what running back has the most yards from scrimmage with at least 2000 receiving yards since 1970

Since 1970, Emmitt Smith has the most yards from scrimmage by a running back when gaining 2,000+ yards on receptions, with 21,579 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	21,579	3,224	226	515	130	6.3	14.3	11	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,264	4,538	190	492		9.2	23.9	15	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	19,985	3,985	241	484	696	8.2	16.5	18	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	19,154	6,875	176	767	606	9.0	39.1	36	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	18,456	4,772	170	624	868	7.6	28.1	17	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145
6	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,190	2,921	153	352		8.3	19.1	10	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,654	5,411	222	587		9.2	24.4	21	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	17,430	3,329	168	484	409	6.9	19.8	10	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	90
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,392	2,474	184	305	423	8.1	13.4	6	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	120
10	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	16,532	4,458	182	472	29	9.4	24.5	23	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,293	3,554	173	398		8.9	20.5	13	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77
12	Tiki Barber T. Barber	15,632	5,183	154	586	707	8.8	33.7	12	10,449	2,217	4.7	67.9	55
13	Edgerrin James E. James	15,610	3,364	148	433	584	7.8	22.7	11	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	80
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,396	2,137	146	281		7.6	14.6	6	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90
15	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	15,306	4,339	181	510	594	8.5	24.0	15	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	15,121	3,683	160	461	627	8.0	23.0	9	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	69
17	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	15,000	3,898	170	518	665	7.5	22.9	16	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73
18	Ricky Watters R. Watters	14,891	4,248	144	467	176	9.1	29.5	13	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78
19	Matt Forte M. Forte	14,468	4,672	146	554	724	8.4	32.0	21	9,796	2,356	4.2	67.1	54
20	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,407	2,287	173	307		7.4	13.2	9	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91
21	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	14,079	2,384	153	290	348	8.2	15.6	8	11,695	2,534	4.6	76.4	66
22	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	13,619	5,641	119	660	820	8.5	47.4	36	7,978	1,742	4.6	67.0	70
23	John Riggins J. Riggins	13,442	2,090	175	250		8.4	11.9	12	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	13,335	3,062	182	376		8.1	16.8	5	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	81
25	Roger Craig R. Craig	13,100	4,911	165	566		8.7	29.8	17	8,189	1,991	4.1	49.6	56

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