most yards from scrimmage rb 1988 to 2008

From 1988 through 2008, Emmitt Smith had the most scrimmage yards by a running back, with 21,579 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	21,579	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	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
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,190	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	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
5	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	16,532	182	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
6	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
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	15,561	127	11,760	2,657	4.4	92.6	126	3,801	510	698	7.5	29.9	15
8	Edgerrin James E. James	15,466	141	12,121	2,982	4.1	86.0	80	3,345	430	581	7.8	23.7	11
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	13,632	140	11,271	2,428	4.6	80.5	62	2,361	286	342	8.3	16.9	8
13	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	13,154	150	11,241	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
14	Eddie George E. George	12,668	141	10,441	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
15	Ahman Green A. Green	11,910	140	9,045	2,015	4.5	64.6	59	2,865	375	490	7.6	20.5	14
16	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	11,898	122	10,107	2,399	4.2	82.8	58	1,791	213	287	8.4	14.7	4
17	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	11,134	113	8,172	1,780	4.6	72.3	86	2,962	339	376	8.7	26.2	8
18	Clinton Portis C. Portis	11,108	100	9,202	2,052	4.5	92.0	72	1,906	233	317	8.2	19.1	4
19	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	10,973	123	9,453	2,187	4.3	76.9	100	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
20	Charlie Garner C. Garner	10,808	147	7,097	1,537	4.6	48.3	39	3,711	419	456	8.9	25.2	12
21	Terry Allen T. Allen	10,215	130	8,614	2,152	4.0	66.3	73	1,601	204	40	7.8	12.3	6
22	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	10,031	126	7,966	1,831	4.4	63.2	30	2,065	229	165	9.0	16.4	9
23	Herschel Walker H. Walker	9,904	159	6,597	1,594	4.1	41.5	42	3,307	376		8.8	20.8	18
24	Ricky Williams R. Williams	9,889	99	7,771	1,923	4.0	78.5	51	2,118	275	363	7.7	21.4	5
25	Chris Warren C. Warren	9,631	162	7,696	1,791	4.3	47.5	52	1,935	273	89	7.1	11.9	5

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Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
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Falcons	2	2	0	.500
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