nfl nfc rushing leaders

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards in the NFC, with 18,355 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,291
170
3,036
4.7
84.1
116
2,396
290
400
8.3
14.1
6
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,036
157
2,755
4.4
76.7
72
3,432
382
9.0
21.9
13
6Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,388
158
2,743
4.2
72.1
68
3,663
460
626
8.0
23.2
9
7Frank Gore
F. Gore
11,073
148
2,442
4.5
74.8
64
2,883
342
502
8.4
19.5
11
8Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
9Tiki Barber
T. Barber
10,449
154
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
10Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10,036
170
2,487
4.0
59.0
78
2,925
357
8.2
17.2
5
11Matt Forte
M. Forte
8,602
120
2,035
4.2
71.7
45
4,116
487
636
8.5
34.3
19
12Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
8,488
118
1,955
4.3
71.9
71
2,405
317
418
7.6
20.4
12
13Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
8,356
106
1,826
4.6
78.8
55
2,651
358
489
7.4
25.0
16
14Ahman Green
A. Green
8,322
104
1,851
4.5
80.0
54
2,726
350
461
7.8
26.2
14
15Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
8,188
129
1,989
4.1
63.5
69
1,516
201
7.5
11.8
0
16Stephen Davis
S. Davis
8,052
143
1,945
4.1
56.3
65
1,494
179
195
8.3
10.4
4
17Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
7,822
91
1,814
4.3
86.0
84
1,136
166
246
6.8
12.5
10
18Aaron Jones Sr.
A. Jones Sr.
7,626
126
1,564
4.9
60.5
52
2,683
351
467
7.6
21.3
21
19Roger Craig
R. Craig
7,599
150
1,829
4.2
50.7
55
4,775
549
8.7
31.8
17
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
7,472
114
1,988
3.8
65.5
79
928
121
7.7
8.1
6
21Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
7,335
134
1,705
4.3
54.7
51
1,295
162
236
8.0
9.7
7
22Herschel Walker
H. Walker
7,310
171
1,704
4.3
42.7
54
4,436
472
9.4
25.9
19
23Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
7,250
126
1,674
4.3
57.5
61
4,948
606
767
8.2
39.3
25
24George Rogers
G. Rogers
7,176
92
1,692
4.2
78.0
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
25Terry Allen
T. Allen
7,060
103
1,730
4.1
68.5
62
1,408
173
1
8.1
13.7
5
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