User:Commanders882/sandbox/Rush Yards Top 50

Rank Player Team(s) by season Carries Yards Average
1 Emmitt Smith^ Dallas Cowboys (19902002)
Arizona Cardinals (20032004)
4,409 18,355 4.2
2 Walter Payton^ Chicago Bears (19751987) 3,838 16,726 4.4
3 Frank Gore San Francisco 49ers (20052014)
Indianapolis Colts (20152017)
Miami Dolphins (2018)
Buffalo Bills (2019)
New York Jets (2020)
3,735 16,000 4.3
4 Barry Sanders^ Detroit Lions (19891998) 3,062 15,269 5.0
5 Adrian Peterson* Minnesota Vikings (20072016)
New Orleans Saints (2017)
Arizona Cardinals (2017)
Washington Redskins (20182019)
Detroit Lions (2020)
Tennessee Titans (2021)
Seattle Seahawks (2021)
3,230 14,918 4.6
6 Curtis Martin^ New England Patriots (19951997)
New York Jets (19982005)
3,518 14,101 4.0
7 LaDainian Tomlinson^ San Diego Chargers (20012009)
New York Jets (20102011)
3,174 13,684 4.3
8 Jerome Bettis^ St. Louis/L.A. Rams (19931995[a])
Pittsburgh Steelers (19962005)
3,479 13,662 3.9
9 Eric Dickerson^ Los Angeles Rams (19831987[b])
Indianapolis Colts (19871991)
Los Angeles Raiders (1992)
Atlanta Falcons (1993)
2,996 13,259 4.4
10 Tony Dorsett^ Dallas Cowboys (19771987)
Denver Broncos (1988)
2,936 12,739 4.3
11 Jim Brown^ Cleveland Browns (19571965) 2,359 12,312 5.2
12 Marshall Faulk^ Indianapolis Colts (19941998)
St. Louis Rams (19992005)
2,836 12,279 4.3
13 Edgerrin James^ Indianapolis Colts (19992005)
Arizona Cardinals (20062008)
Seattle Seahawks (2009)
3,028 12,246 4.0
14 Marcus Allen^ Los Angeles Raiders (19821992)
Kansas City Chiefs (19931997)
3,022 12,243 4.1
15 Franco Harris^ Pittsburgh Steelers (19721983)
Seattle Seahawks (1984)
2,949 12,120 4.1
16 Thurman Thomas^ Buffalo Bills (19881999)
Miami Dolphins (2000)
2,877 12,074 4.2
17 Fred Taylor Jacksonville Jaguars (19982008)
New England Patriots (20092010)
2,534 11,695 4.6
18 Steven Jackson St. Louis Rams (20042012)
Atlanta Falcons (20132014)
New England Patriots (2015)
2,764 11,438 4.1
19 John Riggins^ New York Jets (19711975)
Washington Redskins (19761985)
2,916 11,352 3.9
20 Corey Dillon Cincinnati Bengals (19972003)
New England Patriots (20042006)
2,618 11,241 4.3
21 O. J. Simpson^ Buffalo Bills (19691977)
San Francisco 49ers (19781979)
2,404 11,236 4.7
22 LeSean McCoy Philadelphia Eagles (20092014)
Buffalo Bills (20152018)
Kansas City Chiefs (2019)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020)
2,457 11,102 4.5
23 Warrick Dunn Tampa Bay Buccaneers (19972001, 2008)
Atlanta Falcons (20022007)
2,669 10,967 4.1
24 Ricky Watters San Francisco 49ers (19921994)
Philadelphia Eagles (19951997)
Seattle Seahawks (19982001)
2,622 10,643 4.1
25 Jamal Lewis Baltimore Ravens (20002006)
Cleveland Browns (20072009)
2,542 10,607 4.2
26 Thomas Jones Arizona Cardinals (20002002)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2003)
Chicago Bears (20042006)
New York Jets (20072009)
Kansas City Chiefs (20102011)
2,678 10,591 4.0
27 Tiki Barber New York Giants (19972006) 2,217 10,449 4.7
28 Eddie George Houston/Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1996[c]2003)
Dallas Cowboys (2004)
2,865 10,441 3.6
29 Marshawn Lynch Buffalo Bills (20072010)
Seattle Seahawks (20102015, 2019)
Oakland Raiders (20172018)
2,453 10,413 4.2
30 Ottis Anderson St. Louis Cardinals (19791986[d])
New York Giants (19861992)
2,562 10,273 4.0
31 Ricky Williams New Orleans Saints (19992001)
Miami Dolphins (20022003, 20052010)
Baltimore Ravens (2011)
2,431 10,009 4.1
32 Clinton Portis Denver Broncos (20022003)
Washington Redskins (20042010)
2,230 9,923 4.4
33 Matt Forte Chicago Bears (20082015)
New York Jets (20162017)
2,356 9,796 4.2
34 Chris Johnson Tennessee Titans (20082013)
New York Jets (2014)
Arizona Cardinals (20152017)
2,163 9,651 4.5
35 Shaun Alexander Seattle Seahawks (20002007)
Washington Redskins (2008)
2,187 9,453 4.3
36 Earl Campbell^ Houston Oilers (19781984[e])
New Orleans Saints (19841985)
2,187 9,407 4.3
37 Ahman Green Seattle Seahawks (19981999)
Green Bay Packers (20002006, 2009)
Houston Texans (20072008)
2,056 9,205 4.5
38 Terry Allen Minnesota Vikings (19901994)
Washington Redskins (19951998)
New England Patriots (1999)
New Orleans Saints (2000)
Baltimore Ravens (2001)
2,152 8,614 4.0
39 Jim Taylor^ Green Bay Packers (19581966)
New Orleans Saints (1967)
1,941 8,597 4.4
40 Willis McGahee Buffalo Bills (20032006)
Baltimore Ravens (20072010)
Denver Broncos (20112012)
Cleveland Browns (2013)
2,095 8,474 4.0
41 Joe Perry^ San Francisco 49ers (19501960, 1963)
Baltimore Colts (19611962)
1,737 8,378 4.8
42 Earnest Byner Cleveland Browns (19841988, 19941995)
Washington Redskins (19891993)
Baltimore Ravens (19961997)
2,095 8,261 3.9
43 Herschel Walker Dallas Cowboys (19861989[f], 19961997)
Minnesota Vikings (19891991)
Philadelphia Eagles (19921994)
New York Giants (1995)
1,954 8,225 4.2
44 Roger Craig San Francisco 49ers (19831990)
Los Angeles Raiders (1991)
Minnesota Vikings (19921993)
1,991 8,189 4.1
45 Gerald Riggs Atlanta Falcons (19821988)
Washington Redskins (19891991)
1,989 8,188 4.1
46 Priest Holmes Baltimore Ravens (19972000)
Kansas City Chiefs (20012007)
1,780 8,172 4.6
47 Maurice Jones-Drew Jacksonville Jaguars (20062013)
Oakland Raiders (2014)
1,847 8,167 4.4
48 Mark Ingram II New Orleans Saints (20112018, 20212022)
Baltimore Ravens (20192020)
Houston Texans (2021[g])
1,817 8,111 4.5
49 DeAngelo Williams Carolina Panthers (20062014)
Pittsburgh Steelers (20152016)
1,730 8,096 4.7
50 Larry Csonka^ Miami Dolphins (19681974, 1979)
New York Giants (19761978)
1,891 8,081 4.3


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