who had the most career rushing and receiving yards

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards, with 18,355 yards.

	NAME	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	18,355	3,224	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	4,538	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	3,985	241	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	2,921	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,918	2,474	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	3,329	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	4,772	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	1,449	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	2,137	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,018	1,801	153	2,662	4.9	85.1	122	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	3,554	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	2,499	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	262		9.5	21.2	20
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	6,875	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
14	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	3,364	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	5,411	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	587		9.2	24.4	21
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	2,287	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	307		7.4	13.2	9
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	4,458	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	2,384	153	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	3,683	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
20	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	2,090	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	250		8.4	11.9	12
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	1,913	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
22	O.J. Simpson	11,236	2,142	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	203		10.6	15.9	14
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	3,898	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	4,339	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	4,248	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	467	176	9.1	29.5	13

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