
Here is where you can compare stats between three of the greatests backs that have played and still playing the game of football, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, and Walter Payton. This page is finished. You can now see how many games it took Emmitt to break Payton's record.
(Every three is a different color, meaning the same point in each players career.)
Player | Year | Team | Gms | Att | Yds | TD | Avg | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | CAREER RUSH |
Walter Payton | 1975 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 196 | 679 | 7 | 3.5 | 33 | 213 | 6.5 | 0 | 679
Barry Sanders | 1989 | Detroit Lions | 15 | 280 | 1,470 | 14 | 5.3 | 24 | 282 | 11.8 | 0 | 1,470
Emmitt Smith | 1990 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 241 | 937 | 11 | 3.9 | 24 | 228 | 9.5 | 0 | 937
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Walter Payton | 1976 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 311 | 1,390 | 13 | 4.5 | 15 | 149 | 9.9 | 0 | 2,069
Barry Sanders | 1990 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 255 | 1,304 | 13 | 5.1 | 36 | 480 | 13.3 | 3 | 2,774
Emmitt Smith | 1991 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 365 | 1,563 | 12 | 4.3 | 49 | 258 | 5.3 | 1 | 2,500
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Walter Payton | 1977 | Chicago Bears | 14 | 339 | 1,852 | 14 | 5.5 | 27 | 269 | 10.0 | 2 | 3,921
Barry Sanders | 1991 | Detroit Lions | 15 | 342 | 1,548 | 16 | 4.5 | 41 | 307 | 7.5 | 1 | 4,322
Emmitt Smith | 1992 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 373 | 1,713 | 18 | 4.6 | 59 | 335 | 5.7 | 1 | 4,213
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Walter Payton | 1978 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 333 | 1,395 | 11 | 4.2 | 50 | 480 | 9.6 | 0 | 5,316
Barry Sanders | 1992 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 312 | 1,352 | 9 | 4.3 | 29 | 225 | 7.8 | 1 | 5,674
Emmitt Smith | 1993 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 283 | 1,486 | 9 | 5.3 | 57 | 414 | 7.3 | 1 | 5,699
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Walter Payton | 1979 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 369 | 1,610 | 14 | 4.4 | 31 | 313 | 10.1 | 2 | 6,926
Barry Sanders | 1993 | Detroit Lions | 11 | 243 | 1,115 | 3 | 4.6 | 36 | 205 | 5.7 | 0 | 6,789
Emmitt Smith | 1994 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 368 | 1,484 | 21 | 4.0 | 50 | 341 | 6.8 | 1 | 7,183
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Walter Payton | 1980 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 317 | 1,460 | 6 | 4.6 | 46 | 367 | 8.0 | 1 | 8,386
Barry Sanders | 1994 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 331 | 1,883 | 7 | 5.7 | 44 | 283 | 6.3 | 1 | 8,672
Emmitt Smith | 1995 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 377 | 1,773 | 25 | 4.7 | 62 | 375 | 6.0 | 0 | 8,956
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Walter Payton | 1981 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 339 | 1,222 | 6 | 3.6 | 41 | 379 | 9.2 | 2 | 9,608
Barry Sanders | 1995 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 314 | 1,500 | 11 | 4.8 | 48 | 398 | 8.3 | 1 | 10,172
Emmitt Smith | 1996 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 327 | 1,204 | 12 | 3.7 | 47 | 249 | 5.3 | 3 | 10,160
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Walter Payton | 1982 | Chicago Bears | 9 | 148 | 596 | 1 | 4.0 | 32 | 311 | 9.7 | 0 | 10,204
Barry Sanders | 1996 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 307 | 1,553 | 11 | 5.1 | 24 | 147 | 6.1 | 0 | 11,725
Emmitt Smith | 1997 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 261 | 1,074 | 4 | 4.1 | 40 | 234 | 5.9 | 0 | 11,234
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Walter Payton | 1983 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 314 | 1,421 | 6 | 4.5 | 53 | 607 | 11.5 | 2 | 11,625
Barry Sanders | 1997 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 335 | 2,053 | 11 | 6.1 | 33 | 305 | 9.2 | 3 | 13,778
Emmitt Smith | 1998 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 319 | 1,332 | 13 | 4.2 | 27 | 175 | 6.5 | 2 | 12,566
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Walter Payton | 1984 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 381 | 1,684 | 11 | 4.4 | 45 | 368 | 8.2 | 0 | 13,309
Barry Sanders | 1998 | Detroit Lions | 16 | 343 | 1,491 | 4 | 4.3 | 37 | 289 | 7.8 | 0 | 15,269
Emmitt Smith | 1999 | Dallas Cowboys | 15 | 329 | 1,397 | 11 | 4.2 | 27 | 119 | 4.4 | 2 | 13,963
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Walter Payton | 1985 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 324 | 1,551 | 9 | 4.8 | 49 | 483 | 9.9 | 2 | 14,860
Emmitt Smith | 2000 | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 294 | 1,203 | 9 | 4.1 | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 0 | 15,166
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Walter Payton | 1986 | Chicago Bears | 16 | 321 | 1,333 | 8 | 4.2 | 37 | 382 | 10.3 | 3 | 16,193
Emmitt Smith | 2001 | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 261 | 1,021 | 3 | 3.9 | 17 | 116 | 6.8 | 0 | 16,187
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Walter Payton | 1987 | Chicago Bears | 12 | 146 | 533 | 4 | 3.7 | 33 | 217 | 6.6 | 1 | 16,726
Emmitt Smith | 2002 | Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 131 | 556 | 2 | 4.2 | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 0 | 16,743
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Emmitt after record | 2002 | Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 105 | 419 | 3 | 4.0 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 17,162
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Emmitt Smith | 2003 | Arizona Cardinals | 4 | 59 | 193 | 1 | 3.3 | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 17,355
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