who has the most rushing yards in the month of september

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards in the month of September, with 4,082 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,082
52
955
4.3
78.5
34
650
111
30
5.9
12.5
2
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,880
40
822
4.7
97.0
23
752
91
8.3
18.8
2
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,728
45
873
4.3
82.8
20
1,112
132
8.4
24.7
6
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,629
43
783
4.6
84.4
27
764
90
116
8.5
17.8
2
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
3,510
42
732
4.8
83.6
15
1,056
111
9.5
25.1
3
6Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,486
55
827
4.2
63.4
27
963
112
164
8.6
17.5
5
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,142
56
804
3.9
56.1
33
1,456
154
9.5
26.0
5
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
3,088
36
718
4.3
85.8
19
703
90
7.8
19.5
1
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,026
35
750
4.0
86.5
20
792
98
138
8.1
22.6
2
10Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,941
38
678
4.3
77.4
12
955
129
40
7.4
25.1
1
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,904
34
662
4.4
85.4
31
894
118
164
7.6
26.3
2
12John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,902
44
756
3.8
66.0
20
545
69
7.9
12.4
2
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,821
44
670
4.2
64.1
18
1,265
135
13
9.4
28.8
8
14Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,714
48
693
3.9
56.5
23
836
109
7.7
17.4
1
15Curtis Martin
C. Martin
2,696
35
701
3.8
77.0
13
662
105
93
6.3
18.9
6
16Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
2,660
35
572
4.7
76.0
21
377
47
8.0
10.8
0
17Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
2,610
41
647
4.0
63.7
16
176
32
11
5.5
4.3
0
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,572
38
613
4.2
67.7
11
535
72
82
7.4
14.1
0
19LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,553
40
554
4.6
63.8
18
848
118
156
7.2
21.2
3
20Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,523
34
585
4.3
74.2
20
510
48
63
10.6
15.0
2
21Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,465
38
619
4.0
64.9
21
1,649
179
155
9.2
43.4
8
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,429
30
552
4.4
81.0
12
547
53
10.3
18.2
2
23Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
2,420
43
539
4.5
56.3
12
937
88
10.6
21.8
3
24Terry Allen
T. Allen
2,408
33
553
4.4
73.0
18
442
67
13
6.6
13.4
2
25Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,401
41
587
4.1
58.6
14
766
104
108
7.4
18.7
3
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