most yards running can excluding punt and kick returns

49 punters had 0 punts in their careers. The first three are Emmitt Smith, Frank Gore and Barry Sanders.

Interpreted as:
most yards running can excluding punt and kick returns by a player
NAMEPUNTRUSH YDSKRGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
0
18,355
0
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
1
16,726
17
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
0
16,000
0
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
0
15,269
5
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
0
14,918
17
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
0
14,101
0
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
0
13,684
0
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
0
13,662
0
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
0
13,259
0
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
0
13,018
0
153
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
0
12,739
0
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
0
12,312
29
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
0
12,279
2
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
0
12,246
0
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
0
12,243
0
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
0
12,120
10
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
0
12,074
0
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
0
11,695
0
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
0
11,438
4
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
0
11,352
0
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
0
11,241
7
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
0
11,236
33
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
0
11,102
0
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
0
10,967
15
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
0
10,643
0
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
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