most yards receiving plus rushing by a running back career

Emmitt Smith has the most career receiving yards + rushing yards by a running back, with 21,579.

NAMEYDS+YDSREC YDSRUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21,579
3,224
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,264
4,538
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
19,985
3,985
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
19,154
6,875
12,279
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18,456
4,772
13,684
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
2,921
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
352
8.3
19.1
10
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,654
5,411
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
587
9.2
24.4
21
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
17,430
3,329
14,101
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
17,392
2,474
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
10Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
4,458
12,074
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,293
3,554
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Tiki Barber
T. Barber
15,632
5,183
10,449
154
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
13Edgerrin James
E. James
15,610
3,364
12,246
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
2,137
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
281
7.6
14.6
6
15Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
15,306
4,339
10,967
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
15,121
3,683
11,438
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
17Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
15,111
1,449
13,662
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
15,000
3,898
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
19Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,891
4,248
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
20Derrick Henry
D. Henry
14,819
1,801
13,018
153
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
21Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
2,499
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
262
9.5
21.2
20
22Matt Forte
M. Forte
14,468
4,672
9,796
146
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
23Franco Harris
F. Harris
14,407
2,287
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
307
7.4
13.2
9
24Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
14,079
2,384
11,695
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
25John Riggins
J. Riggins
13,442
2,090
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
250
8.4
11.9
12
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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