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

	NAME	RUSH YDS	OFF	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	18,376	226	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	16,726	17,057	190	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	16,000	16,000	241	3,735	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	15,269	15,280	153	3,062	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	14,918	14,918	184	3,230	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
6	Curtis Martin C. Martin	14,101	14,133	168	3,518	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	13,684	13,824	170	3,174	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	13,662	13,725	192	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	13,259	13,268	146	2,996	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
10	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	12,739	12,780	173	2,936	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
11	Jim Brown J. Brown	12,312		118	2,359	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
12	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	12,279	12,279	176	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
13	Edgerrin James E. James	12,246	12,246	148	3,028	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
14	Marcus Allen M. Allen	12,243	12,493	222	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
15	Franco Harris F. Harris	12,120	12,120	173	2,949	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
16	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	12,074	12,072	182	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
17	Derrick Henry D. Henry	11,862	11,899	142	2,443	4.9	83.5	110	1,695	179	232	9.5	11.9	5
18	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	11,695	11,695	153	2,534	4.6	76.4	66	2,384	290	348	8.2	15.6	8
19	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	11,438	11,440	160	2,764	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
20	John Riggins J. Riggins	11,352	11,352	175	2,916	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	11,241	11,237	150	2,618	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
22	O.J. Simpson	11,236	11,335	135	2,404	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	11,102	11,102	170	2,457	4.5	65.3	73	3,898	518	665	7.5	22.9	16
24	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	10,967	10,964	181	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
25	Ricky Watters R. Watters	10,643	10,644	144	2,622	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13

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