who is the all-time nfl rushing ypc leader

Emmitt Smith had 4.2 rushing yards per 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 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
4.6
11,695
153
2,534
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
18 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
4.1
11,438
160
2,764
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4.9
11,423
136
2,355
84.0
106
1,651
174
224
9.5
12.1
5
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

20.6

21st

OPP PPG

27.5

31st

RUSH YDS/G

100.3

27th

PASS YDS/G

240.7

11th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Sun
9/14
NYG NYG
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/21
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
4:25 PM
Sun
9/28
GB GB
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 10 - 0

19

Final

23

WAS Commanders

12 - 5 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM