Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards by a running back, with 18,355 yards.

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running back most rushing yards lost rushing yards

	NAME	RUSH YDS	L	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18,355	103	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	81	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	124	241	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	79	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,918	96	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	77	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	71	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	89	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	73	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,018	67	153	2,662	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	62	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	84	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
13	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	55	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
14	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	83	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	50	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
16	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	62	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	67	153	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	107	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	77	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
20	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	84	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
21	O.J. Simpson	11,236	91	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
22	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	76	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
23	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	86	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
24	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	58	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	61	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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