most years leading in carries in nfl history by player

Emmitt Smith and Adrian Peterson played 15 seasons in their careers.

	NAME	SEAS	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	15	4,409	226	18,355	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	13	3,838	190	16,726	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16	3,735	241	16,000	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	11	3,518	168	14,101	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13	3,479	192	13,662	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	15	3,230	184	14,918	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	11	3,174	170	13,684	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	10	3,062	153	15,269	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
9	Edgerrin James E. James	11	3,028	148	12,246	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	16	3,022	222	12,243	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
11	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	11	2,996	146	13,259	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	13	2,949	173	12,120	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12	2,936	173	12,739	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	14	2,916	175	11,352	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	13	2,877	182	12,074	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
16	Eddie George E. George	9	2,865	141	10,441	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12	2,836	176	12,279	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	12	2,764	160	11,438	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	Derrick Henry D. Henry	11	2,686	154	13,162	4.9	85.5	125	1,820	190	246	9.6	11.8	5
20	Thomas Jones T. Jones	12	2,678	180	10,591	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
21	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	12	2,669	181	10,967	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10	2,622	144	10,643	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
23	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	10	2,618	150	11,241	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	14	2,562	182	10,273	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	9	2,542	131	10,607	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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