all-time nfl rushing leaders yards per carry

Emmitt Smith gained an average of 4.2 yards per rush in his career.

NAME YPC RUSH YDS GP ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
18,355
226
4,409
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
16,726
190
3,838
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
16,000
241
3,735
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
15,269
153
3,062
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
14,918
184
3,230
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4.0
14,101
168
3,518
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.3
13,684
170
3,174
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3.9
13,662
192
3,479
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.4
13,259
146
2,996
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
12,739
173
2,936
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
12,312
118
2,359
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
12 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.3
12,279
176
2,836
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13 Edgerrin James
E. James
4.0
12,246
148
3,028
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4.1
12,243
222
3,022
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
15 Franco Harris
F. Harris
4.1
12,120
173
2,949
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4.2
12,074
182
2,877
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
11,862
142
2,443
83.5
110
1,695
179
232
9.5
11.9
5
18 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
11,695
153
2,534
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
4.1
11,438
160
2,764
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20 John Riggins
J. Riggins
3.9
11,352
175
2,916
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.3
11,241
150
2,618
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
11,236
135
2,404
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.5
11,102
170
2,457
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4.1
10,967
181
2,669
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
4.1
10,643
144
2,622
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

29.7

3rd

OPP PPG

30.7

31st

RUSH YDS/G

117.2

15th

PASS YDS/G

276.3

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
2
3
1
.417
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Sun
11/23
PHI PHI
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

3 - 3 - 0

30

Final

27

DAL Cowboys

2 - 3 - 1

Sun 12 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
Bills Bills
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
3
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Falcons Falcons
3
2
0
.600
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NO NO
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM