From 1900 through 1999, Walter Payton rushed for the most yards, with 16,726 yards.

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Regular season

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	13,963	155	3,243	4.3	90.1	136	2,728	442	32	6.2	17.6	11
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
6	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
8	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
9	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	11,938	173	2,849	4.2	69.0	65	4,341	456	5	9.5	25.1	22
10	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
11	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
12	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	10,273	182	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
13	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	9,407	115	2,187	4.3	81.8	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
14	Ricky Watters R. Watters	9,083	123	2,272	4.0	73.8	70	3,528	393	62	9.0	28.7	11
15	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	8,597	129	1,941	4.4	66.6	83	1,756	225		7.8	13.6	10
16	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	8,463	109	2,106	4.0	77.6	41	1,075	149	28	7.2	9.9	3
17	Joe Perry J. Perry	8,378	156	1,737	4.8	53.7	53	1,796	241		7.5	11.5	8
18	Earnest Byner E. Byner	8,261	211	2,095	3.9	39.2	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15
19	Herschel Walker H. Walker	8,225	187	1,954	4.2	44.0	61	4,859	512		9.5	26.0	21
20	Roger Craig R. Craig	8,189	165	1,991	4.1	49.6	56	4,911	566		8.7	29.8	17
21	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	8,188	129	1,989	4.1	63.5	69	1,516	201		7.5	11.8	0
22	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	8,081	146	1,891	4.3	55.3	64	820	106		7.7	5.6	4
23	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	8,074	144	1,798	4.5	56.1	38	2,961	295		10.0	20.6	12
24	James Brooks J. Brooks	7,962	162	1,685	4.7	49.1	49	3,621	383		9.5	22.4	30
25	Terry Allen T. Allen	7,777	115	1,938	4.0	67.6	68	1,526	186	19	8.2	13.3	6

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