most combined yds all-time by a rb 1930 to 1994

From 1930 through 1994, Walter Payton accounted for the most yards by a running back, with 21,595 combined passing, rushing, and receiving yards.

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Data note: Total Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	TOTALYDS	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,595	190	11	34	32.4	331	9.7	1.7	8	6	69.6	23.5	17.6	0	0
2	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,334	173	2	8	25.0	41	5.1	0.2	1	1	48.4	12.5	12.5	0	0
3	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,411	146	1	2	50.0	15	7.5	0.1	1	1	75.0	50.0	50.0	1	6
4	Marcus Allen M. Allen	15,130	174	10	24	41.7	267	11.1	1.5	4	1	105.4	16.7	4.2	6	32
5	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,928	118	4	12	33.3	117	9.8	1.0	3	0	110.1	25.0	0.0
6	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,407	173	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
7	O.J. Simpson	13,488	135	6	16	37.5	110	6.9	0.8	1	0	82.8	6.3	0.0	1	11
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	13,442	175	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
9	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	13,335	182	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
10	Roger Craig R. Craig	13,100	165	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
11	Herschel Walker H. Walker	12,395	139	1	3	33.3	12	4.0	0.1	0	0	46.5	0.0	0.0	1	5
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,126	109	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
13	James Brooks J. Brooks	11,591	162	1	2	50.0	8	4.0	0.0	1	0	100.0	50.0	0.0	0	0
14	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	11,040	144	1	1	100.0	5	5.0	0.0	1	0	127.1	100.0	0.0	0	0
15	Earnest Byner E. Byner	10,685	163	3	10	30.0	90	9.0	0.6	3	0	104.2	30.0	0.0	0	0
16	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	10,454	89	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
17	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	10,353	129	0	0		0		0.0	0	0
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	10,270	115	1	3	33.3	57	19.0	0.5	1	1	81.9	33.3	33.3	0	0
19	Joe Perry J. Perry	10,253	156	3	9	33.3	79	8.8	0.5	1	0	103.5	11.1	0.0
20	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	9,737	111	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
21	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	9,704	129	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
22	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	9,648	136	3	16	18.8	93	5.8	0.7	2	0	90.9	12.5	0.0	1	7
23	James Wilder J. Wilder	9,524	129	1	1	100.0	16	16.0	0.1	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
24	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	9,425	138	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
25	John David Crow J. David Crow	9,421	125	33	70	47.1	759	10.8	6.1	5	5	80.6	7.1	7.1

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