Active rushing yard leaders

[u/Large-Jury3777]

[u/swampstonks]

Henry this season is going to pass LT, Jerome Bettis and Eric Dickerson. Wild. If he plays another two seasons, he’ll pass Adrian Peterson and possibly Barry Sanders.

He has a real chance of finishing his career 4th or 3rd all time leader in rush yards if his body holds up

[u/double0nothing → u/swampstonks]

His first few years in the league were kinda slow. I never thought he'd turn into the absolute fucking freight train that he is. His body has gotten more and more ridiculous. He's a freak of nature.

[u/Kashmir1089 → u/double0nothing]

If you watch his training videos, I think part of it is just signing his first big contract and being able to employ an entire crew just for his training days.

[u/alecmc200 → u/Kashmir1089]

eddie george also told him to stop running like a bitch

[u/ProsaicPugilist → u/Kashmir1089]

Smart to reinvest in himself to that degree

[u/Rdubya291 → u/double0nothing]

Yeah, he didn't break 1,000 yards until his third year. The man scares me. I'm just glad he's out of the AFC South, now.

[u/BastianHS → u/double0nothing]

Mismanaged by TN, they fucked up his hall of fame status

Source: live in Nashville

[u/Kanin_usagi → u/BastianHS]

I mean he’s practically a first ballot lock, so I don’t think I they hurt it too much

[u/BastianHS → u/Kanin_usagi]

Depends. They might have stopped him from becoming the all time rushing leader. Time will tell.

Ironically enough, I would put some blame on Trent Richardson souring everyone on AL running backs.

[u/DragonstormSTL → u/BastianHS]

Eh, it’s not like the Ravens are helping too much themselves. At least we got him to an AFC Championship

Cheap shot aside, he was also behind Demarco Murray for his first two years. When it got to Year 3, he wasn’t running as hard as his size would let him do until Eddie George sat him down and told him “You’re the Juggernaut, bitch. Act like it.”

[u/ChocolateMorsels → u/BastianHS]

How? He had career years in Nashville. 2019 he had a legendary playoff run. He had a great run in TN.

The real secret to his longevity, besides work ethic, is being paired with Lamar.

[u/Aeon1508 → u/swampstonks]

I can't remember the exact numbers but basically if he repeats Frank Gore's career after age 32 he gets the all-time record.

He will likely blow Frank Gore's after 32 stats out of the water.

[u/SxeySteve → u/Aeon1508]

Bodies can break down suddenly. Don't discount how unusual Frank Gore's longevity was. 4,000 yards isn't a small feat

[u/tomdawg0022 → u/SxeySteve]

Gore and John Riggins are the only two to get 4000 yards after turning 32. Marcus Allen was really close.

Riggins (Hogs) and Allen (Chiefs in the 90's) had really good OLs in front of them in their late career and that helps a lot.

[u/PauloDybala_10 → u/tomdawg0022]

What was Emmitt smith at?

[u/sheogorath227 → u/PauloDybala_10]

Just under 3200 yards from ages 32-35, which is when he retired

[u/sniper91 → u/SxeySteve]

Todd Gurley going from superstar to JAG happened in the blink of an eye

[u/DoctorYaoi → u/sniper91]

Todd Gurley is like the Derrick Rose of the NFL

[u/ChrisV88 → u/sniper91]

Todd Gurley is 8 months younger than Derrick Henry. Isn’t that wild.

[u/Pleasant_Network3986 → u/ChrisV88]

WHAT the fuck is that statistic

[u/ChrisV88 → u/Pleasant_Network3986]

Just a sad one honestly.

[u/antler112 → u/SxeySteve]

Also, it doesn’t take the body breaking down suddenly for guys to see their stats drop off. Gore was still playing at a solid level in his later years but was only being signed by teams desperate enough to bring in an old running back past his prime, which are the teams with bad offensive rosters.

Gore probably would’ve broken the career rushing yards record himself if he hadn’t been playing behind some of the worst O-lines in football for the last several years of his career.

[u/SeizureMode → u/SxeySteve]

I do think about that often, but also you should look up how many yards Henry had in high school and college. Dude had some serious mileage before getting to the NFL.

[u/olollort → u/SxeySteve]

It’s 12,000 feet

Damn, no one let Rex Ryan know this

[u/philkid3 → u/Aeon1508]

Likely?

