most yards from scrimmage by a running backs all-time before 2011

Before 2011, Emmitt Smith had the most yards from scrimmage by a running back, with 21,579 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	21,579	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	21,264	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	19,154	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,190	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	17,727	156	13,404	3,099	4.3	85.9	144	4,323	582	807	7.4	27.7	15
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,654	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	17,430	168	14,101	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
8	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	16,532	182	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
9	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,293	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
10	Tiki Barber T. Barber	15,632	154	10,449	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
11	Edgerrin James E. James	15,610	148	12,246	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
12	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,396	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
13	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	15,306	181	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
14	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	15,111	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
15	Ricky Watters R. Watters	14,891	144	10,643	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
16	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,811	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
17	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,407	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	14,079	153	11,695	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
19	John Riggins J. Riggins	13,442	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
20	O.J. Simpson	13,378	135	11,236	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
21	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	13,335	182	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
22	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	13,154	150	11,241	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
23	Roger Craig R. Craig	13,100	165	8,189	1,991	4.1	49.6	56	4,911	566		8.7	29.8	17
24	Herschel Walker H. Walker	13,084	187	8,225	1,954	4.2	44.0	61	4,859	512		9.5	26.0	21
25	Earnest Byner E. Byner	12,866	211	8,261	2,095	3.9	39.2	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15

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Saints	0	1	0	.000
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