most yards ever rushing yards per game

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

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards ever rushing yards per game by a player
NAME RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G GP ATT YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
81.2
226
4,409
4.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
88.0
190
3,838
4.4
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
66.4
241
3,735
4.3
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
99.8
153
3,062
5.0
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
81.1
184
3,230
4.6
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
83.9
168
3,518
4.0
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
80.5
170
3,174
4.3
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
71.2
192
3,479
3.9
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
90.8
146
2,996
4.4
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
73.6
173
2,936
4.3
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
12,312
104.3
118
2,359
5.2
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
12 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
69.8
176
2,836
4.3
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13 Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
82.7
148
3,028
4.0
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
55.1
222
3,022
4.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
15 Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
70.1
173
2,949
4.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
66.3
182
2,877
4.2
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
76.4
153
2,534
4.6
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
18 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
71.5
160
2,764
4.1
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19 John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
64.9
175
2,916
3.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
20 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
74.9
150
2,618
4.3
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
21 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
83.2
135
2,404
4.7
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
22 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
65.3
170
2,457
4.5
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
60.6
181
2,669
4.1
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
24 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
10,909
82.6
132
2,270
4.8
103
1,583
168
217
9.4
12.0
5
25 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
73.9
144
2,622
4.1
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
12/11
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
12-6
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/29
GB GB
@
MIN MIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
TEN TEN
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM
Sun
12/29
ATL ATL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Thu
12/26
SEA SEA
@
CHI CHI
8:15 PM
Wed
12/25
BAL BAL
@
HOU HOU
4:30 PM