NFL Career Rushing Yards Leaders Through 1996
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1996 season. See current rushing yards leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1996
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Walter Payton | 16726 | chi |
2 | 9 | Eric Dickerson | 13259 | 4TM |
3 | 10 | Tony Dorsett | 12739 | 2TM |
4 | 11 | Jim Brown | 12312 | cle |
5 | 15 | Franco Harris | 12120 | 2TM |
6 | 14 | Marcus Allen | 11738 | 2TM |
7 | 4 | Barry Sanders | 11725 | det |
8 | 19 | John Riggins | 11352 | 2TM |
9 | 21 | O.J. Simpson | 11236 | 2TM |
10 | 16 | Thurman Thomas | 10762 | buf |
11 | 30 | Ottis Anderson | 10273 | 2TM |
12 | 1 | Emmitt Smith | 10160 | dal |
13 | 34 | Joe Perry | 9723 | 2TM |
14 | 38 | Earl Campbell | 9407 | 2TM |
15 | 42 | Jim Taylor | 8597 | 2TM |
16 | 45 | Herschel Walker | 8205 | 4TM |
17 | 46 | Roger Craig | 8189 | 3TM |
18 | 47 | Gerald Riggs | 8188 | 2TM |
19 | 52 | Larry Csonka | 8081 | 2TM |
20 | 53 | Freeman McNeil | 8074 | nyj |
21 | 56 | James Brooks | 7962 | 4TM |
22 | 44 | Earnest Byner | 7948 | 3TM |
23 | 60 | Mike Pruitt | 7378 | 3TM |
24 | 63 | Leroy Kelly | 7274 | cle |
25 | 64 | George Rogers | 7176 | 2TM |
26 | 69 | Curt Warner | 6844 | 2TM |
27 | 67 | Rodney Hampton | 6816 | nyg |
28 | 71 | John Henry Johnson | 6803 | 4TM |
29 | 72 | Wilbert Montgomery | 6789 | 2TM |
30 | 73 | Chuck Muncie | 6702 | 2TM |
31 | 74 | Mark van Eeghen | 6651 | 2TM |
32 | 75 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 6578 | 4TM |
33 | 79 | Lydell Mitchell | 6534 | 3TM |
34 | 83 | Wendell Tyler | 6378 | 2TM |
35 | 85 | Floyd Little | 6323 | den |
36 | 88 | Don Perkins | 6217 | dal |
37 | 93 | Neal Anderson | 6166 | chi |
38 | 95 | Ken Willard | 6105 | 2TM |
39 | 98 | Calvin Hill | 6083 | 3TM |
40 | 101 | James Wilder | 6008 | 3TM |
41 | 102 | William Andrews | 5986 | atl |
42 | 104 | Chuck Foreman | 5950 | 2TM |
43 | 106 | Larry Brown | 5875 | was |
44 | 108 | Steve Van Buren | 5860 | phi |
45 | 57 | Chris Warren | 5859 | sea |
46 | 110 | Bill Brown | 5838 | 2TM |
47 | 112 | Rick Casares | 5797 | 3TM |
48 | 115 | Greg Pruitt | 5672 | 2TM |
49 | 118 | Pete Johnson | 5626 | 3TM |
50 | 119 | Delvin Williams | 5598 | 3TM |
51 | 120 | Joe Morris | 5585 | 2TM |
52 | 24 | Ricky Watters | 5524 | 2TM |
53 | 123 | Mike Garrett | 5481 | 2TM |
54 | 41 | Terry Allen | 5457 | 2TM |
55 | 124 | Sam Cunningham | 5453 | nwe |
56 | 125 | Sammy Winder | 5427 | den |
57 | 127 | Dick Bass | 5417 | ram |
58 | 128 | Jim Nance | 5401 | 2TM |
59 | 131 | Joe Cribbs | 5356 | 4TM |
60 | 135 | Hugh McElhenny | 5281 | 4TM |
61 | 142 | John Brockington | 5185 | 2TM |
142 | Marion Butts | 5185 | 3TM | |
62 | 144 | Lenny Moore | 5174 | clt |
63 | 145 | Ollie Matson | 5173 | 4TM |
64 | 146 | Clem Daniels | 5138 | 3TM |
65 | 147 | Emerson Boozer | 5135 | nyj |
66 | 148 | Kevin Mack | 5123 | cle |
67 | 149 | Billy Sims | 5106 | det |
68 | 150 | Dexter Bussey | 5105 | det |
69 | 154 | John Williams | 5006 | 2TM |
70 | 155 | Paul Lowe | 4995 | 2TM |
71 | 157 | John David Crow | 4963 | 2TM |
72 | 159 | Greg Bell | 4959 | 3TM |
73 | 160 | Gale Sayers | 4956 | chi |
74 | 164 | Christian Okoye | 4897 | kan |
75 | 167 | Joe Washington | 4839 | 4TM |
76 | 169 | Robert Newhouse | 4784 | dal |
77 | 172 | Marion Motley | 4720 | 2TM |
78 | 174 | Donny Anderson | 4696 | 2TM |
79 | 175 | J.D. Smith | 4672 | 3TM |
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