what running back had the most yards created per touch 2021

Emmitt Smith has the most career scrimmage yards by a running back with 2,021+ touches, with 21,579 yards.

Interpreted as:

What running back had the most yards created per touch 2021 or more?

	NAME	YDS	TOUCHES	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	21,579	4,924	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,264	4,330	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	19,985	4,219	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	19,154	3,603	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	18,456	3,798	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
6	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,190	3,414	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,654	3,609	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	17,430	4,002	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,392	3,535	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	16,532	3,349	182	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,293	3,334	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Tiki Barber T. Barber	15,632	2,803	154	10,449	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
13	Edgerrin James E. James	15,610	3,461	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,396	3,277	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
15	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	15,306	3,179	181	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	15,121	3,225	160	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
17	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,111	3,679	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
18	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	15,000	2,975	170	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
19	Ricky Watters R. Watters	14,891	3,089	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
20	Derrick Henry D. Henry	14,819	2,851	153	13,018	2,662	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
21	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,811	2,621	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
22	Matt Forte M. Forte	14,468	2,910	146	9,796	2,356	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
23	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,407	3,256	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
24	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	14,079	2,824	153	11,695	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
25	John Riggins J. Riggins	13,442	3,166	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12

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