all-time scrimmage yards leaders including playoffs running backs

Emmitt Smith has the most career scrimmage yards by a running back in the regular-season and playoffs, with 23,507 yards.

	NAME	YDS	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	23,507	243	19,941	4,758	4.2	82.1	183	3,566	561	132	6.4	14.7	13
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	22,074	199	17,358	4,018	4.3	87.2	112	4,716	514		9.2	23.7	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	20,820	250	16,668	3,883	4.3	66.7	86	4,152	502	719	8.3	16.6	18
4	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	20,275	188	12,881	3,001	4.3	68.5	106	7,394	819	663	9.0	39.3	38
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	19,531	238	13,590	3,289	4.1	57.1	134	5,941	640		9.3	25.0	23
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	19,100	180	14,152	3,305	4.3	78.6	151	4,948	649	904	7.6	27.5	18
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,687	159	15,655	3,153	5.0	98.5	100	3,032	373		8.1	19.1	10
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	18,646	203	13,516	3,216	4.2	66.6	81	5,130	548	29	9.4	25.3	28
9	Curtis Martin C. Martin	18,530	178	14,896	3,700	4.0	83.7	98	3,634	521	431	7.0	20.4	10
10	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	18,079	190	14,122	3,238	4.4	74.3	86	3,957	444		8.9	20.8	14
11	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,858	189	15,330	3,346	4.6	81.1	125	2,528	311	433	8.1	13.4	6
12	Edgerrin James E. James	16,746	161	13,098	3,246	4.0	81.4	86	3,648	468	637	7.8	22.7	11
13	Franco Harris F. Harris	16,467	192	13,676	3,349	4.1	71.2	107	2,791	358		7.8	14.5	10
14	Tiki Barber T. Barber	16,303	161	10,924	2,337	4.7	67.9	56	5,379	612	740	8.8	33.4	12
15	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	16,211	153	13,983	3,144	4.4	91.4	93	2,228	300		7.4	14.6	7
16	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	16,105	191	11,496	2,805	4.1	60.2	52	4,609	548	641	8.4	24.1	15
17	Ricky Watters R. Watters	16,008	155	11,309	2,797	4.0	73.0	86	4,699	508	179	9.3	30.3	17
18	Derrick Henry D. Henry	15,909	162	14,020	2,860	4.9	86.5	129	1,889	202	261	9.4	11.7	5
19	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,842	205	14,336	3,678	3.9	69.9	100	1,506	208	104	7.2	7.3	3
20	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	15,326	177	11,324	2,514	4.5	64.0	74	4,002	533	687	7.5	22.6	16
21	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	15,218	164	11,530	2,793	4.1	70.3	70	3,688	465	633	7.9	22.5	9
22	Jim Brown J. Brown	15,151	122	12,553	2,425	5.2	102.9	107	2,598	270		9.6	21.3	20
23	Matt Forte M. Forte	14,762	148	9,946	2,398	4.1	67.2	54	4,816	567	742	8.5	32.5	21
24	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	14,762	161	12,308	2,663	4.6	76.4	69	2,454	297	357	8.3	15.2	9
25	Roger Craig R. Craig	14,547	183	9,030	2,199	4.1	49.3	63	5,517	629		8.8	30.1	19

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