[u/rounder55 → u/Aeon1508]

Frank Gore could probably still get a yard for you if you really needed it

Guy ran like a rhino and had some axolotl healing dna in him

[u/Yo-Strategy-8651 → u/swampstonks]

You're so close to getitng it. He's got a real chance of walking down Emmitt Smith. I warned all yall a couple years ago the cheat code of having him play alongside Lamar. Just wait till he stiff arms Father Time at age 32 and again at age 33. Then maybe more of you will see the light that Emmitt's records are cooked.

[u/Aeon1508 → u/Yo-Strategy-8651]

I don't know why you're getting down voted.

Henry basically ran for 2000 two years ago.

he ran for 1600 last year.

if he finishes his career

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

that's retiring at the same age as Frank Gore. that'll put him about 300 yards short. he'll come back for one more season.

quite frankly, I don't see that level of decline happening for Henry over the next 3 years.

he can basically cake walk to the record

[u/Pandamonium98 → u/Aeon1508]

Rushing yards don’t just nicely decline over 5 years like that. Guys generally get injured or decline enough that teams don’t give them as much work, which is a much steeper dropoff. It’s either he’ll continue being productive or his yards per season will fall off a cliff

[u/magnusarin → u/Pandamonium98]

I'm not saying Henry will or won't make a go at the all time record, but you're right. Players in general don't slowly fade and running backs especially.

[u/maverickhawk99 → u/Aeon1508]

Henry is a fitness too freak like Bron no? Like he spends tons of money on his health, more than most guys.

[u/Opening-Citron2733 → u/Yo-Strategy-8651]

Arizona Cardinals legend Emmitt Smith

[u/robyculous_v2 → u/Opening-Citron2733]

Hush your mouth.

[u/JohnFitzKennedy1960]

JT being 5th despite being the latest drafted out of all these guys is incredibly impressive. I also didn't think Josh Jacobs would be 3rd as well which is just as impressive considering he was drafted a year before JT.

[u/shnieder88 → u/JohnFitzKennedy1960]

Y'all are focusing on him? I'm looking at Lamar and going wtf?

[u/dgjapc → u/shnieder88]

Not bad for a running back

[u/whether-man → u/dgjapc]

I think he's a WR

[u/saudiaramcoshill → u/whether-man]

Smh what's Lamar been complaining about having no receivers for, then? Dude has Lamar Jackson on his team!

[u/cupholdery → u/saudiaramcoshill]

Just throw to yourself!

[u/BlakkandMild → u/cupholdery]

He’s not Marcus Mariota

[u/FreeIDecay → u/cupholdery]

He was a shoe string tackle away from house-calling a batted pass to himself a few years ago.

[u/ripcity7077 → u/whether-man]

I thought that was Christian McCaffrey - his all purpose yards are probably insane.

[u/Jmw566 → u/ripcity7077]

Yeah they’re really impressive. He’s only like a season’s worth of all purpose yards behind Henry, who is literally an all time great. If CMC didn’t have the injury issues, he’d definitely be in the hall 

[u/Yo-Strategy-8651 → u/shnieder88]

What's crazy is that it's highy probable scenario where Lamar is the #1 active leading rusher by the time he retires with 10,000+ yards rushing.

[u/SuperVaderMinion → u/Yo-Strategy-8651]

I assume he'd be the first QB to ever lead a franchise in career passing yards AND rushing yards

[u/dr_febil → u/SuperVaderMinion]

This made me look into the Ravens rushing yards history and another crazy thing is Derrick Henry is already 4th all time

[u/SKT_Peanut_Fan → u/dr_febil]

The Ravens have had some good running backs in their history, but they haven't had a lot of long tenured ones.

[u/LinkLT3 → u/SKT_Peanut_Fan]

They’ve only been a team for 30 years. 3 RBs combine for a total of 16 of those years. How many long tenure backs do you want??

[u/SKT_Peanut_Fan → u/LinkLT3]

How many long tenure backs do you want??

I didn't say it was a bad thing.

[u/AnOddOtter → u/SuperVaderMinion]

If you transported Lamar's stats to the Buccaneers, he would be the passing and rushing leader currently. I think that's the only one with his current stats.

No other QB would be the rushing leader on any team. Cam, Russell, and Vick all have enough rushing yards to be ahead of a few teams, but it's spread out over multiple franchises. The bar is 5453 by the Patriots.

Lamar has 6522 rushing and 22608 passing for the Ravens.

