NFL Career Rushing Yards Leaders Through 1998

These are the NFL career record holders through the 1998 season. See current rushing yards leaders or select another stat or year:

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Leaders through 1998

Leaders through 1998 Table
Rank Current Player (age) Yds Tm
12Walter Payton16726chi
24Barry Sanders15269det
39Eric Dickerson132594TM
410Tony Dorsett127392TM
51Emmitt Smith12566dal
611Jim Brown12312cle
714Marcus Allen122432TM
815Franco Harris121202TM
916Thurman Thomas11786buf
1019John Riggins113522TM
1121O.J. Simpson112362TM
1230Ottis Anderson102732TM
1334Joe Perry97232TM
1438Earl Campbell94072TM
1542Jim Taylor85972TM
1644Earnest Byner82613TM
1745Herschel Walker82254TM
1846Roger Craig81893TM
1947Gerald Riggs81882TM
2052Larry Csonka80812TM
2153Freeman McNeil8074nyj
2256James Brooks79624TM
2324Ricky Watters78733TM
2460Mike Pruitt73783TM
258Jerome Bettis73722TM
2663Leroy Kelly7274cle
2764George Rogers71762TM
2857Chris Warren69972TM
2967Rodney Hampton6897nyg
3041Terry Allen68812TM
3169Curt Warner68442TM
3271John Henry Johnson68034TM
3372Wilbert Montgomery67892TM
3473Chuck Muncie67022TM
3574Mark van Eeghen66512TM
3675Lawrence McCutcheon65784TM
3779Lydell Mitchell65343TM
3858Terrell Davis6413den
3983Wendell Tyler63782TM
4085Floyd Little6323den
4188Don Perkins6217dal
4293Neal Anderson6166chi
4395Ken Willard61052TM
4498Calvin Hill60833TM
45101James Wilder60083TM
46102William Andrews5986atl
47104Chuck Foreman59502TM
48106Larry Brown5875was
49108Steve Van Buren5860phi
50110Bill Brown58382TM
51112Rick Casares57973TM
52115Greg Pruitt56722TM
53118Pete Johnson56263TM
54119Delvin Williams55983TM
55120Joe Morris55852TM
56123Mike Garrett54812TM
57124Sam Cunningham5453nwe
58125Sammy Winder5427den
59127Dick Bass5417ram
60128Jim Nance54012TM
61131Joe Cribbs53564TM
6212Marshall Faulk5320clt
63135Hugh McElhenny52814TM
64142John Brockington51852TM
142Marion Butts51853TM
65144Lenny Moore5174clt
66145Ollie Matson51734TM
67146Clem Daniels51383TM
68147Emerson Boozer5135nyj
69148Kevin Mack5123cle
70149Billy Sims5106det
71150Dexter Bussey5105det
726Curtis Martin50862TM
73154John Williams50062TM
74155Paul Lowe49952TM
75157John David Crow49632TM
76159Greg Bell49593TM
77160Gale Sayers4956chi
7855Garrison Hearst49393TM
79139Natrone Means49382TM