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This is a list of National Football League running backs by total career rushing yards, and includes the 31 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.
This is a list of National Football League (NFL) running backs by total career rushing touchdowns. This list includes all running backs with at least 75. Emmitt Smith is the all-time leader with 164. He also leads in postseason touchdowns with 19. Cam Newton is the only quarterback in this list.
The 2,000-yard club is a group of eight National Football League (NFL) running backs who have rushed for 2,000 yards or more in a regular season. [ 1] These eight rushing seasons rank as the highest single-season rushing totals in NFL history, [ 2] and reaching the 2,000-yard mark is considered a significant achievement for running backs. [ 3 ...
List of NFL rushing title winners. 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.
Running back Punt returner Kick returner: Washington Redskins (1990–1999) Philadelphia Eagles (2000–2002) New York Giants 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 ...
For example, in the history of the NFL draft, 23 running backs have been selected with the first overall pick, the most recent of these being Ki-Jana Carter in 1995. [6] However, in the modern NFL, teams currently value running backs significantly less than they did in previous decades. [7]
2,474. Receiving touchdowns: 6. Player stats at PFR. Adrian Lewis Peterson (born as Adrian Lewis Brown; [ 1] March 21, 1985) is an American former football running back who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is widely considered to be one of the greatest running backs in football history.
Oldest player to have multiple rushing touchdowns in a game: 42 years, 68 days, Tom Brady Oct 10, 2019. Oldest player to return a punt for a touchdown: 35 years, 140 days, Tim Brown Dec. 9, 2001. Oldest player to return a kickoff for a touchdown: 33 Years, 282 days, Johnny Blood, Sep 5, 1937.