nfl rushing record leader

Emmitt Smith had a record of 123-101 in his career.

NAMERECRUSH YDSW%GPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC RECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
123-101
18,359
.549
224
4,402
4.2
82.0
164
3,217
512
127
6.3
14.4
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
109-79
16,726
.580
188
3,820
4.4
89.0
110
4,539
487
9.3
24.1
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
115-123-1
16,000
.483
239
3,729
4.3
66.9
81
3,977
483
695
8.2
16.6
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
74-79
15,269
.484
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
87-95-1
14,918
.478
183
3,226
4.6
81.5
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.5
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
91-77
14,101
.542
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
99-70
13,687
.586
169
3,171
4.3
81.0
145
4,768
623
865
7.7
28.2
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
102-87
13,662
.540
189
3,477
3.9
72.3
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.7
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
72-72
13,262
.500
144
2,994
4.4
92.1
90
2,128
280
7.6
14.8
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
86-66
13,018
.566
152
2,662
4.9
85.6
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
111-61
12,739
.645
172
2,936
4.3
74.1
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.7
13
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
92-81
12,279
.532
173
2,835
4.3
71.0
100
6,818
761
598
9.0
39.4
36
13Edgerrin James
E. James
93-53
12,249
.637
146
3,026
4.0
83.9
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
23.0
11
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
138-79
12,248
.636
217
3,005
4.1
56.4
123
5,347
580
9.2
24.6
21
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
121-50-1
12,120
.706
172
2,949
4.1
70.5
91
2,285
306
7.5
13.3
9
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
119-59
12,074
.669
178
2,872
4.2
67.8
65
4,434
469
27
9.5
24.9
22
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
84-67
11,706
.556
151
2,527
4.6
77.5
66
2,384
290
346
8.2
15.8
8
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
51-107-1
11,438
.324
159
2,761
4.1
71.9
69
3,675
460
625
8.0
23.1
8
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
97-76
11,352
.561
173
2,916
3.9
65.6
104
2,090
250
8.4
12.1
12
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
43-90-1
11,246
.325
134
2,397
4.7
83.9
61
2,128
201
10.6
15.9
14
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
64-83
11,241
.435
147
2,618
4.3
76.5
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
13.0
7
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
89-73
11,107
.549
162
2,456
4.5
68.6
73
3,786
504
647
7.5
23.4
16
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
94-85-1
10,967
.525
180
2,668
4.1
60.9
49
4,331
508
591
8.5
24.1
15
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
85-58-1
10,643
.594
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
70-61
10,607
.534
131
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
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.647
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.647
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9
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.441
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12
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.294
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13
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.235
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.647
9
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.559
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.529
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.529
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.471
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.471
8
9
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.471
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11
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.353
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