who is the all-time nfl rushing ypc leader

Emmitt Smith ran for an average of 4.2 yards per rush 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	Derrick Henry D. Henry	4.9	13,018	153	2,662	85.1	122	1,801	189	245	9.5	11.8	5
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	4.3	12,739	173	2,936	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
12	Jim Brown J. Brown	5.2	12,312	118	2,359	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	4.3	12,279	176	2,836	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
14	Edgerrin James E. James	4.0	12,246	148	3,028	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	4.1	12,243	222	3,022	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	4.1	12,120	173	2,949	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4.2	12,074	182	2,877	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
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	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

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