all-time scrimmage yards leaders including playoffs running backs

Emmitt Smith has gained the most career yards from scrimmage 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 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
19 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
20 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
21 Jim Brown
J. Brown
15,151
122
12,553
2,425
5.2
102.9
107
2,598
270
9.6
21.3
20
22 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
23 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
24 Roger Craig
R. Craig
14,547
183
9,030
2,199
4.1
49.3
63
5,517
629
8.8
30.1
19
25 John Riggins
J. Riggins
14,483
184
12,348
3,167
3.9
67.1
116
2,135
256
8.3
11.6
12

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Team Rankings

PPG

20.6

21st

OPP PPG

27.5

31st

RUSH YDS/G

100.3

27th

PASS YDS/G

240.7

11th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
9/14
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
4:25 PM
Sun
9/28
GB GB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 10 - 0

19

Final

23

WAS Commanders

12 - 5 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM