Emmitt Smith has the most career rushing yards in the NFC, with 18,355 yards.

	NAME	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	18,355	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,836	181	3,203	4.6	82.0	119	2,466	301	419	8.2	13.6	6
5	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,036	157	2,755	4.4	76.7	72	3,432	382		9.0	21.9	13
6	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,388	158	2,743	4.2	72.1	68	3,663	460	626	8.0	23.2	9
7	Frank Gore F. Gore	11,073	148	2,442	4.5	74.8	64	2,883	342	502	8.4	19.5	11
8	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
9	Tiki Barber T. Barber	10,449	154	2,217	4.7	67.9	55	5,183	586	707	8.8	33.7	12
10	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	10,273	182	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
11	Matt Forte M. Forte	8,602	120	2,035	4.2	71.7	45	4,116	487	636	8.5	34.3	19
12	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	8,488	118	1,955	4.3	71.9	71	2,405	317	418	7.6	20.4	12
13	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	8,439	107	1,841	4.6	78.9	55	2,648	359	491	7.4	24.7	16
14	Ahman Green A. Green	8,322	104	1,851	4.5	80.0	54	2,726	350	461	7.8	26.2	14
15	Herschel Walker H. Walker	8,225	187	1,954	4.2	44.0	61	4,859	512		9.5	26.0	21
16	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	8,188	129	1,989	4.1	63.5	69	1,516	201		7.5	11.8	0
17	Stephen Davis S. Davis	8,052	143	1,945	4.1	56.3	65	1,494	179	195	8.3	10.4	4
18	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	7,822	91	1,814	4.3	86.0	84	1,136	166	246	6.8	12.5	10
19	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	7,666	127	1,576	4.9	60.4	53	2,683	351	468	7.6	21.1	21
20	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	7,657	113	1,668	4.6	67.8	62	5,410	631	786	8.6	47.9	36
21	Roger Craig R. Craig	7,599	150	1,829	4.2	50.7	55	4,775	549		8.7	31.8	17
22	John Riggins J. Riggins	7,472	114	1,988	3.8	65.5	79	928	121		7.7	8.1	6
23	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	7,336	69	1,551	4.7	106.3	56	970	129		7.5	14.1	2
24	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	7,335	134	1,705	4.3	54.7	51	1,295	162	236	8.0	9.7	7
25	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	7,250	126	1,674	4.3	57.5	61	4,948	606	767	8.2	39.3	25

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