rushing leader in each decade

Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards in a decade, with 13,963 yards in the 1990s.

NAME RUSH YDS DECADE GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
13,963
1990s
155
3,243
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
2 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
13,799
1990s
138
2,782
5.0
100.0
85
2,639
328
8.0
19.1
10
3 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
12,490
2000s
141
2,880
4.3
88.6
138
3,955
530
728
7.5
28.0
15
4 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
11,226
1980s
105
2,450
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
5 Edgerrin James
E. James
10,693
2000s
132
2,659
4.0
81.0
67
2,778
371
497
7.5
21.0
7
6 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10,607
2000s
131
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
7 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,539
1970s
122
2,223
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
8 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
10,434
2010s
144
2,292
4.6
72.5
69
3,489
463
591
7.5
24.2
16
9 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9,813
1990s
142
2,344
4.2
69.1
57
3,464
378
5
9.2
24.4
16
10 Walter Payton
W. Payton
9,800
1980s
117
2,290
4.3
83.8
51
3,114
336
9.3
26.6
11
11 Frank Gore
F. Gore
9,786
2010s
153
2,380
4.1
64.0
47
2,065
244
359
8.5
13.5
11
12 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
9,732
2010s
118
2,121
4.6
82.5
71
1,536
206
277
7.5
13.0
5
13 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
9,696
2000s
108
2,176
4.5
89.8
73
1,963
242
329
8.1
18.2
5
14 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
9,585
2000s
121
2,068
4.6
79.2
46
1,874
234
330
8.0
15.5
5
15 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
9,514
2000s
110
1,967
4.8
86.5
52
3,927
444
616
8.8
35.7
6
16 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
9,453
2000s
123
2,187
4.3
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
17 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
9,300
1980s
129
2,188
4.3
72.1
52
2,528
287
8.8
19.6
9
18 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9,217
2000s
148
2,280
4.0
62.3
62
1,858
289
383
6.4
12.6
3
19 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
9,083
1990s
123
2,272
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
20 Ahman Green
A. Green
8,876
2000s
118
1,995
4.4
75.2
59
2,881
375
493
7.7
24.4
14
21 Franco Harris
F. Harris
8,563
1970s
111
2,012
4.3
77.1
72
1,311
174
7.5
11.8
4
22 Jim Brown
J. Brown
8,514
1960s
82
1,610
5.3
103.8
66
2,116
206
10.3
25.8
18
23 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
8,463
1990s
109
2,106
4.0
77.6
41
1,075
149
28
7.2
9.9
3
24 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
8,347
2000s
134
2,005
4.2
62.3
43
2,944
363
511
8.1
22.0
10
25 Ricky Williams
R. Williams
8,008
2000s
103
1,911
4.2
77.7
60
2,210
282
376
7.8
21.5
7
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2
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4
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7
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9
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