who rushed the most yards in a single play

Emmitt Smith attempted 4,409 rushes when running >0 plays in his career.

Interpreted as:

Who rushed the most rushing yards in a single play?

	NAME	ATT	RUSH YDS	PLY	GP	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,409	18,355	4,410	226	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,838	16,726	3,872	190	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,735	16,000	3,735	241	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,062	15,269	3,066	153	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,230	14,918	3,230	184	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,518	14,101	3,521	168	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,174	13,684	3,188	170	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,479	13,662	3,485	192	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,996	13,259	2,999	146	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,662	13,018	2,672	153	4.9	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,936	12,739	2,944	173	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,836	12,279	2,838	176	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
13	Edgerrin James E. James	3,028	12,246	3,028	148	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
14	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,022	12,243	3,055	222	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,949	12,120	2,950	173	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
16	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,877	12,074	2,879	182	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
17	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	2,534	11,695	2,534	153	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	2,764	11,438	2,765	160	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	John Riggins J. Riggins	2,916	11,352	2,918	175	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
20	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,618	11,241	2,620	150	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
21	O.J. Simpson	2,404	11,236	2,421	135	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
22	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	2,457	11,102	2,457	170	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
23	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	2,669	10,967	2,670	181	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
24	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,622	10,643	2,624	144	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,542	10,607	2,542	131	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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