who has the most career rushing yards in the playoffs

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards in the playoffs, with 1,586 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	1,586	17	349	4.5	93.3	19	342	46	2	7.4	20.1	2
2	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,556	19	400	3.9	81.9	16	504	51		9.9	26.5	1
3	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1,442	21	339	4.3	68.7	16	672	76	0	8.8	32.0	5
4	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,383	17	302	4.6	81.4	9	403	46		8.8	23.7	1
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1,347	16	267	5.0	84.2	11	530	53		10.0	33.1	2
6	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,140	8	204	5.6	142.5	12	131	19		6.9	16.4	0
7	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,002	9	198	5.1	111.3	7	88	13	16	6.8	9.8	0
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	996	9	251	4.0	110.7	12	45	6		7.5	5.0	0
9	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	970	13	211	4.6	74.6	12	152	14	22	10.9	11.7	0
10	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	891	12	225	4.0	74.3	9	26	4		6.5	2.2	1
11	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	860	13	229	3.8	66.2	7	447	45		9.9	34.4	0
12	Edgerrin James E. James	852	13	218	3.9	65.5	6	284	35	53	8.1	21.8	0
13	Roger Craig R. Craig	841	18	208	4.0	46.7	7	606	63		9.6	33.7	2
14	Earnest Byner E. Byner	839	14	186	4.5	59.9	5	388	39		9.9	27.7	3
15	Curtis Martin C. Martin	795	10	182	4.4	79.5	8	305	37	22	8.2	30.5	0
16	Eddie George E. George	776	9	206	3.8	86.2	5	149	23	34	6.5	16.6	0
17	Josh Allen J. Allen	767	15	135	5.7	51.1	9	16	1	1	16.0	1.1	1
18	Ray Rice R. Rice	750	12	191	3.9	62.5	5	296	37	53	8.0	24.7	1
19	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	724	7	148	4.9	103.4	3	91	19		4.8	13.0	1
20	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	719	7	135	5.3	102.7	7	177	23	30	7.7	25.3	0
21	Dorsey Levens D. Levens	702	19	165	4.3	36.9	5	411	45	14	9.1	21.6	2
22	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	687	11	173	4.0	62.5	2	150	17		8.8	13.6	0
23	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	674	13	199	3.4	51.8	9	57	8	4	7.1	4.4	0
24	Frank Gore F. Gore	668	9	148	4.5	74.2	5	167	18	23	9.3	18.6	0
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	666	11	175	3.8	60.5	8	451	41	3	11.0	41.0	4

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