what running back has the most total rushing plus receiving yards all-time

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards + receiving yards by a running back, with 21,579.

NAME YDS+YDS RUSH YDS REC YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21,579
18,355
3,224
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
21,264
16,726
4,538
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
19,985
16,000
3,985
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
19,154
12,279
6,875
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
18,456
13,684
4,772
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
6 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18,190
15,269
2,921
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
352
8.3
19.1
10
7 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
17,654
12,243
5,411
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
587
9.2
24.4
21
8 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
17,430
14,101
3,329
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
9 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
17,392
14,918
2,474
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
10 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
16,532
12,074
4,458
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
11 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
16,293
12,739
3,554
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
398
8.9
20.5
13
12 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
15,632
10,449
5,183
154
2,217
4.7
67.9
55
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
13 Edgerrin James
E. James
15,610
12,246
3,364
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
15,396
13,259
2,137
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
281
7.6
14.6
6
15 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
15,306
10,967
4,339
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
16 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
15,121
11,438
3,683
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
17 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
15,111
13,662
1,449
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
18 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
15,000
11,102
3,898
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
19 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
14,891
10,643
4,248
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
20 Jim Brown
J. Brown
14,811
12,312
2,499
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
262
9.5
21.2
20
21 Matt Forte
M. Forte
14,468
9,796
4,672
146
2,356
4.2
67.1
54
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
22 Franco Harris
F. Harris
14,407
12,120
2,287
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
307
7.4
13.2
9
23 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
14,079
11,695
2,384
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
24 John Riggins
J. Riggins
13,442
11,352
2,090
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
250
8.4
11.9
12
25 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
13,378
11,236
2,142
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
203
10.6
15.9
14
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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