most rushing yards - 15000 by a player

Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards - 15,000, with 3,355.

NAME YDS-15000 RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3,355
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,726
16,726
190
3,838
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
1,000
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
269
15,269
153
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
-82
14,918
184
3,230
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
-899
14,101
168
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
-1,316
13,684
170
3,174
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
-1,338
13,662
192
3,479
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
-1,741
13,259
146
2,996
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
-2,261
12,739
173
2,936
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
-2,688
12,312
118
2,359
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
12 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
-2,721
12,279
176
2,836
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13 Edgerrin James
E. James
-2,754
12,246
148
3,028
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
-2,757
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
15 Franco Harris
F. Harris
-2,880
12,120
173
2,949
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
-2,926
12,074
182
2,877
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
-3,293
11,707
140
2,404
4.9
83.6
109
1,687
178
229
9.5
12.1
5
18 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
-3,305
11,695
153
2,534
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
-3,562
11,438
160
2,764
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20 John Riggins
J. Riggins
-3,648
11,352
175
2,916
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
-3,759
11,241
150
2,618
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
-3,764
11,236
135
2,404
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
-3,898
11,102
170
2,457
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
-4,033
10,967
181
2,669
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
-4,357
10,643
144
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
Cowboys Cowboys
1
2
1
.375
Giants Giants
1
3
0
.250
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DAL DAL
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NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
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10/12
DAL DAL
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10/19
WAS WAS
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DAL DAL
4:25 PM
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10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
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11/3
ARI ARI
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8:15 PM
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40

Final

40

GB Packers

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Sun 28 Sep 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
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3
1
0
.750
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2
2
0
.500
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4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
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Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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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
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NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
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9/6
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10/5
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CLE CLE
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Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
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BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM