NFL Running Backs With 10,000+ Rushing Yards

  1. Emmitt Smith 18,355 1990-2004
  2. Walter Payton 16,726 1975-1987
  3. Barry Sanders 15,269 1989-1998
  4. Curtis Martin 14,101 1995-2005
  5. Jerome Bettis 13,662 1993-2005
  6. LaDainian Tomlinson 13,553 2001-2011
  7. Eric Dickerson 13,259 1983-1993
  8. Tony Dorsett 12,739 1977-1988
  9. Jim Brown 12,312 1957-1965
  10. Marshall Faulk 12,279 1994-2005
  11. Marcus Allen 12,243 1982-1997
  12. Edgerrin James 12,246 1999-2009
  13. Franco Harris 12,120 1972-1984
  14. Thurman Thomas 12,074 1988-2000
  15. Fred Taylor 11,695 1998-2010
  16. John Riggins 11,352 1971-1985
  17. Corey Dillon 11,241 1997-2006
  18. O.J. Simpson 11,236 1969-1979
  19. Warrick Dunn 10,967 1997-2008
  20. Ricky Watters 10,643 1992-2001
  21. Jamal Lewis 10,607 2000-2009
  22. Tiki Barber 10,449 1997-2006
  23. Eddie George 10,441 1996-2004
  24. Thomas Jones 10,313 2000-2011
  25. Ottis Anderson 10,273 1979-1992
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  28. Clinton Portis 9,923 2002-2011
  29. Ricky Williams 9,787 1999-2011
  30. Steven Jackson 8,527 2004-2011
  31. Frank Gore 7,196 2005-2011
  32. Adrian Peterson 6,580 2007-2011
  33. Maurice Jones-Drew 5,988 2006-2011
  34. Chris Johnson 4,964 2008-2011