who has the most rushing yards through 13 seasons

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards by a player in his first 13 seasons, with 17,162 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	17,162	201	4,052	4.2	85.4	153	3,012	486	91	6.2	15.0	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,216	164	3,036	4.7	86.7	111	2,365	289	401	8.2	14.4	6
5	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
6	Frank Gore F. Gore	14,026	196	3,226	4.3	71.6	77	3,672	443	645	8.3	18.7	17
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	12,892	152	2,642	4.9	84.8	122	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
14	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
16	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	153	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
20	O.J. Simpson	11,236	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
21	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
22	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
23	John Riggins J. Riggins	10,675	163	2,740	3.9	65.5	96	2,072	244		8.5	12.7	12
24	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	10,607	131	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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