All-Time Yards from Scrimmage Leaders

Career totals, every season from 1922–2025. Rushing plus receiving yards

#	Player	Seasons	G	REC	TGT	YDS	Y/R	TD	1D	CTH%	YScm
1	Jerry Rice	1985–2004 (20)	298	1,549	—	22,887	14.78	197	—	—	23,532
2	Emmitt Smith	1990–2004 (15)	226	515	—	3,224	6.26	11	—	—	21,579
3	Walter Payton	1975–1987 (13)	190	492	—	4,538	9.22	15	—	—	21,264
4	Frank Gore	2005–2020 (16)	240	484	—	3,985	8.23	18	160	—	19,985
5	Marshall Faulk	1994–2005 (12)	174	760	—	6,803	8.95	36	—	—	19,028
6	LaDainian Tomlinson	2001–2011 (11)	170	624	—	4,767	7.64	17	188	—	18,453
7	Barry Sanders	1989–1998 (10)	153	352	—	2,921	8.30	10	—	—	18,190
8	Marcus Allen	1982–1997 (16)	222	587	—	5,411	9.22	21	—	—	17,654
9	Larry Fitzgerald	2004–2020 (17)	263	1,432	1,623	17,493	12.22	121	905	88.2%	17,566
10	Curtis Martin	1995–2005 (11)	168	484	—	3,329	6.88	10	—	—	17,430
11	Adrian Peterson	2007–2021 (15)	184	305	356	2,474	8.11	6	108	85.7%	17,395
12	Thurman Thomas	1988–2000 (13)	180	469	—	4,432	9.45	23	—	—	16,482
13	Tony Dorsett	1977–1988 (12)	173	398	—	3,554	8.93	13	—	—	16,293
14	Terrell Owens	1996–2010 (15)	218	1,078	—	15,934	14.78	153	—	—	16,185
15	Edgerrin James	1999–2009 (11)	148	434	—	3,356	7.73	11	145	—	15,610
16	Randy Moss	1998–2012 (14)	211	982	—	15,292	15.57	156	—	—	15,451
17	Eric Dickerson	1983–1993 (11)	146	281	—	2,137	7.61	6	—	—	15,396
18	Warrick Dunn	1997–2008 (12)	181	510	—	4,338	8.51	15	—	—	15,303
19	Isaac Bruce	1994–2009 (16)	218	1,015	—	15,114	14.89	90	—	—	15,253
20	Tim Brown	1988–2004 (17)	250	1,093	—	14,930	13.66	100	—	—	15,124
21	Steven Jackson	2004–2015 (12)	160	460	—	3,675	7.99	9	153	—	15,122
22	Steve Smith	2001–2016 (16)	219	1,031	—	14,727	14.28	81	640	—	15,114
23	Jerome Bettis	1993–2005 (13)	190	200	—	1,449	7.25	3	—	—	15,111
24	Tony Gonzalez	1997–2013 (17)	269	1,321	—	15,083	11.42	111	—	—	15,097
25	LeSean McCoy	2009–2020 (12)	168	518	665	3,898	7.53	16	184	77.9%	15,000
26	Ricky Watters	1992–2001 (10)	144	467	—	4,248	9.10	13	—	—	14,891
27	Derrick Henry	2016–2025 (10)	152	189	245	1,801	9.53	5	62	77.1%	14,819
28	Jim Brown	1957–1965 (9)	118	262	—	2,499	9.54	20	—	—	14,811
29	Marvin Harrison	1996–2008 (13)	190	1,102	—	14,580	13.23	128	—	—	14,608
30	Matt Forte	2008–2017 (10)	146	555	648	4,679	8.43	21	187	85.7%	14,468
31	Franco Harris	1972–1984 (13)	173	307	—	2,287	7.45	9	—	—	14,407
32	Reggie Wayne	2001–2014 (14)	206	1,070	—	14,345	13.41	82	760	—	14,345
33	Tiki Barber	1999–2006 (8)	126	510	—	4,536	8.89	8	202	—	14,307
34	James Lofton	1978–1993 (16)	233	764	—	14,004	18.33	75	—	—	14,250
35	Andre Johnson	2003–2016 (14)	190	1,062	—	14,185	13.36	70	694	—	14,239
36	Fred Taylor	1998–2010 (13)	153	290	—	2,384	8.22	8	—	—	14,079
37	Anquan Boldin	2003–2016 (14)	202	1,077	—	13,780	12.80	83	690	—	14,004
38	Cris Carter	1987–2002 (16)	233	1,101	—	13,899	12.62	130	—	—	13,940
39	Julio Jones	2011–2023 (13)	163	914	1,432	13,703	14.99	66	644	63.8%	13,866
40	Henry Ellard	1983–1998 (16)	228	814	—	13,777	16.93	65	—	—	13,827
41	Andre Reed	1985–2000 (16)	229	951	—	13,198	13.88	87	—	—	13,698
42	John Riggins	1971–1985 (14)	175	250	—	2,090	8.36	12	—	—	13,442
43	Torry Holt	1999–2009 (11)	172	917	—	13,346	14.55	73	628	—	13,403
44	Ottis Anderson	1979–1992 (14)	182	376	—	3,062	8.14	5	—	—	13,335
45	DeAndre Hopkins	2013–2025 (13)	195	1,006	1,624	13,295	13.22	85	692	62.0%	13,316
46	Steve Largent	1976–1989 (14)	200	819	—	13,089	15.98	100	—	—	13,172
47	Corey Dillon	1997–2006 (10)	149	244	—	1,913	7.84	7	—	—	13,154
48	Roger Craig	1983–1993 (11)	165	566	—	4,911	8.68	17	—	—	13,100
49	Herschel Walker	1986–1997 (12)	187	512	—	4,859	9.49	21	—	—	13,084
50	Mike Evans	2014–2025 (12)	176	866	1,494	13,052	15.07	108	662	58.0%	13,062