what is the most scrimmage yards in a career

Jerry Rice has the most career yards from scrimmage, with 23,540 yards.

Interpreted as:
What is the most scrimmage yards by a player in a career?
NAME YDS GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jerry Rice
J. Rice
23,540
303
645
87
7.4
2.1
10
22,895
1,549
709
14.8
75.6
197
2 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21,579
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,264
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
4 Frank Gore
F. Gore
19,985
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
5 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
19,154
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
6 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18,456
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
7 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,654
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
9 Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
17,560
263
68
20
3.4
0.3
0
17,492
1,432
2,335
12.2
66.5
121
10 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
17,430
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
11 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
17,392
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
12 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
182
12,074
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
13 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,293
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14 Terrell Owens
T. Owens
16,185
219
251
39
6.4
1.1
3
15,934
1,078
1,604
14.8
72.8
153
15 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
15,632
154
10,449
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
16 Edgerrin James
E. James
15,610
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
17 Randy Moss
R. Moss
15,451
218
159
25
6.4
0.7
0
15,292
982
1,616
15.6
70.1
156
18 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
19 Isaac Bruce
I. Bruce
15,347
223
139
25
5.6
0.6
0
15,208
1,024
1,210
14.9
68.2
91
20 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
15,306
181
10,967
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21 Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,141
270
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
15,127
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
22 Tim Brown
T. Brown
15,124
255
190
50
3.8
0.7
1
14,934
1,094
670
13.7
58.6
100
23 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
15,121
160
11,438
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
24 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
15,118
219
387
57
6.8
1.8
2
14,731
1,031
1,745
14.3
67.3
81
25 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
15,111
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3

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