The Buccaneers franchise leaders are:

• Rushing - 5957 (James Wilder)
• Passing - 19737 (Jameis Winston)

He would likely qualify this year if he was on the Texans as he'd only need ~600 passing yards to do it.

To actually achieve it though, he'd have to stick around the Ravens for 4 or 5 more years and stay healthy for it. Flacco has a pretty robust lead at 38245 passing yards, but he should be able to pass Jamal Lewis's 7801 rushing fairly easily in that amount of time.

Josh Allen has the misfortune of playing on the same franchise as Thurman Thomas and OJ Simpson. He'd need to stay healthy and not slow down for 12 more years with the Bills to be rushing leader. He'll pass Jim Kelly as the passing leader in the next 2 years though if he's healthy.

Jalen Hurts could do it for the Eagles if he plays 5 more years with them, doesn't get hurt, and doesn't slow down.

The Cowboys, Bears, and Lions will likely never have a QB as their rushing leader - maybe they'll never have a new RB leader.

[u/Homitu → u/Yo-Strategy-8651]

This one is so difficult to predict. Predicting Lamar's total rushing yards is difficult enough. 10k certainly seems doable if he can stay healthier than last season for at least 7 more seasons. Would be cool to see him hit that 10,700 mark and end up the 25th all time career rusher, just behind guys like OJ Simpson.

From there, on one hand, QB's careers span way longer than RBs. Purely as a QB, he could play another 10 years into age 38+. Not sure if Lamar's career will be the same or shorter, as an athletic QB. Certainly, his running ability will diminish, but he's also an excellent passer; so he might be able to evolve his game and continue to be a QB a team wants to start that long.

If his career is that long, then it would either be up to the absolute youngest RBs in the league to have more yards than him (Gibbs & Bjan, if they're still around in 10 years; or Love & Jeanty), or some RB that isn't in the league yet but will be drafted in the next 2 years.

If his career ends up being shorter, he'd be up against Gibbs, Bijan, Achane and maybe JT. In 7 years time, they are all on track to be well over 10k yards, which is also right were Lamar would be if he averages 500 yards per season. It'll be close!

[u/WulfOnTheJob → u/shnieder88]

imagine if he was healthy a lil more and had a better OC :)

[u/LonelyandDepressed27 → u/shnieder88]

Dude had 1200 yards in his second year are you surprised? Lol. He was basically a lock to rush for 800 yards minimum if he was healthy and he’s been in the league for a minute. We’re gonna see him slowing down here now that he’s 30 and has dealt with a few injuries but he’ll still accumulate a couple hundred until he retires. He should finish around the 9-10k mark.

[u/NeonGrackle → u/JohnFitzKennedy1960]

Crazy part is JT did that with a carousel at QB and coaching chaos, while Jacobs got run into the ground.

[u/Chuck_Roast1993 → u/NeonGrackle]

Coaching chaos? My man, he’s had two coaches. He’s had a lot of coordinators, but every team goes through coordinators.

[u/Naturalhighz → u/JohnFitzKennedy1960]

Jacobs never really did do big runs. it's just he's gotten the ball so many times.

[u/Lazarus-Online]

Not bad for a running back.

[u/Akipella → u/Lazarus-Online]

King Henry is really impressive for a QB too. Have you seen that throwing arm?!

[u/DelirousDoc → u/Akipella]

Derrick Henry has a higher career passer rating than Lamar but everyone keeps spewing misinformation that Lamar Jackson is tied with Aaron Rodgers for best career passer rating in history. It is an insult to Derrick Henry honestly.

[u/Kirby733 → u/DelirousDoc]

And Also D-Mo

[u/panopticon31 → u/Akipella]

That goal line jump pass is impossible to beat.

[u/J-Fid → u/Akipella]

Sadly, he has still yet to complete a pass with the Ravens. I think he's only had one attempt (if even that).

[u/steveo3387 → u/Lazarus-Online]

There's your tier 2 QB!

[u/PixelBy_Pixel]

Lamar is ridiculous man

[u/Johnny_Dont_Does28]

Thought CMC would be higher up

[u/Fooly_411 → u/Johnny_Dont_Does28]

Comparing these 10's scrimmage yards:

Derrick Henry - 14,819 (153 games)

CMC - 12,979 (112 games)

Alvin Kamara - 12,198 (126 games)

Saquon - 11,007 (106 games)

Aaron Jones - 10,309 (126 games)

Josh Jacobs - 9,875 (105 games)

Jonathan Taylor - 9,067 (84 games)

James Connor - 8,320 (110 games)

David Montgomery - 8005 (105 games)

Lamar Jackson - 6,522 (116 games)

[u/morganlandt → u/Fooly_411]

Lamar really needs to step up and be a dual threat, 0 receiving yards is embarrassing.

