nfl scrimmage yards leaders 1986 to 1993

From 1986 through 1993, Herschel Walker had the most yards from scrimmage, with 11,355 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Herschel Walker H. Walker	11,355	123	7,468	1,794	4.2	60.7	55	3,887	410	9.5	31.6	16
2	Jerry Rice J. Rice	11,241	124	392	51	7.7	3.2	5	10,849	659	16.5	87.5	115
3	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	10,684	94	7,631	1,731	4.4	81.2	41	3,053	295	10.3	32.5	16
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	9,580	100	8,112	1,935	4.2	81.1	46	1,468	189	7.8	14.7	4
5	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	8,929	116	6,166	1,515	4.1	53.2	51	2,763	302	9.1	23.8	20
6	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	8,730	123	4,579	1,148	4.0	37.2	17	4,151	471	8.8	33.7	16
7	Gary Clark G. Clark	8,678	120	44	9	4.9	0.4	0	8,634	540	16.0	72.0	57
8	Roger Craig R. Craig	8,558	117	5,765	1,446	4.0	49.3	32	2,793	355	7.9	23.9	4
9	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	8,288	73	6,789	1,432	4.7	93.0	55	1,499	166	9.0	20.5	5
10	Earnest Byner E. Byner	8,268	115	5,235	1,346	3.9	45.5	38	3,033	333	9.1	26.4	10
11	Henry Ellard H. Ellard	8,105	114	45	9	5.0	0.4	0	8,060	489	16.5	70.7	37
12	Andre Reed A. Reed	7,929	121	333	44	7.6	2.8	0	7,596	538	14.1	62.8	54
13	Ernest Givins E. Givins	7,764	122	350	34	10.3	2.9	1	7,414	506	14.7	60.8	45
14	Eric Martin E. Martin	7,344	127	12	2	6.0	0.1	0	7,332	497	14.8	57.7	44
15	James Brooks J. Brooks	7,333	93	5,166	1,067	4.8	55.5	28	2,167	210	10.3	23.3	20
16	Drew Hill D. Hill	7,316	122	1	1	1.0	0.0	0	7,315	510	14.3	60.0	41
17	Anthony Carter A. Carter	7,104	117	289	47	6.1	2.5	2	6,815	435	15.7	58.2	44
18	Keith Byars K. Byars	7,086	121	2,941	814	3.6	24.3	20	4,145	432	9.6	34.3	16
19	Sterling Sharpe S. Sharpe	7,072	96	57	20	2.9	0.6	0	7,015	501	14.0	73.1	47
20	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	6,934	62	5,699	1,262	4.5	91.9	50	1,235	189	6.5	19.9	3
21	Marcus Allen M. Allen	6,863	104	4,671	1,215	3.8	44.9	47	2,192	243	9.0	21.1	8
22	Art Monk A. Monk	6,810	121	266	43	6.2	2.2	0	6,544	495	13.2	54.1	41
23	Bill Brooks B. Brooks	6,638	122	106	18	5.9	0.9	0	6,532	471	13.9	53.5	33
24	Mark Clayton M. Clayton	6,529	113	54	8	6.8	0.5	0	6,475	433	15.0	57.3	61
25	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	6,429	121	2,326	500	4.7	19.2	7	4,103	401	10.2	33.9	16

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