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This is a list of National Football League running backs by total career rushing yards, and includes the 31 running backs who have rushed for at least 10,000 yards, for which sixteen of them have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Emmitt Smith leads with 18,355 yards and is also the postseason leader with 1,586.
List of NFL rushing title winners. Byron "Whizzer" White, a future associate justice of the US Supreme Court, won the league rushing title in 1938 and 1940. Gale Sayers led the NFL in rushing in 1966 and 1969. Eric Dickerson led the league in rushing in 1983 and 1984, his first two seasons in the league, and won two more titles in 1986 and 1988.
All-purpose yardage (or combined net yards gained) encompasses rushing, receiving, interception returns, punt returns, kickoff returns and fumble returns. [ 1 ] : s-14 Most seasons leading league, combined net yards : 5, Jim Brown , 1958–61, 1964 [ 1 ] : s-24
Payton led the league in rushing yards and touchdowns in the 1977 NFL season. Also, he was among the top-ten players for rushing attempts during his entire career, including 1976, 1977, and 1978, and led the category in 1979. As of 2022, he is the NFL's second all-time leading rusher, and he is ranked fifth in rushing touchdowns scored. [88]
2. Brian Mitchell. Running back. Punt returner. Kick returner. Washington Redskins (1990 – 1999) Philadelphia Eagles (2000 – 2002) New York Giants (2003) 23,330.
He was second nationally in rushing yards to O.J. Simpson in 1967 and set what at the time were national records the following season with 340 yards in a game against Montana State, 1,571 yards in ...
Morris is fourth on Miami’s all-time rushing list with 3,877 yards, behind Csonka (6,737), Ricky Williams (6,436) and Ronnie Brown (4,815). Morris was added to the Dolphins’ Walk of Fame in 2013.
NFL rushing yards leaders may refer to: List of NFL annual rushing yards leaders; List of NFL career rushing yards leaders This page was last edited on 28 ...