NFL Rushing Yards Career Playoffs Leaders
+ Indicates Hall of Famer
Leaders
| Rank | Player | Yds | Years | Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emmitt Smith+ | 1,586 | 1990-2004 | dal |
| 2 | Franco Harris+ | 1,556 | 1972-1984 | pit |
| 3 | Thurman Thomas+ | 1,442 | 1988-2000 | buf |
| 4 | Tony Dorsett+ | 1,383 | 1977-1988 | dal |
| 5 | Marcus Allen+ | 1,347 | 1982-1997 | 2TM |
| 6 | Terrell Davis+ | 1,140 | 1995-2001 | den |
| 7 | Derrick Henry | 1,002 | 2016-2025 | 2TM |
| 8 | John Riggins+ | 996 | 1971-1985 | was |
| 9 | Marshawn Lynch | 970 | 2007-2019 | sea |
| 10 | Larry Csonka+ | 891 | 1968-1979 | mia |
| 11 | Chuck Foreman | 860 | 1973-1980 | min |
| 12 | Edgerrin James+ | 852 | 1999-2009 | 2TM |
| 13 | Roger Craig+ | 841 | 1983-1993 | 2TM |
| 14 | Earnest Byner | 839 | 1984-1997 | 2TM |
| 15 | Curtis Martin+ | 795 | 1995-2005 | 2TM |
| 16 | Eddie George | 776 | 1996-2004 | oti |
| 17 | Josh Allen | 767 | 2018-2025 | buf |
| 18 | Ray Rice | 750 | 2008-2013 | rav |
| 19 | Eric Dickerson+ | 724 | 1983-1993 | 2TM |
| 20 | Saquon Barkley | 719 | 2018-2025 | 2TM |
| 21 | Dorsey Levens | 702 | 1994-2004 | 2TM |
| 22 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 687 | 1972-1981 | ram |
| 23 | Jerome Bettis+ | 674 | 1993-2005 | pit |
| 24 | Frank Gore | 668 | 2005-2020 | 2TM |
| 25 | Ricky Watters | 666 | 1992-2001 | 3TM |
| 26 | Robert Newhouse | 651 | 1972-1983 | dal |
| 27 | Natrone Means | 650 | 1993-2000 | 2TM |
| 28 | Lamar Jackson | 641 | 2018-2025 | rav |
| 29 | Freeman McNeil | 632 | 1981-1992 | nyj |
| Walter Payton+ | 632 | 1975-1987 | chi | |
| 31 | James Cook | 627 | 2022-2025 | buf |
| 32 | Joseph Addai | 621 | 2006-2011 | clt |
| 33 | Joe Mixon | 619 | 2017-2024 | 2TM |
| Mark van Eeghen | 619 | 1974-1983 | 2TM | |
| 35 | Fred Taylor | 613 | 1998-2010 | 2TM |
| 36 | Patrick Mahomes | 606 | 2017-2025 | kan |
| 37 | Christian McCaffrey | 605 | 2017-2025 | 2TM |
| 38 | Leonard Fournette | 604 | 2017-2023 | 2TM |
| 39 | Marshall Faulk+ | 602 | 1994-2005 | 2TM |
| 40 | LeGarrette Blount | 600 | 2010-2018 | 2TM |
| 41 | Steve Young+ | 594 | 1985-1999 | sfo |
| 42 | Brian Westbrook | 591 | 2002-2010 | phi |
| 43 | Robert Smith | 590 | 1993-2000 | min |
| 44 | Wendell Tyler | 575 | 1977-1986 | 2TM |
| 45 | Marion Motley+ | 571 | 1946-1955 | cle |
| 46 | Shaun Alexander | 564 | 2000-2008 | sea |
| 47 | Edgar Bennett | 561 | 1992-1999 | gnb |
| 48 | Aaron Jones | 559 | 2017-2025 | 2TM |
| 49 | Joe Morris | 553 | 1982-1991 | nyg |
| 50 | Antowain Smith | 550 | 1997-2005 | 2TM |













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