most yards in a carry all-time

Emmitt Smith has rushed for the most career yards with >0 rush attempts, with 18,355 yards.

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

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