which running back has rushed for most yards

Emmitt Smith had 4,409 carries in his career.

Interpreted as:
Which running back has rushed for most rushing yards?
NAME ATT RUSH YDS GP YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
18,355
226
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
16,726
190
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
16,000
241
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
15,269
153
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
14,918
184
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
14,101
168
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
13,684
170
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
13,662
192
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
13,259
146
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
12,739
173
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
2,359
12,312
118
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
12 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
12,279
176
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13 Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
12,246
148
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
12,243
222
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
15 Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
12,120
173
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
12,074
182
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,534
11,695
153
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
18 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
11,438
160
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,355
11,423
136
4.9
84.0
106
1,651
174
224
9.5
12.1
5
20 John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
11,352
175
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
11,241
150
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,404
11,236
135
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,457
11,102
170
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
10,967
181
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
10,643
144
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
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7
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9
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