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Leaders Table
Rank	Player	Yds	Year	Tm
1	Eric Dickerson+ (24)	2,105	1984	RAM
2	Adrian Peterson (27)	2,097	2012	MIN
3	Jamal Lewis (24)	2,066	2003	BAL
4	Barry Sanders+ (29)	2,053	1997	DET
5	Derrick Henry (26)	2,027	2020	TEN
6	Terrell Davis+ (26)	2,008	1998	DEN
7	Chris Johnson (24)	2,006	2009	TEN
8	Saquon Barkley (27)	2,005	2024	PHI
9	O.J. Simpson+ (26)	2,003	1973	BUF
10	Earl Campbell+ (25)	1,934	1980	HOU
11	Derrick Henry (30)	1,921	2024	BAL
12	Ahman Green (26)	1,883	2003	GNB
	Barry Sanders+ (26)	1,883	1994	DET
14	Shaun Alexander (28)	1,880	2005	SEA
15	Jim Brown+ (27)	1,863	1963	CLE
16	Tiki Barber (30)	1,860	2005	NYG
17	Ricky Williams (25)	1,853	2002	MIA
18	Walter Payton+ (24)	1,852	1977	CHI
19	Jamal Anderson (26)	1,846	1998	ATL
20	DeMarco Murray (26)	1,845	2014	DAL
21	Eric Dickerson+ (26)	1,821	1986	RAM
22	O.J. Simpson+ (28)	1,817	1975	BUF
23	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (27)	1,815	2006	SDG
24	Jonathan Taylor (22)	1,811	2021	IND
25	Eric Dickerson+ (23)	1,808	1983	RAM
26	Larry Johnson (27)	1,789	2006	KAN
27	Emmitt Smith+ (26)	1,773	1995	DAL
28	Adrian Peterson (23)	1,760	2008	MIN
29	Marcus Allen+ (25)	1,759	1985	RAI
30	Terrell Davis+ (25)	1,750	1997	DEN
	Larry Johnson (26)	1,750	2005	KAN
32	Gerald Riggs (25)	1,719	1985	ATL
33	Emmitt Smith+ (23)	1,713	1992	DAL
34	Edgerrin James+ (22)	1,709	2000	IND
35	Michael Turner (26)	1,699	2008	ATL
36	Earl Campbell+ (24)	1,697	1979	HOU
	Curtis Martin+ (31)	1,697	2004	NYJ
38	Shaun Alexander (27)	1,696	2004	SEA
39	Frank Gore (23)	1,695	2006	SFO
40	Barry Foster (24)	1,690	1992	PIT
41	Walter Payton+ (31)	1,684	1984	CHI
42	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (23)	1,683	2002	SDG
43	George Rogers (23)	1,674	1981	NOR
44	Jerome Bettis+ (25)	1,665	1997	PIT
45	Tiki Barber (31)	1,662	2006	NYG
46	Eric Dickerson+ (28)	1,659	1988	IND
47	Josh Jacobs (24)	1,653	2022	LVR
48	Tony Dorsett+ (27)	1,646	1981	DAL
49	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (24)	1,645	2003	SDG
50	Deuce McAllister (25)	1,641	2003	NOR
51	Corey Dillon (30)	1,635	2004	NWE
52	Ezekiel Elliott (21)	1,631	2016	DAL
53	James Cook (26)	1,621	2025	BUF
54	Arian Foster (24)	1,616	2010	HOU
55	Priest Holmes (29)	1,615	2002	KAN
56	Alfred Morris (24)	1,613	2012	WAS
57	Walter Payton+ (26)	1,610	1979	CHI
58	LeSean McCoy (25)	1,607	2013	PHI
59	Maurice Jones-Drew (26)	1,606	2011	JAX
60	Ottis Anderson (22)	1,605	1979	STL
