rush and rec yrd leaders

Emmitt Smith has the most career rush attempts when gaining >0 yards on receptions, with 4,409 rush attempts.

NAMEATTREC YDSGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
3,224
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
4,538
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
3,985
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
3,329
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
1,449
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
2,474
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
4,772
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
2,921
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
3,364
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
5,411
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
587
9.2
24.4
21
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
2,137
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
281
7.6
14.6
6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
2,287
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
307
7.4
13.2
9
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
3,554
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
398
8.9
20.5
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
2,090
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
4,458
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
65
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16Eddie George
E. George
2,865
2,227
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
68
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
6,875
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
3,683
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
69
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
2,023
180
10,591
4.0
58.8
68
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
4,339
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
49
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,662
1,801
153
13,018
4.9
85.1
122
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
4,248
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
1,913
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
3,062
182
10,273
4.0
56.4
81
376
8.1
16.8
5
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
1,879
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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