Emmitt Smith has the most carries in a decade, with 3,243 rush attempts in the 1990s.

	NAME	ATT	DECADE	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	3,243	1990s	155	13,963	4.3	90.1	136	2,728	442	32	6.2	17.6	11
2	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	2,880	2000s	141	12,490	4.3	88.6	138	3,955	530	728	7.5	28.0	15
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,782	1990s	138	13,799	5.0	100.0	85	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
4	Edgerrin James E. James	2,659	2000s	132	10,693	4.0	81.0	67	2,778	371	497	7.5	21.0	7
5	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,542	2000s	131	10,607	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
6	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,450	1980s	105	11,226	4.6	106.9	82	1,633	202		8.1	15.6	4
7	Frank Gore F. Gore	2,380	2010s	153	9,786	4.1	64.0	47	2,065	244	359	8.5	13.5	11
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,344	1990s	142	9,813	4.2	69.1	57	3,464	378	5	9.2	24.4	16
9	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	2,292	2010s	144	10,434	4.6	72.5	69	3,489	463	591	7.5	24.2	16
10	Walter Payton W. Payton	2,290	1980s	117	9,800	4.3	83.8	51	3,114	336		9.3	26.6	11
11	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,280	2000s	148	9,217	4.0	62.3	62	1,858	289	383	6.4	12.6	3
12	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,272	1990s	123	9,083	4.0	73.8	70	3,528	393	62	9.0	28.7	11
13	O.J. Simpson	2,223	1970s	122	10,539	4.7	86.4	59	1,799	173		10.4	14.7	11
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,188	1980s	129	9,300	4.3	72.1	52	2,528	287		8.8	19.6	9
15	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	2,187	2000s	123	9,453	4.3	76.9	100	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
16	Clinton Portis C. Portis	2,176	2000s	108	9,696	4.5	89.8	73	1,963	242	329	8.1	18.2	5
17	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	2,121	2010s	118	9,732	4.6	82.5	71	1,536	206	277	7.5	13.0	5
18	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	2,106	1990s	109	8,463	4.0	77.6	41	1,075	149	28	7.2	9.9	3
19	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	2,068	2000s	121	9,585	4.6	79.2	46	1,874	234	330	8.0	15.5	5
20	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,012	1970s	111	8,563	4.3	77.1	72	1,311	174		7.5	11.8	4
21	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	2,005	2000s	134	8,347	4.2	62.3	43	2,944	363	511	8.1	22.0	10
22	Ahman Green A. Green	1,995	2000s	118	8,876	4.4	75.2	59	2,881	375	493	7.7	24.4	14
23	Tiki Barber T. Barber	1,967	2000s	110	9,514	4.8	86.5	52	3,927	444	616	8.8	35.7	6
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,943	1980s	127	7,712	4.0	60.7	61	2,574	306		8.4	20.3	3
25	Terry Allen T. Allen	1,938	1990s	115	7,777	4.0	67.6	68	1,526	186	19	8.2	13.3	6

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