Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards + rushing touchdowns, with 18,519.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards + rushing touchdowns by a player

	NAME	YDS+TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	18,519	18,355	164	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,836	16,726	110	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,081	16,000	81	241	3,735	4.3	66.4	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,368	15,269	99	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	15,038	14,918	120	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,191	14,101	90	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,829	13,684	145	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,753	13,662	91	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,349	13,259	90	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,014	12,892	122	152	2,642	4.9	84.8	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,816	12,739	77	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,418	12,312	106	118	2,359	5.2	104.3	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,379	12,279	100	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
14	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,366	12,243	123	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
15	Edgerrin James E. James	12,326	12,246	80	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,211	12,120	91	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,139	12,074	65	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,761	11,695	66	153	2,534	4.6	76.4	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,507	11,438	69	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
20	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,456	11,352	104	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,323	11,241	82	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
22	O.J. Simpson	11,297	11,236	61	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,175	11,102	73	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	11,016	10,967	49	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,721	10,643	78	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13

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