61	Derrick Henry (31)	1,595	2025	BAL
62	Clinton Portis (22)	1,591	2003	DEN
63	Marshawn Lynch (26)	1,590	2012	SEA
64	Jonathan Taylor (26)	1,585	2025	IND
65	Fred Taylor (27)	1,572	2003	JAX
66	Garrison Hearst (27)	1,570	1998	SFO
67	William Andrews (28)	1,567	1983	ATL
68	Emmitt Smith+ (22)	1,563	1991	DAL
69	Dalvin Cook (25)	1,557	2020	MIN
70	Priest Holmes (28)	1,555	2001	KAN
71	Edgerrin James+ (21)	1,553	1999	IND
	Barry Sanders+ (28)	1,553	1996	DET
73	Walter Payton+ (32)	1,551	1985	CHI
74	Edgerrin James+ (26)	1,548	2004	IND
	Barry Sanders+ (23)	1,548	1991	DET
76	Chris Warren (26)	1,545	1994	SEA
77	Jim Brown+ (29)	1,544	1965	CLE
	James Wilder (26)	1,544	1984	TAM
79	Derrick Henry (25)	1,540	2019	TEN
80	Terrell Davis+ (24)	1,538	1996	DEN
	Derrick Henry (28)	1,538	2022	TEN
82	Steven Jackson (23)	1,528	2006	STL
83	Jim Brown+ (22)	1,527	1958	CLE
84	Nick Chubb (27)	1,525	2022	CLE
85	Robert Smith (28)	1,521	2000	MIN
86	Tiki Barber (29)	1,518	2004	NYG
87	Joe Morris (26)	1,516	1986	NYG
	Clinton Portis (24)	1,516	2005	WAS
89	DeAngelo Williams (25)	1,515	2008	CAR
90	Herschel Walker (26)	1,514	1988	DAL
91	Curtis Martin+ (28)	1,513	2001	NYJ
92	Wilbert Montgomery (25)	1,512	1979	PHI
93	Jamaal Charles (26)	1,509	2012	KAN
	Eddie George (27)	1,509	2000	TEN
95	Clinton Portis (21)	1,508	2002	DEN
96	Edgerrin James+ (27)	1,506	2005	IND
97	O.J. Simpson+ (29)	1,503	1976	BUF
98	Roger Craig+ (28)	1,502	1988	SFO
99	Barry Sanders+ (27)	1,500	1995	DET
100	Nick Chubb (24)	1,494	2019	CLE
	Willie Parker (26)	1,494	2006	PIT
102	Barry Sanders+ (30)	1,491	1998	DET
103	Mike Anderson (27)	1,487	2000	DEN
	Curtis Martin+ (22)	1,487	1995	NWE
	Clinton Portis (27)	1,487	2008	WAS
	Thurman Thomas+ (26)	1,487	1992	BUF
107	Gerald Riggs (24)	1,486	1984	ATL
	Emmitt Smith+ (24)	1,486	1993	DAL
109	Adrian Peterson (30)	1,485	2015	MIN
110	Emmitt Smith+ (25)	1,484	1994	DAL
111	Curt Warner (25)	1,481	1986	SEA
112	Christian Okoye (28)	1,480	1989	KAN
113	Bijan Robinson (23)	1,478	2025	ATL
114	Jim Taylor+ (27)	1,474	1962	GNB
	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (28)	1,474	2007	SDG
116	Barry Sanders+ (21)	1,470	1989	DET
117	Jamaal Charles (24)	1,467	2010	KAN
118	Curtis Martin+ (26)	1,464	1999	NYJ
119	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (26)	1,462	2005	SDG
120	Walter Payton+ (27)	1,460	1980	CHI
121	Christian McCaffrey (27)	1,459	2023	SFO
122	Rudi Johnson (26)	1,458	2005	CIN
	Jim Nance (24)	1,458	1966	BOS
124	Bijan Robinson (22)	1,456	2024	ATL
125	Rudi Johnson (25)	1,454	2004	CIN
	Doug Martin (23)	1,454	2012	TAM
127	Earl Campbell+ (23)	1,450	1978	HOU
128	Curt Warner (22)	1,449	1983	SEA
129	Jim Brown+ (28)	1,446	1964	CLE
130	Stephen Davis (29)	1,444	2003	CAR
131	Travis Henry (24)	1,438	2002	BUF
132	Billy Sims (26)	1,437	1981	DET
133	Shaun Alexander (26)	1,435	2003	SEA
	Corey Dillon (26)	1,435	2000	CIN
	Dorsey Levens (27)	1,435	1997	GNB
136	Ezekiel Elliott (23)	1,434	2018	DAL
137	Stephen Davis (27)	1,432	2001	WAS
	Spec Sanders (29)	1,432	1947	NYY
139	Jerome Bettis+ (24)	1,431	1996	PIT
	Jonathan Taylor (25)	1,431	2024	IND
141	Jerome Bettis+ (21)	1,429	1993	RAM
142	Arian Foster (26)	1,424	2012	HOU
143	Walter Payton+ (30)	1,421	1983	CHI
144	Priest Holmes (30)	1,420	2003	KAN
145	Warrick Dunn (30)	1,416	2005	ATL
	Steven Jackson (26)	1,416	2009	STL
147	Jahmyr Gibbs (22)	1,412	2024	DET
148	Ricky Watters (27)	1,411	1996	PHI
149	Jim Brown+ (25)	1,408	1961	CLE
150	Otis Armstrong (24)	1,407	1974	DEN
	Thurman Thomas+ (25)	1,407	1991	BUF
152	Stephen Davis (25)	1,405	1999	WAS
153	Thomas Jones (31)	1,402	2009	NYJ
	Doug Martin (26)	1,402	2015	TAM
	Wilbert Montgomery (27)	1,402	1981	PHI
156	Eddie George (24)	1,399	1997	TEN
	Fred Taylor (24)	1,399	2000	JAX
158	Emmitt Smith+ (30)	1,397	1999	DAL
159	Walter Payton+ (25)	1,395	1978	CHI
160	Maurice Jones-Drew (24)	1,391	2009	JAX
161	Walter Payton+ (23)	1,390	1976	CHI
162	Deuce McAllister (24)	1,388	2002	NOR
163	Tiki Barber (27)	1,387	2002	NYG
	Ahman Green (24)	1,387	2001	GNB
	Christian McCaffrey (23)	1,387	2019	CAR
166	Adrian Peterson (24)	1,383	2009	MIN
167	Marshall Faulk+ (28)	1,382	2001	STL
168	Marshall Faulk+ (26)	1,381	1999	STL
169	Ottis Anderson (24)	1,376	1981	STL
	Earl Campbell+ (26)	1,376	1981	HOU
171	Charles White (29)	1,374	1987	RAM
172	Ricky Williams (26)	1,372	2003	MIA
173	Michael Turner (28)	1,371	2010	ATL
174	Eddie George (23)	1,368	1996	HOU
175	Chris Johnson (25)	1,364	2010	TEN
	Jamal Lewis (21)	1,364	2000	BAL
	Ray Rice (24)	1,364	2011	BAL
178	Le'Veon Bell (22)	1,361	2014	PIT
179	Marshall Faulk+ (27)	1,359	2000	STL
180	Ezekiel Elliott (24)	1,357	2019	DAL
181	Travis Henry (25)	1,356	2003	BUF
182	Terry Allen (28)	1,353	1996	WAS
	Rueben Mayes (23)	1,353	1986	NOR
184	Ottis Anderson (23)	1,352	1980	STL
	Barry Sanders+ (24)	1,352	1992	DET
186	De'Von Achane (24)	1,350	2025	MIA
	Natrone Means (22)	1,350	1994	SDG
188	John Riggins+ (34)	1,347	1983	WAS
