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This is a list of National Football League players with a career total of over 15,000 all-purpose yards.[ a] [ 1] [ 2]
Players listed in bold currently active.
Rank[ b]
Player
Position (s) regularly played
Seasons by team
Total all-purpose[ a] yards gained[ c]
Totalrushing yards gained[ c]
Totalreceiving yards gained[ c]
Totalinterception return yards gained[ c]
Totalpunt return yards gained[ c]
Totalkickoff return yards gained[ c]
Totalrecovered fumble return yards gained[ c]
Year of induction intoPro Football Hall of Fame
1
Jerry Rice
Wide receiver
San Francisco 49ers (1985 –2000 )Oakland Raiders (2001 –2004 )Seattle Seahawks (2004 )
23,546
645
22,895
0
0
6
0
2010
2
Brian Mitchell
Running back Punt returner Kick returner
Washington Redskins (1990 –1999 )Philadelphia Eagles (2000 –2002 )New York Giants (2003 )
23,330
1,967
2,336
0
4,999
14,014
14
None
3
Walter Payton
Running back
Chicago Bears (1975 –1987 )
21,803
16,726
4,538
0
0
539
0
1993
4
Emmitt Smith
Running back
Dallas Cowboys (1990 –2002 )Arizona Cardinals (2003 –2004 )
21,564
18,355
3,224
0
0
0
(15)[ d]
2010
5
Frank Gore
Running back
San Francisco 49ers (2005 –2014 )Indianapolis Colts (2015 –2017 )Miami Dolphins (2018 )Buffalo Bills (2019 )New York Jets (2020 )
19,992
16,000
3,985
0
0
0
7
Eligible in 2026
6
Darren Sproles
Running back Punt returner Kick returner
San Diego Chargers (2005 –2010 )New Orleans Saints (2011 –2013 )Philadelphia Eagles (2014 –2019 )
19,696
3,552
4,840
0
2,961
8,352
(9)[ d]
Eligible in 2025[ e]
7
Tim Brown
Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
L.A./Oakland Raiders (1988 –2003 )Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2004 )
19,682
190
14,934
0
3,320
1,235
3
2015
8
Marshall Faulk
Running back
Indianapolis Colts (1994 –1998 )St. Louis Rams (1999 –2005 )
19,190
12,279
6,875
0
0
18
18
2011
9
Steve Smith Sr.
Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
Carolina Panthers (2001 –2013 )Baltimore Ravens (2014 –2016 )
19,180
387
14,731
0
1,684
2,371
7
None
10
LaDainian Tomlinson
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 (1992 –1994 )New York Giants (1995 )
18,168
8,225
4,859
0
0
5,084
0
None
13
Adrian Peterson
Running back
Minnesota Vikings (2007 –2016 )New Orleans Saints (2017 )Arizona Cardinals (2017 )Washington Redskins (2018 –2019 )Detroit Lions (2020 )Tennessee Titans (2021 )Seattle Seahawks (2021 )
17,808
14,918
2,474
0
0
428
(12)[ d]
Eligible in 2027[ e]
14
Marcus Allen
Running back
Los Angeles Raiders (1982 –1992 )Kansas City Chiefs (1993 –1997 )
17,648
12,243
5,411
0
0
0
(6)[ d]
2003
15
Larry Fitzgerald
Wide receiver
Arizona Cardinals (2004 –2020 )
17,560
68
17,492
0
0
0
0
Eligible in 2026
16
Curtis Martin
Running back
New England Patriots (1995 –1997 )New York Jets (1998 –2005 )
17,421
14,101
3,329
0
0
0
(9)[ d]
2012
17
Tiki Barber
Running back
New York Giants (1997 –2006 )
17,359
10,449
5,183
0
1,181
544
2
None
18
Eric Metcalf
Running back Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
Cleveland Browns (1989 –1994 )Atlanta Falcons (1995 –1996 )San Diego Chargers (1997 )Arizona Cardinals (1998 )Carolina Panthers (1999 )Washington Redskins (2001 )Green Bay Packers (2002 )
17,230
2,392
5,572
0
3,453
5,813
0
None
19
Derrick Mason
Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1997 –2004 )Baltimore Ravens (2005 –2010 )New York Jets (2011 )Houston Texans (2011 )
17,150
3
12,061
0
1,590
3,496
0
None
20
Wes Welker
Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
San Diego Chargers (2004 )Miami Dolphins (2004 –2006 )New England Patriots (2007 –2012 )Denver Broncos (2013 –2014 )St. Louis Rams (2015 )
16,797
151
9,924
0
2,584
4,138
0
None
21
Thurman Thomas
Running back
Buffalo Bills (1988 –1999 )Miami Dolphins (2000 )
16,532
12,074
4,458
0
0
0
0
2007
22
Tony Dorsett
Running back
Dallas Cowboys (1977 –1987 )Denver Broncos (1988 )
16,326
12,739
3,554
0
0
0
33
1994
23
Terrell Owens
Wide receiver
San Francisco 49ers (1996 –2003 )Philadelphia Eagles (2004 –2005 )Dallas Cowboys (2006 –2008 )Buffalo Bills (2009 )Cincinnati Bengals (2010 )
16,276
251
15,934
0
0
78
13
2018
24
Ted Ginn Jr.
Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
Miami Dolphins (2007 –2009 )San Francisco 49ers (2010 –2012 )Carolina Panthers (2013 , 2015 –2016 )Arizona Cardinals (2014 )New Orleans Saints (2017 –2019 )Chicago Bears (2020 )
15,749
486
5,742
0
2,624
6,899
(2)[ d]
Eligible in 2026[ e]
25
Henry Ellard
Wide receiver
Los Angeles Rams (1983 –1993 )Washington Redskins (1994 –1998 )New England Patriots (1998 )
15,718
50
13,777
0
1,527
364
0
None
26
Warrick Dunn
Running back
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1997 –2001 , 2008 )Atlanta Falcons (2002 –2007 )
15,665
10,967
4,339
0
48
310
1
None
27
Randy Moss
Wide receiver
Minnesota Vikings (1998 –2004 , 2010 )Oakland Raiders (2005 –2006 )New England Patriots (2007 –2010 )Tennessee Titans (2010 )San Francisco 49ers (2012 )
15,644
159
15,292
0
162
33
(2)[ d]
2018
28
Edgerrin James
Running back
Indianapolis Colts (1999 –2005 )Arizona Cardinals (2006 –2008 )Seattle Seahawks (2009 )
15,610
12,246
3,364
0
0
0
0
2020
29
Irving Fryar
Wide receiver Punt returner
New England Patriots (1984 –1992 )Miami Dolphins (1993 –1995 )Philadelphia Eagles (1996 –1998 )Washington Redskins (1999 –2000 )
15,594
242
12,785
0
2,055
505
7
None
30
Jim Brown
Running back
Cleveland Browns (1957 –1965 )
15,459
12,312
2,499
0
0
648
0
1971
31
Josh Cribbs
Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
Cleveland Browns (2005 –2012 )Oakland Raiders (2013 )New York Jets (2013 ) Indianapolis Colts (2014 )
15,453
808
1,175
0
2,375
11,113
(18)[ d]
None
32
Eric Dickerson
Running back
Los Angeles Rams (1983 –1987 )Indianapolis Colts (1987 –1991 )Los Angeles Raiders (1992 )Atlanta Falcons (1993 )
15,411
13,259
2,137
0
0
0
15
1999
33
Isaac Bruce
Wide receiver
L.A./St. Louis Rams (1994 –2007 )San Francisco 49ers (2008 –2009 )
15,399
139
15,208
0
52
0
0
2020
34
Antonio Brown
Wide receiver Punt returner Kick returner
Pittsburgh Steelers (2010 –2018 )New England Patriots (2019 )Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020 –2021 )
15,353
128
12,291
0
1,761
1,173
0
Eligible in 2027[ e]
35
Steven Jackson
Running back
St. Louis Rams (2004 –2012 )Atlanta Falcons (2013 –2014 )New England Patriots (2015 )
15,191
11,438
3,683
0
0
79
(9)[ d]
None
36
Tony Gonzalez
Tight end
Kansas City Chiefs (1997 –2008 )Atlanta Falcons (2009 –2013 )
15,141
14
15,127
0
0
0
0
2019
37
Jerome Bettis
Running back
L.A./St. Louis Rams (1993 –1995 )Pittsburgh Steelers (1996 –2005 )
15,113
13,662
1,449
0
0
0
2
2015
38
Allen Rossum
Cornerback Punt returner Kick returner
Philadelphia Eagles (1998 –1999 )Green Bay Packers (2000 –2001 )Atlanta Falcons (2002 –2006 )Pittsburgh Steelers (2007 )San Francisco 49ers (2008 –2009 )Dallas Cowboys (2009 )
15,046
17
4
22
3,056
11,947
0
None
39
LeSean McCoy
Running back
Philadelphia Eagles (2009 –2014 )Buffalo Bills (2015 –2018 )Kansas City Chiefs (2019 )Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020 )
15,001
11,102
3,898
0
0
0
1
Eligible in 2026[ e]
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