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

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

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 John Riggins
J. Riggins
13,442
2,090
175
250
8.4
11.9
12
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
23 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
13,335
3,062
182
376
8.1
16.8
5
10,273
2,562
4.0
56.4
81
24 Roger Craig
R. Craig
13,100
4,911
165
566
8.7
29.8
17
8,189
1,991
4.1
49.6
56
25 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
13,084
4,859
187
512
9.5
26.0
21
8,225
1,954
4.2
44.0
61
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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