nfl rushing leaders 1995 to 2000

From 1995 through 2000, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards, with 7,983 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
7,983
94
1,907
4.2
84.9
74
1,231
214
46
5.8
13.1
7
2Curtis Martin
C. Martin
7,754
92
2,010
3.9
84.3
54
2,022
275
158
7.4
22.0
8
3Ricky Watters
R. Watters
7,485
96
1,897
3.9
78.0
52
2,691
316
154
8.5
28.0
5
4Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
7,350
93
1,848
4.0
79.0
39
635
105
47
6.0
6.8
2
5Terrell Davis
T. Davis
6,906
70
1,488
4.6
98.7
60
1,211
157
5
7.7
17.3
5
6Eddie George
E. George
6,874
80
1,763
3.9
85.9
42
1,447
164
129
8.8
18.1
8
7Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
6,778
91
1,581
4.3
74.5
56
4,160
413
216
10.1
45.7
21
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
6,597
64
1,299
5.1
103.1
37
1,139
142
8.0
17.8
4
9Robert Smith
R. Smith
6,313
74
1,298
4.9
85.3
29
1,076
139
74
7.7
14.5
6
10Terry Allen
T. Allen
5,161
72
1,343
3.8
71.7
47
858
115
20
7.5
11.9
3
11Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
5,147
82
1,272
4.0
62.8
33
1,534
153
60
10.0
18.7
6
12Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4,894
62
1,073
4.6
78.9
26
885
104
75
8.5
14.3
2
13Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
4,792
91
978
4.9
52.7
12
1,107
127
49
8.7
12.2
5
14Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
4,775
93
1,280
3.7
51.3
22
1,249
198
93
6.3
13.4
5
15Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
4,506
61
1,053
4.3
73.9
12
1,103
101
10.9
18.1
6
16Charlie Garner
C. Garner
4,233
88
885
4.8
48.1
25
1,670
191
170
8.7
19.0
5
17James Stewart
J. Stewart
4,135
76
1,104
3.7
54.4
43
1,140
151
75
7.5
15.0
6
18Chris Warren
C. Warren
4,038
84
945
4.3
48.1
32
1,370
199
89
6.9
16.3
3
19Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
3,757
73
957
3.9
51.5
28
1,911
246
113
7.8
26.2
15
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
3,753
63
912
4.1
59.6
14
1,817
191
150
9.5
28.8
6
21Stephen Davis
S. Davis
3,538
71
820
4.3
49.8
33
821
95
77
8.6
11.6
2
22Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
3,411
61
1,004
3.4
55.9
33
586
90
22
6.5
9.6
2
23Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
3,354
38
715
4.7
88.3
32
744
90
68
8.3
19.6
5
24Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
3,350
73
859
3.9
45.9
17
1,056
127
29
8.3
14.5
5
25Mike Alstott
M. Alstott
3,302
76
860
3.8
43.4
30
1,219
150
53
8.1
16.0
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