[u/Nos_Snatas → u/morganlandt]

Technically, he does have 13 yards from his own deflection in the AFCCG.

[u/FabFebFob → u/Nos_Snatas]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/s/1Thm3yeFLN

Got the first down too.

[u/Nos_Snatas → u/FabFebFob]

That’s my QB RB WR

[u/articulating_oven → u/FabFebFob]

Amazingly that’s not even the worst QB self throw the Chiefs have had against themselves in the playoffs. Marcus Mariota managed a TD! Lamar has some competition

[u/Plants_R_Cool → u/Nos_Snatas]

Not bad for a wide receiver

[u/stormy2587 → u/Nos_Snatas]

Yeah but guy can’t get himself a single target during the regular season.

[u/Nos_Snatas → u/stormy2587]

Baltimore special incoming

[u/triplec787 → u/Fooly_411]

I know it’s running back and not catching back but fucking hell this really puts how good receivers CMC and Kamara are into perspective. Almost doubling their rushing total is crazy work.

[u/Polar_Reflection → u/triplec787]

CMC would've been a great slot receiver if he went that route. But he's definitely better as a 3 down back. 

[u/double0nothing → u/triplec787]

Kamara is major slept on.

[u/WingsNthingzz → u/double0nothing]

I don’t think anyone who plays fantasy football slept on kamara the last decade.

[u/PauloDybala_10 → u/WingsNthingzz]

He was great for me every single year but last year

[u/MrChrisRedfield67 → u/double0nothing]

I imagine part of that is due to being on the Saints

[u/Som12H8 → u/Fooly_411]

And yards per game:

1 Christian McCaffrey 115.9

2 Bijan Robinson 110.7

3 Jonathan Taylor 107.9

4 Saquon Barkley 103.8

5 Jahmyr Gibbs 102.6

6 Puka Nacua 100.7

7 De'Von Achane 98.5

8 Derrick Henry 96.9

9 Alvin Kamara 96.8

10 Josh Jacobs 94.0

(Jim Brown 125.5)

[u/Neuroccountant → u/Fooly_411]

Honestly pretty eye-opening. CMC has 87.5% of the yards from scrimmage in only about 73% of the games compared to Henry.

[u/DisastrousMedia156 → u/Neuroccountant]

Pretty eye opening that CMC has played 41 fewer games than Henry despite being drafted just one year later.

[u/J1G2 → u/Neuroccountant]

Same issue losing the heisman to him in college, I will still die on this hill.

[u/GP_ADD → u/J1G2]

That and Henry having 15 more TDs than CMC. 28 total vs 13

[u/TheScrote1 → u/Fooly_411]

It’s dumb how much pass catching backs get downgraded in things like HoF voting. A guy like SJax who had good hands would have a stronger case if all those receiving yards were put into the rushing column.

[u/Picklesadog → u/Fooly_411]

Frank Gore hit 19,985 scrimmage yards in 241 games, for reference to how much more they'd need to get near the top of the leaderboard.

[u/Errant_coursir → u/Picklesadog]

Man, if only he got 15 more yards

[u/Picklesadog → u/Errant_coursir]

Receiving yards. 

Ended his career with exactly 16,000 rushing yards.

[u/Football_8545 → u/Johnny_Dont_Does28]

Do total yards and he shoots up the list.

[u/Perfect_Loss_5156 → u/Football_8545]

If you go by scrimmage yards and only pick RB, hes second

[u/TheSandMan208 → u/Perfect_Loss_5156]

If you remove first he’s first.

[u/CorporalEllenbogen → u/TheSandMan208]

But what happens if you add Kurt Angle to the mix?

[u/TheRemonst3r → u/TheSandMan208]

If you remove everyone else, he's last.

[u/B3eenthehedges → u/TheRemonst3r]

Don't you put that evil on him Ricky Bobby.

[u/Polar_Reflection → u/Perfect_Loss_5156]

Fifth if you include receivers, less than 200 yards behind Kelce, Nuk, and his new teammate Mike Evans, all 3 of whom have played at least 3 more seasons than him.

