Leading Lifetime All-Purpose Yards
General
Published on : 1/1/2005
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Passing | Receiving | Rushing | Scoring | Combined Net Yards
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Jerry Rice (left) surpassed Walter Payton in 2002 to become the NFL's all-time leader in combined net yards. |
(At the Start of 2003 Season)
| Rank | Player | Yrs | Rush | Rec | Int. | PR | KOR | FR | Total | |
| 1 | (2) | JERRY RICE | 18 | 645 | 21,597 | - | - | 6 | - | 22,248 |
| 2 | (3) | BRIAN MITCHELL | 13 | 1,947 | 2,298 | 0 | 4,845 | 12,897 | 14 | 22,001 |
| 3 | (1) | Walter Payton* | 13 | 16,726 | 4,538 | 0 | - | 539 | 0 | 21,803 |
| 4 | (4) | EMMITT SMITH | 13 | 17,162 | 3,012 | 0 | - |
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0 | 20,174 |
| 5 | (7) | TIM BROWN | 15 | 190 | 14,167 | 0 | 3,272 | 1,235 | 3 | 18,867 |
| 6 | (5) | Barry Sanders | 10 | 15,269 | 2,921 | 0 | - | 118 | 0 | 18,308 |
| 7 | (6) | Herschel Walker | 12 | 8,225 | 4,859 | 0 | - | 5,084 | 0 | 18,168 |
| 8 | (8) | Marcus Allen * | 16 | 12,243 | 5,411 | 0 | - |
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-6 | 17,648 |
| 9 | (9) | ERIC METCALF | 13 | 2,392 | 5,572 | 0 | 3,453 | 5,813 | 0 | 17,230 |
| 10 | (10) | Thurman Thomas | 13 | 12,074 | 4,458 | 0 | - |
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0 | 16,532 |
| 11 | (16) | MARSHALL FAULK | 9 | 10,395 | 5,984 | 0 | - | 18 | 18 | 16,415 |
| 12 | (11) | Tony Dorsett* | 12 | 12,739 | 3,554 | 0 | - |
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33 | 16,326 |
| 13 | (12) | Henry Ellard | 16 | 50 | 13,777 | 0 | 1,527 | 364 | 0 | 15,718 |
| 14 | (13) | Irving Fryar | 17 | 242 | 12,785 | 0 | 2,055 | 505 | 7 | 15,594 |
| 15 | (14) | Jim Brown* | 9 | 12,312 | 2,499 | 0 | - | 648 | 0 | 15,459 |
| 16 | (15) | Eric Dickerson* | 11 | 13,259 | 2,137 | 0 | - |
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15 | 15,411 |
| 17 | (17) | Glyn Milburn | 9 | 817 | 1,322 | 0 | 2,984 | 9,788 | 0 | 14,911 |
| 18 | (18) | James Brooks | 12 | 7,962 | 3,621 | 0 | 565 | 2,762 | 0 | 14,910 |
| 19 | (19) | Ricky Watters | 10 | 10,643 | 4,248 | 0 | - |
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0 | 14,891 |
| 20 | (20) | Franco Harris* | 13 | 12,120 | 2,287 | 0 | - | 233 | -18 | 14,622 |
2002 Notes:
No new players entered the Top 20 for Combined Net Yards in 2002.
Next in Line:
Players active in 2002 who rank closest to a Top Twenty ranking: CRIS CARTER (14,184), CURTIS MARTIN (13,065), JEROME BETTIS (12,821), and DESMOND HOWARD (12,519).
ACTIVE IN 2002
* Pro Football Hall of Fame Member
( ) - indicates rank at the start of the 2002 season