Rushing Leaders Yards
Rank Player Yds Years Tm
1 Emmitt Smith+ 18,355 1990-2004 2TM
2 Walter Payton+ 16,726 1975-1987 chi
3 Frank Gore 16,000 2005-2020 5TM
4 Barry Sanders+ 15,269 1989-1998 det
5 Adrian Peterson 14,918 2007-2021 7TM
6 Curtis Martin+ 14,101 1995-2005 2TM
7 LaDainian Tomlinson+ 13,684 2001-2011 2TM
8 Jerome Bettis+ 13,662 1993-2005 2TM
9 Eric Dickerson+ 13,259 1983-1993 4TM
10 Tony Dorsett+ 12,739 1977-1988 2TM
11 Jim Brown+ 12,312 1957-1965 cle
12 Marshall Faulk+ 12,279 1994-2005 2TM
13 Edgerrin James+ 12,246 1999-2009 3TM
14 Marcus Allen+ 12,243 1982-1997 2TM
15 Franco Harris+ 12,120 1972-1984 2TM
16 Thurman Thomas+ 12,074 1988-2000 2TM
17 Fred Taylor 11,695 1998-2010 2TM
18 Steven Jackson 11,438 2004-2015 3TM
19 John Riggins+ 11,352 1971-1985 2TM
20 Corey Dillon 11,241 1997-2006 2TM
21 O.J. Simpson+ 11,236 1969-1979 2TM
22 LeSean McCoy 11,102 2009-2020 4TM
23 Warrick Dunn 10,967 1997-2008 2TM
24 Ricky Watters 10,643 1992-2001 3TM
25 Jamal Lewis 10,607 2000-2009 2TM
Rank Player Yds Years Tm
26 Thomas Jones 10,591 2000-2011 5TM
27 Tiki Barber 10,449 1997-2006 nyg
28 Eddie George 10,441 1996-2004 2TM
29 Marshawn Lynch 10,413 2007-2019 3TM
30 Ottis Anderson 10,273 1979-1992 2TM
31 Ricky Williams 10,009 1999-2011 3TM
32 Clinton Portis 9,923 2002-2010 2TM
33 Matt Forte 9,796 2008-2017 2TM
34 Joe Perry+ 9,723 1948-1963 2TM
35 Chris Johnson 9,651 2008-2017 3TM
36 Shaun Alexander 9,453 2000-2008 2TM
37 Earl Campbell+ 9,407 1978-1985 2TM
38 Ahman Green 9,205 1998-2009 3TM
39 Terry Allen 8,614 1991-2001 5TM
40 Jim Taylor+ 8,597 1958-1967 2TM
41 Willis McGahee 8,474 2004-2013 4TM
42 Earnest Byner 8,261 1984-1997 3TM
43 Herschel Walker 8,225 1986-1997 4TM
44 Roger Craig 8,189 1983-1993 3TM
45 Gerald Riggs 8,188 1982-1991 2TM
46 Priest Holmes 8,172 1997-2007 2TM
47 Maurice Jones-Drew 8,167 2006-2014 2TM
48 Ezekiel Elliott 8,160 2016-2022 dal
49 Mark Ingram 8,111 2011-2022 3TM
50 Derrick Henry