who has the most rushing yards after 4 seasons

Emmitt Smith rushed for the most yards by a player after his 4th season, with 12,656 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
12,656
164
3,147
4.0
77.2
114
1,989
326
130
6.1
12.1
8
2 Frank Gore
F. Gore
11,559
182
2,796
4.1
63.5
59
2,560
312
453
8.2
14.1
14
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
11,410
133
2,659
4.3
85.8
65
3,427
367
9.3
25.8
13
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
9,595
91
1,873
5.1
105.4
47
1,627
222
7.3
17.9
5
5 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
9,140
129
2,363
3.9
70.9
67
684
103
100
6.6
5.3
2
6 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
9,136
123
2,032
4.5
74.3
68
1,304
186
249
7.0
10.6
4
7 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
9,015
108
2,191
4.1
83.5
50
2,074
324
409
6.4
19.2
4
8 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
8,700
125
2,179
4.0
69.6
56
1,371
211
279
6.5
11.0
3
9 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
8,508
94
1,754
4.9
90.5
44
3,208
374
521
8.6
34.1
5
10 John Riggins
J. Riggins
8,477
128
2,226
3.8
66.2
87
1,291
151
8.5
10.1
7
11 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
8,278
115
1,771
4.7
72.0
64
4,979
556
606
9.0
43.3
31
12 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
8,225
113
1,789
4.6
72.8
34
1,627
198
277
8.2
14.4
3
13 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
8,115
114
1,910
4.2
71.2
41
2,265
253
9.0
19.9
9
14 Franco Harris
F. Harris
8,115
121
2,103
3.9
67.1
63
1,624
225
7.2
13.4
6
15 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
8,058
86
1,628
4.9
93.7
43
1,300
115
11.3
15.1
11
16 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
7,874
78
1,600
4.9
100.9
71
1,109
121
155
9.2
14.2
2
17 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
7,785
107
1,811
4.3
72.8
91
2,750
333
490
8.3
25.7
11
18 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
7,605
165
1,941
3.9
46.1
79
3,107
350
8.9
18.8
8
19 Edgerrin James
E. James
7,333
96
1,844
4.0
76.4
49
1,637
223
301
7.3
17.1
1
20 Jim Brown
J. Brown
7,257
70
1,395
5.2
103.7
57
1,912
187
10.2
27.3
16
21 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
7,245
120
1,813
4.0
60.4
39
2,418
283
29
8.5
20.2
10
22 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
7,236
112
1,622
4.5
64.6
43
2,310
298
384
7.8
20.6
8
23 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
7,214
118
1,757
4.1
61.1
35
2,522
319
444
7.9
21.4
9
24 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
7,189
103
1,793
4.0
69.8
39
2,097
271
386
7.7
20.4
3
25 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
7,075
92
1,601
4.4
76.9
62
1,406
172
235
8.2
15.3
8
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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