who is the highest scoring run event running back

Emmitt Smith has the most career points by a running back, with 1,052 points.

NAMEPTSATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,052
4,409
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
972
3,174
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
872
3,022
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
830
2,836
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
766
2,662
153
13,018
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
6Paul Hornung
P. Hornung
760
893
104
3,711
4.2
35.7
50
1,480
130
11.4
14.2
12
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
758
3,230
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
8Jim Brown
J. Brown
756
2,359
118
12,312
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
750
3,838
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
10John Riggins
J. Riggins
696
2,916
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
11Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
672
2,187
123
9,453
4.3
76.9
100
1,520
215
316
7.1
12.4
12
12Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
654
3,062
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
13Curtis Martin
C. Martin
606
3,518
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
602
3,735
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
600
2,949
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
590
1,658
112
7,589
4.6
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
17Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
576
2,996
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
18Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
570
3,479
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
19Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
568
2,453
149
10,413
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
20Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
566
1,780
113
8,172
4.6
72.3
86
2,962
339
376
8.7
26.2
8
21Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
558
1,941
129
8,597
4.4
66.6
83
1,756
225
7.8
13.6
10
22Edgerrin James
E. James
556
3,028
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
23Ricky Watters
R. Watters
548
2,622
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
24Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
546
2,936
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
25LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
540
2,457
170
11,102
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
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