nfl players with most 5 yard attempts all-time

Emmitt Smith has the most career attempts when gaining 5+ all-purpose yards, with 4,939 attempts.

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	NAME	ATT	YDS	GP	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,939	21,564	226	95.4	175	18,355	81.2	164	3,224	14.3	11	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,368	21,803	190	114.8	125	16,726	88.0	110	4,538	23.9	15	539	2.8	0	0	0.0	0
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	4,230	19,992	241	83.0	100	16,000	66.4	81	3,985	16.5	18	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	4,015	17,421	168	103.7	100	14,101	83.9	90	3,329	19.8	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,807	18,456	170	108.6	162	13,684	80.5	145	4,772	28.1	17	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,695	15,113	192	78.7	94	13,662	71.2	91	1,449	7.5	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,624	17,648	222	79.5	145	12,243	55.1	123	5,411	24.4	21	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	3,618	19,190	176	109.0	136	12,279	69.8	100	6,875	39.1	36	18	0.1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,569	17,808	184	96.8	126	14,918	81.1	120	2,474	13.4	6	428	2.3	0	0	0.0	0
10	Edgerrin James E. James	3,469	15,610	148	105.5	91	12,246	82.7	80	3,364	22.7	11	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,432	18,308	153	119.7	109	15,269	99.8	99	2,921	19.1	10	118	0.8	0	0	0.0	0
12	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	3,359	16,532	182	90.8	88	12,074	66.3	65	4,458	24.5	23	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,351	16,326	173	94.4	91	12,739	73.6	77	3,554	20.5	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	3,293	15,411	146	105.6	96	13,259	90.8	90	2,137	14.6	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	3,281	14,622	173	84.5	100	12,120	70.1	91	2,287	13.2	9	233	1.3	0	0	0.0	0
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	3,239	15,191	160	94.9	78	11,438	71.5	69	3,683	23.0	9	79	0.5	0	0	0.0	0
17	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	3,214	15,665	181	86.5	64	10,967	60.6	49	4,339	24.0	15	310	1.7	0	48	0.3	0
18	John Riggins J. Riggins	3,174	13,435	175	76.8	116	11,352	64.9	104	2,090	11.9	12	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Eddie George E. George	3,148	12,669	141	89.9	78	10,441	74.0	68	2,227	15.8	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	3,098	14,891	144	103.4	91	10,643	73.9	78	4,248	29.5	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Thomas Jones T. Jones	3,012	12,885	180	71.6	71	10,591	58.8	68	2,023	11.2	3	271	1.5	0	0	0.0	0
22	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	2,984	15,001	170	88.2	89	11,102	65.3	73	3,898	22.9	16	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tiki Barber T. Barber	2,977	17,359	154	112.7	68	10,449	67.9	55	5,183	33.7	12	544	3.5	0	1,181	7.7	1
24	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,976	15,347	158	97.1	135	13,494	85.4	129	1,863	11.8	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,955	13,362	182	73.4	86	10,273	56.4	81	3,062	16.8	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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276

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507

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OPP PPG

27.2

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RUSH YDS/G

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300

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Sun 10/18	DAL	@	GB	8:20 PM
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	ARI	@	DAL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	SF	@	DAL	4:25 PM

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,485

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1,408

Love

1,402

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Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

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Walker

504

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

583

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537

Olave

507

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

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Purdy

12

Goff

12

Cousins

Rush TD Leaders

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Gibbs

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Allen

7

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

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QB Rating Leaders

119.6

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119.3

Purdy

111.3

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Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

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PPG Rankings

32.8

31.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

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18.6

18.8

19.2

Total Yards Rankings

417.0

412.0

405.8

394.2

393.8

392.4

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

139.6

139.0

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

300.5

297.0

281.6

280.4

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

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Fantasy TE Rankings

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000