Player	League	Years	Att.	Yds.	Avg.	Long	TD
Walter Payton	NFL	13	3838	16726	4.4	76	110
Emmitt Smith*	NFL	12	3798	16187	4.3	75	148
Barry Sanders	NFL	10	3062	15269	5	85	99
Eric Dickerson	NFL	11	2996	13259	4.4	85	90
Tony Dorsett	NFL	12	2936	12739	4.3	99	77
Jim Brown	NFL	9	2359	12312	5.2	80	106
Marcus Allen	NFL	16	3022	12243	4.1	61	123
Franco Harris	NFL	13	2949	12120	4.1	75	91
Thurman Thomas	NFL	13	2877	12074	4.2	80	65
John Riggins	NFL	14	2916	11352	3.9	66	104
O.J. Simpson	AFL-NFL	11	2404	11236	4.7	94	61
Jerome Bettis*	NFL	9	2686	10876	4	71	53
Ricky Watters*	NFL	10	2622	10643	4.1	57	78
Ottis Anderson	NFL	14	2562	10273	4	76	81
Joe Perry	AAFC-NFL	16	1929	9723	5	78	71
Marshall Faulk*	NFL	8	2155	9442	4.4	71	79
Earl Campbell	NFL	8	2187	9407	4.3	81	74
Curtis Martin*	NFL	7	2343	9267	4	70	64
Terry Allen*	NFL	10	2152	8614	4	56	73
Jim Taylor	NFL	10	1941	8597	4.4	84	83

*Active through 2001 season.