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

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most rushing yards after run by a player

	NAME	RUSH YDS	ATT	GP	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18,355	4,409	226	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	3,838	190	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	3,735	241	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	3,062	153	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,918	3,230	184	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	3,518	168	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	3,174	170	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	3,479	192	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	2,996	146	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,018	2,662	153	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	2,936	173	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	2,359	118	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	2,836	176	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
14	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	3,028	148	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	3,022	222	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	2,949	173	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	2,877	182	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	2,534	153	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	2,764	160	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
20	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	2,916	175	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	2,618	150	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
22	O.J. Simpson	11,236	2,404	135	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	2,457	170	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	2,669	181	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	2,622	144	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13

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