who had the most rushing yards from 1990 to 2009

Between the 1990 and 2009 seasons, Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards, with 18,355 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18,355	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	13,799	138	2,782	5.0	100.0	85	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
4	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	12,490	141	2,880	4.3	88.6	138	3,955	530	728	7.5	28.0	15
6	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
7	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
8	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,540	146	2,491	4.6	79.0	66	2,378	288	345	8.3	16.3	8
9	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
10	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
11	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
12	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4
13	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	154	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
14	Eddie George E. George	10,441	141	2,865	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	9,949	151	2,372	4.2	65.9	57	3,581	394	29	9.1	23.7	17
16	Clinton Portis C. Portis	9,696	108	2,176	4.5	89.8	73	1,963	242	329	8.1	18.2	5
17	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	9,453	123	2,187	4.3	76.9	100	1,520	215	316	7.1	12.4	12
18	Thomas Jones T. Jones	9,217	148	2,280	4.0	62.3	62	1,858	289	383	6.4	12.6	3
19	Ahman Green A. Green	9,205	148	2,056	4.5	62.2	60	2,883	378	495	7.6	19.5	14
20	Ricky Williams R. Williams	8,892	115	2,164	4.1	77.3	62	2,382	310	416	7.7	20.7	7
21	Terry Allen T. Allen	8,614	130	2,152	4.0	66.3	73	1,601	204	40	7.8	12.3	6
22	Priest Holmes P. Holmes	8,172	113	1,780	4.6	72.3	86	2,962	339	376	8.7	26.2	8
23	Stephen Davis S. Davis	8,052	143	1,945	4.1	56.3	65	1,494	179	195	8.3	10.4	4
24	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	7,966	126	1,831	4.4	63.2	30	2,065	229	165	9.0	16.4	9
25	Chris Warren C. Warren	7,696	162	1,791	4.3	47.5	52	1,935	273	89	7.1	11.9	5

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