all-time average yards per routes run leaders

Emmitt Smith averaged 4.2 yards per rush attempt in his career.

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	NAME	ATT	YPC	GP	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,409	4.2	226	18,355	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,838	4.4	190	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,735	4.3	241	16,000	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,518	4.0	168	14,101	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,479	3.9	192	13,662	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,230	4.6	184	14,918	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,174	4.3	170	13,684	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,062	5.0	153	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
9	Edgerrin James E. James	3,028	4.0	148	12,246	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,022	4.1	222	12,243	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
11	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,996	4.4	146	13,259	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,949	4.1	173	12,120	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,936	4.3	173	12,739	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	2,916	3.9	175	11,352	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,877	4.2	182	12,074	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
16	Eddie George E. George	2,865	3.6	141	10,441	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,836	4.3	176	12,279	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	2,764	4.1	160	11,438	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,728	4.9	156	13,319	85.4	128	1,839	194	250	9.5	11.8	5
20	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,678	4.0	180	10,591	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
21	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	2,669	4.1	181	10,967	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,622	4.1	144	10,643	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
23	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,618	4.3	150	11,241	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,562	4.0	182	10,273	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,542	4.2	131	10,607	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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Giants	2	1	.667
Eagles	2	1	.667
Commanders	1	2	.333
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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
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Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

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Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000