most yards from scrimmage in first 15 seasons

Emmitt Smith had the most yards from scrimmage by a player in his first 15 seasons, with 21,579 yards.

Interpreted as:
most yards from scrimmage by a player in first 15 seasons
NAMEYDSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21,579
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,264
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
19,243
226
15,347
3,548
4.3
67.9
79
3,896
468
677
8.3
17.2
18
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
19,154
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5Jerry Rice
J. Rice
19,069
222
627
83
7.6
2.8
10
18,442
1,206
124
15.3
83.1
169
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18,456
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
17,430
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
17,392
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,063
206
11,738
2,898
4.1
57.0
112
5,325
576
9.2
25.8
21
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
12Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
16,347
234
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
16,279
1,303
2,154
12.5
69.6
116
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,293
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14Terrell Owens
T. Owens
16,185
219
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
15,934
1,078
1,604
14.8
72.8
153
15Tiki Barber
T. Barber
15,632
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
16Edgerrin James
E. James
15,610
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
17Randy Moss
R. Moss
15,451
218
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
15,292
982
1,616
15.6
70.1
156
18Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
19Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
15,306
181
10,967
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
20Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
15,121
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
21Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
15,111
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
22Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,091
213
147
24
6.1
0.7
0
14,944
1,003
1,161
14.9
70.2
91
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
15,000
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,891
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
118
12,312
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20

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