nfl rushing games played leaders

Emmitt Smith had 224 games played in his career.

Interpreted as:
NFL rushing regular-season games played leaders
NAME GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
224
18,359
4,402
4.2
82.0
164
3,217
512
127
6.3
14.4
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
188
16,726
3,820
4.4
89.0
110
4,539
487
9.3
24.1
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
239
16,000
3,729
4.3
66.9
81
3,977
483
695
8.2
16.6
18
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
183
14,918
3,226
4.6
81.5
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.5
6
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
169
13,687
3,171
4.3
81.0
145
4,768
623
865
7.7
28.2
17
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
189
13,662
3,477
3.9
72.3
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.7
3
9 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
144
13,262
2,994
4.4
92.1
90
2,128
280
7.6
14.8
6
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
172
12,739
2,936
4.3
74.1
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.7
13
11 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
173
12,279
2,835
4.3
71.0
100
6,818
761
598
9.0
39.4
36
12 Edgerrin James
E. James
146
12,249
3,026
4.0
83.9
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
23.0
11
13 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
217
12,248
3,005
4.1
56.4
123
5,347
580
9.2
24.6
21
14 Franco Harris
F. Harris
172
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.5
91
2,285
306
7.5
13.3
9
15 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
178
12,074
2,872
4.2
67.8
65
4,434
469
27
9.5
24.9
22
16 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
151
11,706
2,527
4.6
77.5
66
2,384
290
346
8.2
15.8
8
17 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
138
11,665
2,396
4.9
84.5
109
1,671
176
226
9.5
12.1
5
18 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
159
11,438
2,761
4.1
71.9
69
3,675
460
625
8.0
23.1
8
19 John Riggins
J. Riggins
173
11,352
2,916
3.9
65.6
104
2,090
250
8.4
12.1
12
20 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
134
11,246
2,397
4.7
83.9
61
2,128
201
10.6
15.9
14
21 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
147
11,241
2,618
4.3
76.5
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
13.0
7
22 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
162
11,107
2,456
4.5
68.6
73
3,786
504
647
7.5
23.4
16
23 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
180
10,967
2,668
4.1
60.9
49
4,331
508
591
8.5
24.1
15
24 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
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PPG

24.7

10th

OPP PPG

30.7

27th

RUSH YDS/G

125.0

11th

PASS YDS/G

280.3

2nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
0
.333
Giants Giants
0
3
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
GB GB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

1 - 2 - 0

31

Final

14

DAL Cowboys

1 - 2 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM