nfl ypc rushing leaders minimum 100 carries

Emmitt Smith averaged 4.2 yards per rush attempt with 100+ rush attempts in his career.

NAMEYPCRUSH YDSATTGPRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
18,355
4,409
226
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
16,726
3,838
190
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
16,000
3,735
241
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
15,269
3,062
153
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
14,918
3,230
184
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4.0
14,101
3,518
168
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.3
13,684
3,174
170
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3.9
13,662
3,479
192
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.4
13,259
2,996
146
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
13,018
2,662
153
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
12,739
2,936
173
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
12,312
2,359
118
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.3
12,279
2,836
176
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Edgerrin James
E. James
4.0
12,246
3,028
148
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4.1
12,243
3,022
222
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
4.1
12,120
2,949
173
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4.2
12,074
2,877
182
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
11,695
2,534
153
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
4.1
11,438
2,764
160
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
3.9
11,352
2,916
175
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.3
11,241
2,618
150
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
11,236
2,404
135
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.5
11,102
2,457
170
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4.1
10,967
2,669
181
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25Ricky Watters
R. Watters
4.1
10,643
2,622
144
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts, rushing yards, and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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