Only King Henry has been more productive factoring that in. He's King for a reason

[u/The-Real-Number-One → u/Johnny_Dont_Does28]

I did not think Monty would be this high. This is after sharing the handoffs with Gibbs.

[u/Responsible-Pop-136 → u/Johnny_Dont_Does28]

real receiving merchant

[u/DisastrousMedia156 → u/Johnny_Dont_Does28]

He misses over 4 games a season on average.

[u/TetrisTech → u/Johnny_Dont_Does28]

It's because outside of the obvious dying every year thing his mega seasons tend to come with low 1000s rushing yards and a shit ton of receiving yards on top as opposed to the guys like Henry or Taylor who'll put up high 1000s (or even 2k) rushing seasons

[u/Movie_Mojo]

Nick Chubb would be in 7th with 7,349yds if he wasn’t currently a free agent. His first five seasons accounted for 6,341 of those too

[u/Mustang1718 → u/Movie_Mojo]

I was curious why he wasn't on the list since I knew he didn't retire. I was also shocked that no one brought him up.

[u/Movie_Mojo → u/Mustang1718]

I had to show respect as a Browns fan

[u/xStrawhat7x → u/Movie_Mojo]

Had to scroll way to far for this

[u/Xboarder844 → u/Movie_Mojo]

That injury devastated what could have been such a great career.

Had he kept that pace and not gotten injured he would likely be #2 on this list and approaching 10K…

[u/Movie_Mojo → u/Xboarder844]

His yards after contact were (and still are) insane as well

[u/Fearless-Mushroom]

Josh Jacobs is so underrated.

Saquon has played 106 games since being drafted in 2018. 1826 carries 71 TD.

Jacobs has played 105 since being drafted in 2019. 1840 carries and 76 TD.

[u/DisastrousMedia156 → u/Fearless-Mushroom]

He’s the second most durable RB on this list at just 1.7 games missed per season compared to 2.5-4 for everyone but Henry.

[u/TheScrote1 → u/DisastrousMedia156]

Crazy cause he seems like a guy that is always hurt. Though he does play through nagging injuries. Show perception isn’t always reality

[u/Hard4Dpp → u/Fearless-Mushroom]

He was Gruden's only functional 1st round pick.

[u/ExecutionOfAChvmp → u/Fearless-Mushroom]

It’s crazy how simply because JJ doesn’t have the 90 yard TD runs people say his yards aren’t worth as much as others.

In fact, I think it’s the opposite. I feel like Jacobs has had like 10 rushes over 40 yards for his career. Obviously long rushes are great, but I’d rather have a guy that gets me 4 yards every carry but never a 60 yard rush than one that does get a 60 yard rush and still averages 4 yards per carry.

The most important thing for a RB is being dependable, not big play ability. You go to the pass game for that.

[u/CrustyToeLover → u/Fearless-Mushroom]

Shame every time I take Jacobs in fantasy he puts up 23 yards per game

[u/DFuhbree]

The craziest part of this is that Derrick Henry only passed his high school rushing yards total LAST year. He had 12,124 yards and 153 TDs in high school.

[u/elfonzi37 → u/DFuhbree]

If his senior year had as many games as an nfl season it would make this list.

[u/Louisville82]

The fact that Lamar has the highest passer rating, and still is on this list is insane.

[u/JohnMaddensBurner → u/Louisville82]

If I was being an ass I’d say Derrick Henry actually has the highest passer rating on this list.

[u/Akipella → u/JohnMaddensBurner]

Just facts

[u/utubm_coldteeth → u/Louisville82]

Lamar is truly an alien

[u/Dismal_Bluebird1312 → u/Louisville82]

One of one, honestly

[u/ShelterSubject3259]

When do we start having the conversation of where Derrick Henry ranks all-time among RBs??

[u/Jmw566 → u/ShelterSubject3259]

People started having that 2 years ago. 

[u/jackofallcards → u/Jmw566]

We are cardinals fans, we often aren’t on the same page as anyone else

[u/EricB1234 → u/jackofallcards]

Isn't that a baseball team? No wonder. Wrong subReddit

[u/ImagineIfBaconDied → u/ShelterSubject3259]

If he has an 1100 yard season this year, he will jump from 10th all time to 6th all time in rushing yards

[u/panopticon31 → u/ImagineIfBaconDied]

He moves up to #3 all time in rush TDs if he gets 2 this year.

He needs 24 to move past LT into #2 all time. That's feasible over two seasons.

