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This is a list of National Football League running backs by total career rushing yards, and includes the 32 running backs who have rushed for at least 10,000 yards, for which sixteen of them have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Emmitt Smith leads with 18,355 yards and is also the postseason leader with 1,586. He has held the ...
Most consecutive starts by a running back: 170 (178 including playoffs), Walter Payton, 1975–1987; Most consecutive starts by an offensive lineman: 240 (259 including playoffs), Mick Tingelhoff, 1962–1979; Most consecutive starts by a defensive lineman: 270 (289 including playoffs), Jim Marshall, 1961–1978
Byron "Whizzer" White, a future associate justice of the US Supreme Court, won the league rushing title in 1938 and 1940 Gale Sayers led the NFL in rushing in 1966 and 1969 Eric Dickerson led the league in rushing in 1983 and 1984, his first two seasons in the league, and won two more titles in 1986 and 1988 Emmitt Smith was the league's rushing champion four times, including three consecutive ...
This is a list of National Football League running backs by total career rushing attempts. This list includes all running backs with at least 2,500 attempts. This list includes all running backs with at least 2,500 attempts.
The first 2,000-yard season was recorded in 1973 by Buffalo Bills running back O. J. Simpson. Simpson is the only player ever to have surpassed 2,000 yards in a 14-game season; all others occurred in 16-game seasons. He finished the season with 2,003 rushing yards, averaging six yards per carry and an NFL-record 143.1 rushing yards per game. [4]
Note: Y. A. Tittle passed for 33,070 yards in his professional career, which would place him in 44th on this list, but 4,731 of those yards came in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which the NFL does not recognize statistics and records from to date. [54] [55] Thus, Tittle's career passing yards total in the NFL stands at 28,339. [56]
Heading into the ReliaQuest Bowl matchup against Wisconsin, Malik Nabers was just 22 yards short of breaking the all-time receiving yards record at LSU, previously held by Reed at 3,001 yards.
Running back San Diego Chargers (2001–2009) New York Jets (2010–2011) 18,456 13,684 4,772 0 0 0 0 2017: 11 Barry Sanders: Running back Detroit Lions (1989–1998) 18,308 15,269 2,921 0 0 118 0 2004: 12 Herschel Walker: Running back Kick returner Dallas Cowboys (1986–1989, 1996–1997) Minnesota Vikings (1989–1991) Philadelphia Eagles ...