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- <text id=93AC0414>
- <title>
- Leading Lifetime Rushers
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics
- Sport
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Almanac</source>
- <hdr>
- FOOTBALL
- All-Time Leading Lifetime Rushers
- (Through 1993-94)
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <table>
- <tblhdr><cell>Player<cell>League<cell>Yrs<cell>Att<cell>Yds<cell>Avg
- <row><cell type=a>Walter Payton<cell type=a>NFL<cell type=i>13<cell type=i>3,838<cell type=i>16,726<cell type=n>4.4
- <row><cell>Eric Dickerson**<cell>NFL<cell>11<cell>2,996<cell>13,259<cell>4.4
- <row><cell>Tony Dorsett<cell>NFL<cell>12<cell>2,936<cell>12,739<cell>4.3
- <row><cell>Jim Brown<cell>NFL<cell>9<cell>2,359<cell>12,312<cell>5.2
- <row><cell>Franco Harris<cell>NFL<cell>13<cell>2,949<cell>12,120<cell>4.1
- <row><cell>John Riggins<cell>NFL<cell>14<cell>2,916<cell>11,352<cell>3.9
- <row><cell>O.J. Simpson<cell>AFL-NFL<cell>11<cell>2,404<cell>11,236<cell>4.7
- <row><cell>Ottis Anderson<cell>NFL<cell>14<cell>2,562<cell>10,273<cell>4.0
- <row><cell>Earl Campbell<cell>NFL<cell>8<cell>2,187<cell>9,407<cell>4.3
- <row><cell>Marcus Allen**<cell>NFL<cell>12<cell>2,296<cell>9,309<cell>4.1
- <row><cell>Jim Taylor<cell>NFL<cell>10<cell>1,941<cell>8,597<cell>4.4
- <row><cell>Joe Perry<cell>NFL<cell>16<cell>1,929<cell>9,723<cell>5.0
- <row><cell>Gerald Riggs<cell>NFL<cell>10<cell>1,989<cell>8,188<cell>4.1
- <row><cell>Larry Csonka<cell>AFL-NFL<cell>11<cell>1,891<cell>8,081<cell>4.3
- <row><cell>Freeman McNeil<cell>NFL<cell>12<cell>1,798<cell>8,074<cell>4.5
- </table>
- <p>** Active during the 1993-94 season.
- </p>
- <table>
- <row><cell type=a>Most Yards Gained (Game):<cell type=a>275<cell type=a>Walter Payton, Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings, Nov. 20, 1977
- <row><cell>Most Yards Gained (Season):<cell>2105<cell>Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1984
- <row><cell>Most Games, 100 Yards or more (Season):<cell>12<cell>Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1984
- <row><cell>Most Games, 100 Yards or more (Career):<cell>77<cell>Walter Payton, Chicago Bears, 1975-1987
- <row><cell>Most Touchdowns Rushing (Game):<cell>6<cell>Ernie Nevers, Chicago Cardinals, 1929
- <row><cell><cell><cell>Dub Jones, Cleveland Browns, 1951
- <row><cell><cell><cell>Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, 1968
- <row><cell>Most Touchdowns Rushing (Season):<cell>24<cell>John Riggins, Washington Redskins, 1983
- <row><cell>Most Touchdowns Rushing (Career):<cell>110<cell>Walter Payton, Chicago Bears, 1975-1987
- <row><cell>Most Rushing Attempts (Game):<cell>45<cell>Jamie Morris, Washington Redskins vs. Cincinnati Bengals, Dec. 17, 1988
- <row><cell>Most Rushing Attempts (Season):<cell>407<cell>James Wilder, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1984
- <row><cell>Longest run from Scrimmage:<cell>99 yds (scored touchdown)<cell>Tony Dorsett, Dallas Cowboys vs. Minnesota Vikings, Jan. 3, 1983
- </table>
- <p>Source: The National Football League.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
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