which player has the most rushing yards on sunday nights

Walter Payton has rushed for the most career yards on Sundays, with 14,507 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
14,507
164
3,320
4.4
88.5
101
3,807
416
9.2
23.2
14
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
14,400
184
3,542
4.1
78.3
126
2,493
392
104
6.4
13.5
8
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
13,341
205
3,138
4.3
65.1
69
3,568
433
615
8.2
17.4
15
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
13,339
158
2,818
4.7
84.4
104
2,173
273
372
8.0
13.8
6
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
12,740
128
2,525
5.0
99.5
81
2,462
299
8.2
19.2
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
12,625
148
3,130
4.0
85.3
82
2,959
431
367
6.9
20.0
9
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
12,489
152
2,868
4.4
82.2
134
4,385
562
774
7.8
28.8
17
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
11,694
127
2,676
4.4
92.1
72
1,866
253
7.4
14.7
5
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
11,610
165
2,937
4.0
70.4
79
1,086
159
83
6.8
6.6
3
10Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
11,376
158
2,602
4.4
72.0
91
6,161
679
511
9.1
39.0
31
11Edgerrin James
E. James
10,949
134
2,690
4.1
81.7
71
3,019
392
534
7.7
22.5
11
12Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
10,812
140
2,344
4.6
77.2
57
2,265
275
332
8.2
16.2
7
13Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
10,458
146
2,532
4.1
71.6
60
3,357
423
579
7.9
23.0
7
14Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
10,457
141
2,429
4.3
74.2
70
1,761
229
264
7.7
12.5
5
15Derrick Henry
D. Henry
10,169
123
2,114
4.8
82.7
91
1,409
149
194
9.5
11.5
4
16Marcus Allen
M. Allen
10,134
184
2,476
4.1
55.1
97
4,539
484
9.4
24.7
18
17O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
10,051
125
2,191
4.6
80.4
52
2,002
195
10.3
16.0
13
18John Riggins
J. Riggins
10,047
153
2,534
4.0
65.7
89
1,833
214
8.6
12.0
11
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
9,920
134
2,293
4.3
74.0
58
2,640
303
8.7
19.7
9
20Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
9,910
152
2,394
4.1
65.2
56
3,722
388
25
9.6
24.5
18
21Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
9,905
120
2,349
4.2
82.5
53
1,775
204
277
8.7
14.8
4
22Franco Harris
F. Harris
9,825
142
2,423
4.1
69.2
75
1,926
253
7.6
13.6
9
23Thomas Jones
T. Jones
9,777
163
2,461
4.0
60.0
63
1,848
280
373
6.6
11.3
3
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
9,669
160
2,360
4.1
60.4
70
2,800
347
8.1
17.5
4
25Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
9,598
160
2,363
4.1
60.0
44
3,948
459
529
8.6
24.7
15
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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