who has the most points who is rb after 1969

Since 1970, Emmitt Smith has the most points by a running back, with 1,052 points.

NAMEPTSGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,052
226
18,355
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
972
170
13,684
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
872
222
12,243
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
830
176
12,279
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
766
153
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
758
184
14,918
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
750
190
16,726
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
8John Riggins
J. Riggins
696
175
11,352
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
9Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
672
123
9,453
2,187
4.3
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
654
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
11Curtis Martin
C. Martin
606
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
12Frank Gore
F. Gore
602
241
16,000
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
600
173
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
14Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
590
112
7,589
1,658
4.6
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
576
146
13,259
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
16Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
570
192
13,662
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
17Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
568
149
10,413
2,453
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
18Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
566
113
8,172
1,780
4.6
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
19Edgerrin James
E. James
556
148
12,246
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
548
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
21Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
546
173
12,739
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
540
170
11,102
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
536
126
7,250
1,674
4.3
57.5
61
4,948
606
767
8.2
39.3
25
24Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
536
135
9,130
2,139
4.3
67.6
74
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
536
150
11,241
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
StatMuse has season-level data for points going back to the 1921 season.

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