which rb has the most scrimmage yards all-time

Emmitt Smith has the most career 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	Frank Gore F. Gore	19,985	241	16,000	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	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
5	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	18,456	170	13,684	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
6	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	18,190	153	15,269	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
7	Marcus Allen M. Allen	17,654	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
8	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
9	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	17,392	184	14,918	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
10	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
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	16,293	173	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	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
13	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
14	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	15,396	146	13,259	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
15	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
16	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	15,121	160	11,438	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
17	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
18	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	15,000	170	11,102	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
19	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
20	Jim Brown J. Brown	14,811	118	12,312	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
21	Matt Forte M. Forte	14,468	146	9,796	2,356	4.2	67.1	54	4,672	554	724	8.4	32.0	21
22	Franco Harris F. Harris	14,407	173	12,120	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
23	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
24	Derrick Henry D. Henry	13,557	142	11,862	2,443	4.9	83.5	110	1,695	179	232	9.5	11.9	5
25	John Riggins J. Riggins	13,442	175	11,352	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12

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