0
2.8
0.1
0
1
0.0
0.0
25.0
0
0
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
17,392
0
184
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
17,466
36
168
2
2
100.0
18.0
0.2
2
0
158.3
100.0
0.0
1
4
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
18,599
143
170
8
12
66.7
11.9
0.8
7
0
146.9
58.3
0.0
2
3
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
15,174
63
192
3
6
50.0
10.5
0.3
3
1
87.5
50.0
16.7
0
0
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
15,411
15
146
1
2
50.0
7.5
0.1
1
1
75.0
50.0
50.0
1
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
13,018
14,856
37
153
7
10
70.0
3.7
0.2
4
0
115.4
40.0
0.0
0
0
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
16,334
41
173
2
8
25.0
5.1
0.2
1
1
48.4
12.5
12.5
0
0
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
14,928
117
118
4
12
33.3
9.8
1.0
3
0
110.1
25.0
0.0
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
19,154
0
176
0
2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
14Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
15,610
0
148
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
17,936
282
222
12
27
44.4
10.4
1.3
6
1
106.8
22.2
3.7
6
32
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
14,407
0
173
0
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
16,532
0
182
0
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
1
2
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
14,079
0
153
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
15,123
2
160
1
1
100.0
2.0
0.0
1
0
118.8
100.0
0.0
0
0
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
13,442
0
175
0
2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
0
39.6
0.0
0.0
0
0
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
13,154
0
150
0
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
100.0
1
4
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
13,488
110
135
6
16
37.5
6.9
0.8
1
0
82.8
6.3
0.0
1
11
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
15,000
0
170
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
15,306
0
181
0
0
0.0
0
0
1
3
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
14,892
1
144
1
2
50.0
0.5
0.0
1
0
95.8
50.0
0.0
0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing yards, rushing yards, and total yards going back to the 1932 season.

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6
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.647
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176