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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1488093, member: 289"]
I wrote this a few years ago:

NFL's All Time Leading Rushers

Here are the top ten running backs in NFL History as ranked by total yardage and how they break down into the catagories of years played, games played, yardage gained, attempts, touchdowns and the averages. If you wonder who is the NFL's best ever running back, the fog may clear when you look at the averages.

Player Years Games Att Yards TD   Yds/Att Yds/Game Att/TD TD/game

E. Smith 15   226 4409 18355 164   4.16   81.2   26.9   0.73

W. Payton 13   190 3838 16726 110   4.36   80.3   35.9   0.58

B. Sanders 10   153 3062 15269 99   4.99   99.8   30.9   0.65

E. Dickerson 11 146 2996 13259 90   4.43   90.8   33.3   0.62

T. Dorsett 12   173 2936 12739 77   4.34   73.6   38.1   0.45

J. Brown 9   118 2329 12312 106   [B]5.29   104.3   22.0   0.90[/B]

M. Allen 16   221 3022 12243 123   4.05   55.4   24.6   0.56

. Harris 13   173 2949 12120 91   4.11   70.1   32.4   0.53

T. Thomas 13   182 2877 12074 65   4.20   66.3   44.3   0.36

J. Riggins 14   175 2916 11352 104   3.89   64.9   28.2   0.59

Late additions:

J. Bettis 12  179 3369 13294 82   3.95   74.3   41.1   0.46

C. Martin 10  156 3298 13336 85   4.04   85.5   38.8  0.54

What if they all had 300 carries in a season? Based on their career numbers:

Brown 1586 yards 14 TDs

Sanders 1496 yards 10 TDs

Dickerson 1328 yards 9 TDs

Payton 1307 yards 9 TDs

Dorsett 1302 yards 8 TDs

Thomas 1259 yards 7 TDs

Smith 1249 yards 11 TDs

Harris 1233 yards 9 TDs

Allen 1215 yards 12 TDs

Martin 1213 yards 8 TDs

Bettis 1184 yards 7 TDs

Riggins 1168 yards 11 TDs

Basically, Ruth = Brown = Chamberlain = Gretzy
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