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:
Leaders through 1998
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Walter Payton | 16726 | chi |
2 | 4 | Barry Sanders | 15269 | det |
3 | 9 | Eric Dickerson | 13259 | 4TM |
4 | 10 | Tony Dorsett | 12739 | 2TM |
5 | 1 | Emmitt Smith | 12566 | dal |
6 | 11 | Jim Brown | 12312 | cle |
7 | 14 | Marcus Allen | 12243 | 2TM |
8 | 15 | Franco Harris | 12120 | 2TM |
9 | 16 | Thurman Thomas | 11786 | buf |
10 | 19 | John Riggins | 11352 | 2TM |
11 | 21 | O.J. Simpson | 11236 | 2TM |
12 | 30 | Ottis Anderson | 10273 | 2TM |
13 | 34 | Joe Perry | 9723 | 2TM |
14 | 38 | Earl Campbell | 9407 | 2TM |
15 | 42 | Jim Taylor | 8597 | 2TM |
16 | 44 | Earnest Byner | 8261 | 3TM |
17 | 45 | Herschel Walker | 8225 | 4TM |
18 | 46 | Roger Craig | 8189 | 3TM |
19 | 47 | Gerald Riggs | 8188 | 2TM |
20 | 52 | Larry Csonka | 8081 | 2TM |
21 | 53 | Freeman McNeil | 8074 | nyj |
22 | 56 | James Brooks | 7962 | 4TM |
23 | 24 | Ricky Watters | 7873 | 3TM |
24 | 60 | Mike Pruitt | 7378 | 3TM |
25 | 8 | Jerome Bettis | 7372 | 2TM |
26 | 63 | Leroy Kelly | 7274 | cle |
27 | 64 | George Rogers | 7176 | 2TM |
28 | 57 | Chris Warren | 6997 | 2TM |
29 | 67 | Rodney Hampton | 6897 | nyg |
30 | 41 | Terry Allen | 6881 | 2TM |
31 | 69 | Curt Warner | 6844 | 2TM |
32 | 71 | John Henry Johnson | 6803 | 4TM |
33 | 72 | Wilbert Montgomery | 6789 | 2TM |
34 | 73 | Chuck Muncie | 6702 | 2TM |
35 | 74 | Mark van Eeghen | 6651 | 2TM |
36 | 75 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 6578 | 4TM |
37 | 79 | Lydell Mitchell | 6534 | 3TM |
38 | 58 | Terrell Davis | 6413 | den |
39 | 83 | Wendell Tyler | 6378 | 2TM |
40 | 85 | Floyd Little | 6323 | den |
41 | 88 | Don Perkins | 6217 | dal |
42 | 93 | Neal Anderson | 6166 | chi |
43 | 95 | Ken Willard | 6105 | 2TM |
44 | 98 | Calvin Hill | 6083 | 3TM |
45 | 101 | James Wilder | 6008 | 3TM |
46 | 102 | William Andrews | 5986 | atl |
47 | 104 | Chuck Foreman | 5950 | 2TM |
48 | 106 | Larry Brown | 5875 | was |
49 | 108 | Steve Van Buren | 5860 | phi |
50 | 110 | Bill Brown | 5838 | 2TM |
51 | 112 | Rick Casares | 5797 | 3TM |
52 | 115 | Greg Pruitt | 5672 | 2TM |
53 | 118 | Pete Johnson | 5626 | 3TM |
54 | 119 | Delvin Williams | 5598 | 3TM |
55 | 120 | Joe Morris | 5585 | 2TM |
56 | 123 | Mike Garrett | 5481 | 2TM |
57 | 124 | Sam Cunningham | 5453 | nwe |
58 | 125 | Sammy Winder | 5427 | den |
59 | 127 | Dick Bass | 5417 | ram |
60 | 128 | Jim Nance | 5401 | 2TM |
61 | 131 | Joe Cribbs | 5356 | 4TM |
62 | 12 | Marshall Faulk | 5320 | clt |
63 | 135 | Hugh McElhenny | 5281 | 4TM |
64 | 142 | John Brockington | 5185 | 2TM |
142 | Marion Butts | 5185 | 3TM | |
65 | 144 | Lenny Moore | 5174 | clt |
66 | 145 | Ollie Matson | 5173 | 4TM |
67 | 146 | Clem Daniels | 5138 | 3TM |
68 | 147 | Emerson Boozer | 5135 | nyj |
69 | 148 | Kevin Mack | 5123 | cle |
70 | 149 | Billy Sims | 5106 | det |
71 | 150 | Dexter Bussey | 5105 | det |
72 | 6 | Curtis Martin | 5086 | 2TM |
73 | 154 | John Williams | 5006 | 2TM |
74 | 155 | Paul Lowe | 4995 | 2TM |
75 | 157 | John David Crow | 4963 | 2TM |
76 | 159 | Greg Bell | 4959 | 3TM |
77 | 160 | Gale Sayers | 4956 | chi |
78 | 55 | Garrison Hearst | 4939 | 3TM |
79 | 139 | Natrone Means | 4938 | 2TM |
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