most yards first twelve seasons

Walter Payton had the most all-purpose yards by a player in his first 12 seasons, with 21,053 yards.

Interpreted as:
most yards by a player first twelve seasons
NAMEYDSGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,053
178
118.3
120
16,193
91.0
106
4,321
24.3
14
539
3.0
0
0
0.0
0
2Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
20,263
191
106.1
27
1,947
10.2
11
2,298
12.0
4
11,735
61.4
4
4,278
22.4
8
3Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
19,190
176
109.0
136
12,279
69.8
100
6,875
39.1
36
18
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
4Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
19,155
171
112.0
61
3,366
19.7
22
4,656
27.2
30
8,350
48.8
2
2,792
16.3
7
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
19,110
185
103.3
159
16,187
87.5
148
2,923
15.8
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18,456
170
108.6
162
13,684
80.5
145
4,772
28.1
17
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,308
153
119.7
109
15,269
99.8
99
2,921
19.1
10
118
0.8
0
0
0.0
0
8Herschel Walker
H. Walker
18,168
187
97.2
84
8,225
44.0
61
4,859
26.0
21
5,084
27.2
2
0
0.0
0
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
17,421
168
103.7
100
14,101
83.9
90
3,329
19.8
10
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10Tiki Barber
T. Barber
17,359
154
112.7
68
10,449
67.9
55
5,183
33.7
12
544
3.5
0
1,181
7.7
1
11Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
17,183
178
96.5
55
2,385
13.4
12
5,572
31.3
31
5,772
32.4
2
3,454
19.4
10
12Jerry Rice
J. Rice
17,007
188
90.5
165
624
3.3
10
16,377
87.1
154
6
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Wes Welker
W. Welker
16,797
175
96.0
51
151
0.9
0
9,924
56.7
50
4,138
23.6
1
2,584
14.8
0
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,507
180
91.7
91
13,065
72.6
74
3,427
19.0
16
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,326
173
94.4
91
12,739
73.6
77
3,554
20.5
13
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,279
173
94.1
87
11,938
69.0
65
4,341
25.1
22
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
15,957
149
107.1
112
13,318
89.4
106
2,223
14.9
6
428
2.9
0
0
0.0
0
18Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
15,869
167
95.0
71
387
2.3
2
11,452
68.6
63
2,371
14.2
2
1,652
9.9
4
19Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
15,665
181
86.5
64
10,967
60.6
49
4,339
24.0
15
310
1.7
0
48
0.3
0
20Edgerrin James
E. James
15,610
148
105.5
91
12,246
82.7
80
3,364
22.7
11
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Jim Brown
J. Brown
15,459
118
131.0
126
12,312
104.3
106
2,499
21.2
20
648
5.5
0
0
0.0
0
22Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
15,453
136
113.6
20
808
5.9
2
1,175
8.6
7
11,113
81.7
8
2,375
17.5
3
23Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,411
146
105.6
96
13,259
90.8
90
2,137
14.6
6
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24Tim Brown
T. Brown
15,408
176
87.5
79
120
0.7
1
10,944
62.2
75
1,235
7.0
1
3,106
17.6
2
25Antonio Brown
A. Brown
15,353
146
105.2
88
128
0.9
0
12,291
84.2
83
1,173
8.0
1
1,761
12.1
4

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2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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NFL 2025 Standings

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
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8
9
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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

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

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10/11
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10/11
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10/11
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10/11
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