most yards from scrimmage in the nfl from 1991 to 2025

From 1991 through 2025, Emmitt Smith had the most yards from scrimmage, with 20,414 yards.

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	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	20,414	210	17,418	4,168	4.2	82.9	153	2,996	491	130	6.1	14.3	11
2	Frank Gore F. Gore	19,985	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
3	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	19,154	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
4	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	18,456	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
5	Larry Fitzgerald L. Fitzgerald	17,560	263	68	20	3.4	0.3	0	17,492	1,432	2,335	12.2	66.5	121
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	17,430	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,392	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
8	Terrell Owens T. Owens	16,185	219	251	39	6.4	1.1	3	15,934	1,078	1,604	14.8	72.8	153
9	Tiki Barber T. Barber	15,632	154	10,449	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
10	Edgerrin James E. James	15,610	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
11	Randy Moss R. Moss	15,451	218	159	25	6.4	0.7	0	15,292	982	1,616	15.6	70.1	156
12	Jerry Rice J. Rice	15,385	211	356	43	8.3	1.7	6	15,029	1,103	709	13.6	71.2	118
13	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	15,347	223	139	25	5.6	0.6	0	15,208	1,024	1,210	14.9	68.2	91
14	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	15,306	181	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
15	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	15,141	270	14	2	7.0	0.1	0	15,127	1,325	1,862	11.4	56.0	111
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	15,121	160	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
17	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	15,118	219	387	57	6.8	1.8	2	14,731	1,031	1,745	14.3	67.3	81
18	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,111	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
19	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	15,000	170	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	14,891	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
21	Derrick Henry D. Henry	14,819	153	13,018	2,662	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
22	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	14,654	122	12,495	2,527	4.9	102.4	72	2,159	292		7.4	17.7	7
23	Marvin Harrison M. Harrison	14,608	190	28	10	2.8	0.1	0	14,580	1,102	1,431	13.2	76.7	128
24	Matt Forte M. Forte	14,468	146	9,796	2,356	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
25	Reggie Wayne R. Wayne	14,345	211	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	14,345	1,070	1,712	13.4	68.0	82

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Sun 11/1	ARI	@	DAL	1:00 PM
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Commanders	1	3	1	.300
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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
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Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
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Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
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Chargers	0	5	0	.000