who has the most rushing yards in october in history

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards in the month of October, with 4,785 yards.

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	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	4,785	55	1,163	4.1	87.0	44	687	125	42	5.5	12.5	3
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,440	48	997	4.5	92.5	32	924	115		8.0	19.3	3
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	4,282	61	909	4.7	70.2	15	958	127	182	7.5	15.7	4
4	O.J. Simpson	3,954	48	891	4.4	82.4	21	686	70		9.8	14.3	3
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,777	49	953	4.0	77.1	30	380	46	24	8.3	7.8	1
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,706	43	905	4.1	86.2	30	762	118	97	6.5	17.7	1
7	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,574	43	784	4.6	83.1	28	607	73	102	8.3	14.1	2
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	3,515	54	864	4.1	65.1	26	771	77		10.0	14.3	6
9	Derrick Henry D. Henry	3,339	40	699	4.8	83.5	31	434	50	66	8.7	10.9	1
10	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,322	34	655	5.1	97.7	17	818	90		9.1	24.1	4
11	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,291	43	783	4.2	76.5	29	1,308	159	216	8.2	30.4	5
12	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	3,248	36	693	4.7	90.2	28	484	64		7.6	13.4	3
13	Edgerrin James E. James	3,160	39	828	3.8	81.0	20	895	110	157	8.1	22.9	3
14	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,147	44	734	4.3	71.5	20	737	85		8.7	16.8	6
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	3,068	48	760	4.0	63.9	29	397	67		5.9	8.3	1
16	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	3,038	43	686	4.4	70.7	25	1,655	179	143	9.2	38.5	9
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,031	44	695	4.4	68.9	14	1,175	122	9	9.6	26.7	5
18	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,966	36	617	4.8	82.4	24	335	44	64	7.6	9.3	2
19	Eddie George E. George	2,935	35	764	3.8	83.9	12	652	72	66	9.1	18.6	4
20	Clinton Portis C. Portis	2,913	34	675	4.3	85.7	19	732	91	120	8.0	21.5	2
21	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,797	46	627	4.5	60.8	20	448	77	99	5.8	9.7	1
22	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	2,782	38	649	4.3	73.2	20	876	104	140	8.4	23.1	3
23	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	2,687	48	619	4.3	56.0	24	159	27		5.9	3.3	0
24	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	2,673	41	640	4.2	65.2	14	1,000	145	186	6.9	24.4	5
25	Ricky Williams R. Williams	2,628	38	670	3.9	69.2	21	728	90	115	8.1	19.2	1

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