nfl running backs who rushed most yards between 1990 to 2020

Between the 1990 and 2020 seasons, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards by a running back, with 18,355 yards.

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NFL running backs who rushed most rushing yards between 1990 to 2020

	NAME	RUSH YDS	ATT	GP	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18,355	4,409	226	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	3,735	241	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
3	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,820	3,192	180	4.6	82.3	118	2,466	301	419	8.2	13.7	6
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	3,518	168	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	13,799	2,782	138	5.0	100.0	85	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	3,174	170	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
7	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	3,479	192	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	2,836	176	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
9	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	3,028	148	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
10	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	2,534	153	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
11	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	2,764	160	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
12	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	2,618	150	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
13	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	2,457	170	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
14	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	2,669	181	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
15	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	2,622	144	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
16	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	2,542	131	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
17	Thomas Jones T. Jones	10,591	2,678	180	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
18	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	2,217	154	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
19	Eddie George E. George	10,441	2,865	141	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
20	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	10,413	2,453	149	4.2	69.9	85	2,214	287	391	7.7	14.9	9
21	Ricky Williams R. Williams	10,009	2,431	147	4.1	68.1	66	2,606	342	466	7.6	17.7	8
22	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,949	2,372	151	4.2	65.9	57	3,581	394	29	9.1	23.7	17
23	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,923	2,230	113	4.4	87.8	75	2,018	247	338	8.2	17.9	5
24	Matt Forte M. Forte	9,796	2,356	146	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
25	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	9,651	2,163	130	4.5	74.2	55	2,255	307	424	7.3	17.3	9

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Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
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49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
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