Who Leads The Yard Who Leads The League In Rushing Yards

Who leads the rushing yard who leads the league in rushing yards?

NAME	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	RUSH AVG	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	REC AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
Emmitt Smith	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
Walter Payton	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
Frank Gore	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
Barry Sanders	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
Adrian Peterson	180	14,820	3,192	4.6	82.3	118	2,466	301	419	8.2	13.7	6
Curtis Martin	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
LaDainian Tomlinson	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
Jerome Bettis	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
Eric Dickerson	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
Tony Dorsett	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
Jim Brown	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
Marshall Faulk	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
Edgerrin James	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
Marcus Allen	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
Franco Harris	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
Thurman Thomas	182	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
Fred Taylor	153	11,695	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
Steven Jackson	160	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
John Riggins	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
Corey Dillon	150	11,241	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
O.J. Simpson	135	11,236	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
LeSean McCoy	170	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
Warrick Dunn	181	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
Ricky Watters	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
Jamal Lewis	131	10,607	2,542	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

Emmitt Smith had 18,355 rushing yards in his career.