rushing leaders all-time yards per rush top 100

Emmitt Smith averaged 4.2 yards per rush attempt in his career.

NAME YPC RUSH YDS GP ATT RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4.2
18,355
226
4,409
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
4.4
16,726
190
3,838
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
4.3
16,000
241
3,735
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
5.0
15,269
153
3,062
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
4.6
14,918
184
3,230
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
4.0
14,101
168
3,518
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
4.3
13,684
170
3,174
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3.9
13,662
192
3,479
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
9 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
4.4
13,259
146
2,996
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
10 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
4.3
12,739
173
2,936
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
5.2
12,312
118
2,359
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
12 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
4.3
12,279
176
2,836
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
13 Edgerrin James
E. James
4.0
12,246
148
3,028
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
14 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
4.1
12,243
222
3,022
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
15 Franco Harris
F. Harris
4.1
12,120
173
2,949
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
16 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
4.2
12,074
182
2,877
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
17 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
11,740
141
2,419
83.3
110
1,687
178
230
9.5
12.0
5
18 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
11,695
153
2,534
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
19 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
4.1
11,438
160
2,764
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
20 John Riggins
J. Riggins
3.9
11,352
175
2,916
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
21 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
4.3
11,241
150
2,618
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
22 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
4.7
11,236
135
2,404
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
23 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
4.5
11,102
170
2,457
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
24 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
4.1
10,967
181
2,669
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
25 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
4.1
10,643
144
2,622
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Rankings

PPG

30.2

4th

OPP PPG

30.8

29th

RUSH YDS/G

134.4

8th

PASS YDS/G

279.4

3rd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
2
1
.500
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DAL DAL
@
CAR CAR
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Sun
10/26
DAL DAL
@
DEN DEN
4:25 PM
Mon
11/3
ARI ARI
@
DAL DAL
8:15 PM
Mon
11/17
DAL DAL
@
LV LV
8:15 PM
Last Game
NYJ Jets

0 - 5 - 0

22

Final

37

DAL Cowboys

2 - 2 - 1

Sun 5 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
SEA SEA
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM