who has the most receiving yards by a running back in nfl history

Marshall Faulk has the most career yards on receptions by a running back, with 6,875 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	6,875	176	767	606	9.0	39.1	36	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100
2	Larry Centers L. Centers	6,194	182	761	386	8.1	34.0	25	2,036	590	3.5	11.2	14
3	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	6,076	181	582		10.4	33.6	24	2,774	615	4.5	15.3	10
4	Keith Byars K. Byars	5,661	189	610		9.3	30.0	31	3,109	865	3.6	16.4	23
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	5,411	222	587		9.2	24.4	21	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123
6	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	5,410	113	631	786	8.6	47.9	36	7,657	1,668	4.6	67.8	62
7	Tiki Barber T. Barber	5,183	154	586	707	8.8	33.7	12	10,449	2,217	4.7	67.9	55
8	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	4,948	126	606	767	8.2	39.3	25	7,250	1,674	4.3	57.5	61
9	Roger Craig R. Craig	4,911	165	566		8.7	29.8	17	8,189	1,991	4.1	49.6	56
10	Herschel Walker H. Walker	4,859	187	512		9.5	26.0	21	8,225	1,954	4.2	44.0	61
11	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	4,840	183	553	748	8.8	26.4	32	3,552	732	4.9	19.4	23
12	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	4,772	170	624	868	7.6	28.1	17	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145
13	Matt Forte M. Forte	4,672	146	554	724	8.4	32.0	21	9,796	2,356	4.2	67.1	54
14	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	4,656	149	546		8.5	31.2	19	5,006	1,245	4.0	33.6	18
15	Earnest Byner E. Byner	4,605	211	512		9.0	21.8	15	8,261	2,095	3.9	39.2	56
16	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,538	190	492		9.2	23.9	15	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4,458	182	472	29	9.4	24.5	23	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65
18	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	4,339	181	510	594	8.5	24.0	15	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49
19	Austin Ekeler A. Ekeler	4,288	117	480	604	8.9	36.6	30	4,765	1,081	4.4	40.7	43
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	4,248	144	467	176	9.1	29.5	13	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78
21	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4,087	111	248		16.5	36.8	29	4,016	859	4.7	36.2	50
22	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	4,066	170	490		8.3	23.9	9	4,072	1,031	3.9	24.0	34
23	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,985	241	484	696	8.2	16.5	18	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81
24	Brian Westbrook B. Westbrook	3,940	121	442	604	8.9	32.6	30	6,335	1,385	4.6	52.4	41
25	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	3,898	170	518	665	7.5	22.9	16	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73

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