most carry 's in a career

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries, with 4,409 carries.

Interpreted as:
most carry by a player 's in a career
NAME ATT GP RUSH YDS YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9 Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
11 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12 Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14 John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16 Eddie George
E. George
2,865
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
180
10,591
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
22 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
23 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
182
10,273
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
24 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
25 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,534
153
11,695
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
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