189	Chris Warren (27)	1,346	1995	SEA
190	Jerome Bettis+ (28)	1,341	2000	PIT
	Adrian Peterson (22)	1,341	2007	MIN
192	Michael Turner (29)	1,340	2011	ATL
193	Matt Forte (28)	1,339	2013	CHI
	Ray Rice (22)	1,339	2009	BAL
195	Joe Morris (25)	1,336	1985	NYG
196	Thomas Jones (27)	1,335	2005	CHI
	LaDainian Tomlinson+ (25)	1,335	2004	SDG
198	Walter Payton+ (33)	1,333	1986	CHI
	Brian Westbrook (28)	1,333	2007	PHI
200	Emmitt Smith+ (29)	1,332	1998	DAL
201	Freeman McNeil (26)	1,331	1985	NYJ
202	Jim Brown+ (23)	1,329	1959	CLE
	Josh Jacobs (26)	1,329	2024	GNB
204	Kareem Hunt (22)	1,327	2017	KAN
	Jamal Lewis (23)	1,327	2002	BAL
	Gerald Riggs (26)	1,327	1986	ATL
207	Tony Dorsett+ (24)	1,325	1978	DAL
208	Maurice Jones-Drew (25)	1,324	2010	JAX
209	Tony Dorsett+ (29)	1,321	1983	DAL
210	Marshall Faulk+ (25)	1,319	1998	IND
	LeSean McCoy (26)	1,319	2014	PHI
212	Shaun Alexander (24)	1,318	2001	SEA
	Stephen Davis (26)	1,318	2000	WAS
214	Willie Parker (27)	1,316	2007	PIT
215	Corey Dillon (27)	1,315	2001	CIN
	Clinton Portis (23)	1,315	2004	WAS
	Thurman Thomas+ (27)	1,315	1993	BUF
218	Fred Taylor (26)	1,314	2002	JAX
219	Jordan Howard (22)	1,313	2016	CHI
220	Saquon Barkley (25)	1,312	2022	NYG
	Thomas Jones (30)	1,312	2008	NYJ
222	Eric Dickerson+ (29)	1,311	1989	IND
	Corey Dillon (28)	1,311	2002	CIN
224	Terry Allen (27)	1,309	1995	WAS
	Rudi Johnson (27)	1,309	2006	CIN
	LeSean McCoy (23)	1,309	2011	PHI
227	William Andrews (25)	1,308	1980	ATL
	Curtis Martin+ (30)	1,308	2003	NYJ
229	Saquon Barkley (21)	1,307	2018	NYG
	Tony Dorsett+ (31)	1,307	1985	DAL
	Jim Taylor+ (26)	1,307	1961	GNB
232	Marshawn Lynch (28)	1,306	2014	SEA
233	Todd Gurley (23)	1,305	2017	LAR
234	Eddie George (26)	1,304	1999	TEN
	Jamal Lewis (28)	1,304	2007	CLE
	Barry Sanders+ (22)	1,304	1990	DET
237	Billy Sims (25)	1,303	1980	DET
238	William Andrews (26)	1,301	1981	ATL
	Earl Campbell+ (28)	1,301	1983	HOU
240	James Wilder (27)	1,300	1985	TAM
241	Kyren Williams (24)	1,299	2024	LAR
242	Adrian Peterson (25)	1,298	2010	MIN
243	Thurman Thomas+ (24)	1,297	1990	BUF
244	Michael Bennett (24)	1,296	2002	MIN
245	Eddie George (25)	1,294	1998	TEN
	Napoleon Kaufman (24)	1,294	1997	OAK
	Mike Pruitt (25)	1,294	1979	CLE
248	Le'Veon Bell (25)	1,291	2017	PIT
249	Eric Dickerson+ (27)	1,288	1987	2TM
250	Jamaal Charles (27)	1,287	2013	KAN
	Curtis Martin+ (25)	1,287	1998	NYJ
	DeMarco Murray (28)	1,287	2016	TEN

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