most yards per route run ever

Emmitt Smith had 4,409 rush attempts in his career.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards per route run by a player ever
NAMEATTRUSH YDSGPYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
18,355
226
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
16,726
190
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
16,000
241
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
15,269
153
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
14,918
184
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
14,101
168
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
13,684
170
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
13,662
192
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
13,259
146
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
12,739
173
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,552
12,354
148
4.8
83.5
116
1,793
188
242
9.5
12.1
5
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
2,359
12,312
118
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
12,279
176
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
12,246
148
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
12,243
222
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
12,120
173
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
12,074
182
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,534
11,695
153
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
11,438
160
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
11,352
175
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
11,241
150
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,404
11,236
135
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,457
11,102
170
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
10,967
181
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
10,643
144
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
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