| Leaders | ||
| RK | PLAYER | YDS |
| 1 | Emmitt Smith | 18,355 |
| 2 | Walter Payton | 16,726 |
| 3 | Frank Gore | 16,000 |
| 4 | Barry Sanders | 15,269 |
| 5 | Adrian Peterson | 14,918 |
| 6 | Curtis Martin | 14,101 |
| 7 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 13,684 |
| 8 | Jerome Bettis | 13,662 |
| 9 | Eric Dickerson | 13,259 |
| 10 | Tony Dorsett | 12,739 |
| 11 | DERRICK HENRY | 12,448 |
| 12 | Jim Brown | 12,312 |
| 13 | Marshall Faulk | 12,279 |
| 14 | Edgerrin James | 12,246 |
| 15 | Marcus Allen | 12,243 |
| 16 | Franco Harris | 12,120 |
| 17 | Thurman Thomas | 12,074 |
| 18 | Fred Taylor | 11,695 |
| 19 | Steven Jackson | 11,438 |
| 20 | John Riggins | 11,352 |
| 21 | Corey Dillon | 11,241 |
| 22 | O.J. Simpson | 11,236 |
| 23 | LeSean McCoy | 11,102 |
| 24 | Warrick Dunn | 10,967 |
| 25 | Ricky Watters | 10,643 |