what running back had the most yards in 10 years

Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards by a running back when playing 10+ seasons, with 18,355 yards.

Interpreted as:
What running back had the most rushing yards in 10 or more years?
NAME RUSH YDS SEAS 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
15
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
16,726
13
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
16
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
15,269
10
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
14,918
15
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
14,101
11
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
13,684
11
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
13,662
13
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
13,259
11
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
12,739
12
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
12,279
12
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
12 Edgerrin James
E. James
12,246
11
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
13 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
16
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
14 Franco Harris
F. Harris
12,120
13
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
15 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
12,074
13
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
11,695
13
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
17 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
11,438
12
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
18 John Riggins
J. Riggins
11,352
14
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
19 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
11,241
10
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
20 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
11,236
11
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
21 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
11,102
12
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
22 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
10,967
12
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
23 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
10,643
10
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
24 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
10,591
12
180
2,678
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
25 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
10,449
10
154
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
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