NFL Career Rushing Yards Leaders Through 2009
These are the NFL career record holders through the 2009 season. See current rushing yards leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 2009
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Emmitt Smith | 18355 | 2TM |
2 | 2 | Walter Payton | 16726 | chi |
3 | 4 | Barry Sanders | 15269 | det |
4 | 6 | Curtis Martin | 14101 | 2TM |
5 | 8 | Jerome Bettis | 13662 | 2TM |
6 | 9 | Eric Dickerson | 13259 | 4TM |
7 | 10 | Tony Dorsett | 12739 | 2TM |
8 | 7 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 12490 | sdg |
9 | 11 | Jim Brown | 12312 | cle |
10 | 12 | Marshall Faulk | 12279 | 2TM |
11 | 13 | Edgerrin James | 12246 | 3TM |
12 | 14 | Marcus Allen | 12243 | 2TM |
13 | 15 | Franco Harris | 12120 | 2TM |
14 | 16 | Thurman Thomas | 12074 | 2TM |
15 | 17 | Fred Taylor | 11540 | 2TM |
16 | 19 | John Riggins | 11352 | 2TM |
17 | 20 | Corey Dillon | 11241 | 2TM |
18 | 21 | O.J. Simpson | 11236 | 2TM |
19 | 23 | Warrick Dunn | 10967 | 2TM |
20 | 24 | Ricky Watters | 10643 | 3TM |
21 | 25 | Jamal Lewis | 10607 | 2TM |
22 | 27 | Tiki Barber | 10449 | nyg |
23 | 28 | Eddie George | 10441 | 2TM |
24 | 30 | Ottis Anderson | 10273 | 2TM |
25 | 34 | Joe Perry | 9723 | 2TM |
26 | 32 | Clinton Portis | 9696 | 2TM |
27 | 37 | Shaun Alexander | 9453 | 2TM |
28 | 38 | Earl Campbell | 9407 | 2TM |
29 | 26 | Thomas Jones | 9217 | 4TM |
30 | 39 | Ahman Green | 9205 | 3TM |
31 | 31 | Ricky Williams | 8892 | 2TM |
32 | 41 | Terry Allen | 8614 | 5TM |
33 | 42 | Jim Taylor | 8597 | 2TM |
34 | 44 | Earnest Byner | 8261 | 3TM |
35 | 45 | Herschel Walker | 8225 | 4TM |
36 | 46 | Roger Craig | 8189 | 3TM |
37 | 47 | Gerald Riggs | 8188 | 2TM |
38 | 48 | Priest Holmes | 8172 | 2TM |
39 | 52 | Larry Csonka | 8081 | 2TM |
40 | 53 | Freeman McNeil | 8074 | nyj |
41 | 54 | Stephen Davis | 8052 | 3TM |
42 | 55 | Garrison Hearst | 7966 | 4TM |
43 | 56 | James Brooks | 7962 | 4TM |
44 | 57 | Chris Warren | 7696 | 3TM |
45 | 58 | Terrell Davis | 7607 | den |
46 | 60 | Mike Pruitt | 7378 | 3TM |
47 | 63 | Leroy Kelly | 7274 | cle |
48 | 64 | George Rogers | 7176 | 2TM |
49 | 66 | Charlie Garner | 7097 | 4TM |
50 | 67 | Rodney Hampton | 6897 | nyg |
51 | 68 | Antowain Smith | 6881 | 4TM |
52 | 69 | Curt Warner | 6844 | 2TM |
53 | 70 | Robert Smith | 6818 | min |
54 | 71 | John Henry Johnson | 6803 | 4TM |
55 | 72 | Wilbert Montgomery | 6789 | 2TM |
56 | 18 | Steven Jackson | 6707 | ram |
57 | 73 | Chuck Muncie | 6702 | 2TM |
58 | 74 | Mark van Eeghen | 6651 | 2TM |
59 | 75 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 6578 | 4TM |
60 | 79 | Lydell Mitchell | 6534 | 3TM |
61 | 83 | Wendell Tyler | 6378 | 2TM |
62 | 85 | Floyd Little | 6323 | den |
63 | 87 | Larry Johnson | 6219 | 2TM |
64 | 88 | Don Perkins | 6217 | dal |
65 | 93 | Neal Anderson | 6166 | chi |
66 | 95 | Ken Willard | 6105 | 2TM |
67 | 96 | Deuce McAllister | 6096 | nor |
68 | 97 | Travis Henry | 6086 | 3TM |
69 | 98 | Calvin Hill | 6083 | 3TM |
70 | 101 | James Wilder | 6008 | 3TM |
71 | 84 | Brian Westbrook | 5995 | phi |
72 | 102 | William Andrews | 5986 | atl |
73 | 103 | Rudi Johnson | 5979 | 2TM |
74 | 104 | Chuck Foreman | 5950 | 2TM |
75 | 106 | Larry Brown | 5875 | was |
76 | 108 | Steve Van Buren | 5860 | phi |
77 | 109 | James Stewart | 5841 | 2TM |
78 | 110 | Bill Brown | 5838 | 2TM |
79 | 112 | Rick Casares | 5797 | 3TM |
80 | 43 | Willis McGahee | 5787 | 2TM |
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