Most scrimmage yards through the first 150 games of an NFL career

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Barry Sanders leads with 18,015 scrimmage yards through his first 150 games, first of 243 careers.

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Most scrimmage yards through the first 150 games of an NFL career
#	Player and seasons	Value
	Barry Sanders1989 – 1998	18,015
	Marshall Faulk1994 – 2004	17,838
	LaDainian Tomlinson2001 – 2010	17,342
	Walter Payton1975 – 1985	17,088
	Emmitt Smith1990 – 1999	16,204
	Curtis Martin1995 – 2004	15,831
	Edgerrin James1999 – 2009inactive after 148 games	15,610
	Adrian Peterson2007 – 2019	15,576
	Eric Dickerson1983 – 1993inactive after 146 games	15,396
	Thurman Thomas1988 – 1997	15,267
	Tony Dorsett1977 – 1987	15,222
	Tiki Barber1997 – 2006	15,068
	Ricky Watters1992 – 2001inactive after 144 games	14,891
	Steven Jackson2004 – 2014	14,542
	Derrick Henry2016 – 2025	14,477
	Matt Forte2008 – 2017inactive after 146 games	14,468
	LeSean McCoy2009 – 2019	14,418
	Frank Gore2005 – 2015	14,048
	Fred Taylor1998 – 2010	14,031
	Julio Jones2011 – 2022	13,643
	Christian McCaffrey2017 – 2026119 of 150 games	13,619
	O.J. Simpson1969 – 1979inactive after 135 games	13,378
	Warrick Dunn1997 – 2006	13,231
	Corey Dillon1997 – 2006inactive after 149 games	13,154
	Jerry Rice1985 – 1994	13,130
	Marcus Allen1982 – 1993	13,101
	Franco Harris1972 – 1983	13,006
	Jerome Bettis1993 – 2003	12,840
	Roger Craig1983 – 1992	12,753
	Herschel Walker1986 – 1995	12,725
	Ottis Anderson1979 – 1990	12,684
	Eddie George1996 – 2004inactive after 141 games	12,668
	Marshawn Lynch2007 – 2019inactive after 149 games	12,638
	Ricky Williams1999 – 2011inactive after 147 games	12,615
	Andre Johnson2003 – 2013	12,585

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