NFL Rushing Yards Career Playoffs Leaders
+ Indicates Hall of Famer
Leaders
Rank | Player | Yds | Years | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Emmitt Smith+ | 1,586 | 1990-2004 | dal |
2 | Franco Harris+ | 1,556 | 1972-1984 | pit |
3 | Thurman Thomas+ | 1,442 | 1988-2000 | buf |
4 | Tony Dorsett+ | 1,383 | 1977-1988 | dal |
5 | Marcus Allen+ | 1,347 | 1982-1997 | 2TM |
6 | Terrell Davis+ | 1,140 | 1995-2001 | den |
7 | John Riggins+ | 996 | 1971-1985 | was |
8 | Marshawn Lynch | 970 | 2007-2019 | sea |
9 | Larry Csonka+ | 891 | 1968-1979 | mia |
10 | Chuck Foreman | 860 | 1973-1980 | min |
11 | Edgerrin James+ | 852 | 1999-2009 | 2TM |
12 | Roger Craig | 841 | 1983-1993 | 2TM |
13 | Earnest Byner | 839 | 1984-1997 | 2TM |
14 | Curtis Martin+ | 795 | 1995-2005 | 2TM |
15 | Eddie George | 776 | 1996-2004 | oti |
16 | Ray Rice | 750 | 2008-2013 | rav |
17 | Derrick Henry | 732 | 2016-2023 | oti |
18 | Eric Dickerson+ | 724 | 1983-1993 | 2TM |
19 | Dorsey Levens | 702 | 1994-2004 | 2TM |
20 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 687 | 1972-1981 | ram |
21 | Jerome Bettis+ | 674 | 1993-2005 | pit |
22 | Frank Gore | 668 | 2005-2020 | 2TM |
23 | Ricky Watters | 666 | 1992-2001 | 3TM |
24 | Robert Newhouse | 651 | 1972-1983 | dal |
25 | Natrone Means | 650 | 1993-2000 | 2TM |
26 | Freeman McNeil | 632 | 1981-1992 | nyj |
Walter Payton+ | 632 | 1975-1987 | chi | |
28 | Joseph Addai | 621 | 2006-2011 | clt |
29 | Mark van Eeghen | 619 | 1974-1983 | 2TM |
30 | Fred Taylor | 613 | 1998-2010 | 2TM |
31 | Leonard Fournette | 604 | 2017-2023 | 2TM |
32 | Marshall Faulk+ | 602 | 1994-2005 | 2TM |
33 | LeGarrette Blount | 600 | 2010-2018 | 2TM |
34 | Steve Young+ | 594 | 1985-1999 | sfo |
35 | Brian Westbrook | 591 | 2002-2010 | phi |
36 | Robert Smith | 590 | 1993-2000 | min |
37 | Wendell Tyler | 575 | 1977-1986 | 2TM |
38 | Marion Motley+ | 571 | 1946-1955 | cle |
39 | Shaun Alexander | 564 | 2000-2008 | sea |
40 | Josh Allen | 563 | 2018-2023 | buf |
41 | Edgar Bennett | 561 | 1992-1999 | gnb |
42 | Joe Morris | 553 | 1982-1991 | nyg |
43 | Antowain Smith | 550 | 1997-2005 | 2TM |
44 | Kenneth Davis | 549 | 1986-1994 | buf |
45 | Warrick Dunn | 529 | 1997-2008 | 2TM |
46 | Russell Wilson | 527 | 2012-2023 | sea |
47 | Patrick Mahomes | 524 | 2017-2023 | kan |
48 | James Starks | 523 | 2010-2016 | gnb |
49 | Christian McCaffrey | 522 | 2017-2023 | 2TM |
50 | Ahman Green | 521 | 1998-2009 | 2TM |
Lamar Jackson | 521 | 2018-2023 | rav |
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