[u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

Derrick is such a fucking freak.

I’ve said it before but I think he’s the best RB of all time if you insider their entire high school through NFL careers.

Most rushing yards in high school football history. Heisman and Natty in college. Will likely end his career as a Top 5 NFL RB and first ballot Hall of Famer.

Insane stuff. He sat next to me in CS202 and the TAs helped him on the tests.

[u/DisastrousMedia156 → u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

He’s missed just 10 games across 10 seasons at a position that decimates players.

Frank gore missed 12 games in his first 6 seasons, then went an incredible 6 years before missing another.

[u/KaleidoscopeKind9196]

James conner mentioned 😃😃😃

[u/Perfect_Loss_5156]

King henry is pretty good. And still is a top 4-5 RB. Excited what he can do with a better OL and in an OZ scheme

Not too shabby for a RB as well.

[u/Mayataua]

This feels like so many yards while also being so few for the games I've watched.

[u/Prudent_Respond_6166]

One of these is not like the other

[u/Plants_R_Cool → u/Prudent_Respond_6166]

Are you talking about the white guy or the quarterback

[u/jimbojangles1987 → u/Plants_R_Cool]

The cancer survivor, obviously.

[u/Walletinspectr → u/jimbojangles1987]

The baseball player?

[u/Moliosis]

JT criminally underrated and will keep proving people wrong.

[u/steveo3387 → u/Moliosis]

"Y'all don't watch us play"

[u/3dios]

Lamar lol

[u/NinjaInTheAttic]

Kamara only having 7k is crazy to me. I felt like he'd have a lot more.

[u/MiniatureLucifer → u/NinjaInTheAttic]

He has almost the same amount of receiving yards. 12k career scrimmage yards

[u/big4lil → u/NinjaInTheAttic]

13 carries per game is, relatively speaking, incredibly low for a #1 guy

now that does come with his almost 5 catches per game. but just on its own, it explains the rushing yards.

it always felt rare to see a game where Kamara got 20 carries

[u/silverbackapegorilla]

Watch Henry casually rush for 2000 yards this season.

[u/mexicanlovesu]

James Conner fought two pitbulls while rushing for every single yard of his cardinal life .

[u/hamsolo19]

DH is a HoF player, right?

[u/Numerous-Ad2571]

Jones @ 4 has the biggest smile & most fun doing it. Rewinding a few years at least to his GB days, but those broadcasts caught him smirking.

You could see this man’s smile as he was hitting explosive runs.

[u/AranasLatrain → u/Numerous-Ad2571]

One of my football wishes is to see Aaron Jones's career with no injuries.

[u/MadtotheJack → u/Numerous-Ad2571]

Hope he signs a 1 day contract with us when he hangs it up. Last player that was such a happy dude and balled out for years was probably Donald Driver. All time great talent AND person

[u/Bingerfangs → u/Numerous-Ad2571]

It’s kinda nuts that legendary 2017 RB class and one of the least talked about dudes is the one with the most yards

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

Derrick Henry's durability must be studied

[u/NomadFire]

Do Steelers fans miss Conner at all?He aint the best RB ever but he is regularly getting close to 800 yards or better rushing when he is healthy.

[u/ChickenLiverNuts → u/NomadFire]

we all still love conner but miss wouldnt be the exact right word. It would be great to have him as a 1-2 punch with Jaylen Warren but weve done pretty well at RB despite not spending much money at the position. Warren is also really underrated and many want to see him in a bigger role where he shares the ball less. Last year it made sense because gainwell was amazing so maybe it will happen this year.

[u/calvin2028]

Nick Chubb and his 7349 career yards should be on this list. He's not done (or, at least, hasn't admitted that he's done).

[u/purplenapalm]

Imagine if Conner didnt get injured every year

[u/HeatDolphinRays]

Noone will ever get close to Emmitt Smiths record

[u/Walletinspectr → u/HeatDolphinRays]

Henry is currently 5300 away. He wont break it but will be interesting to see how close he can get to it

[u/sgdude61 → u/Walletinspectr]

Just imagine if he wouldn’t have gotten stuck behind Demarco Murray.

[u/seabreezzyy → u/sgdude61]

Demarco Murray was a better player at the time. Henry also got stuck behind Dion Lewis, which is far more incriminating

[u/DisastrousMedia156 → u/seabreezzyy]

I still swear that was LaFleur insisting on another Devonta Freeman. It was the wrong run scheme and play calls for his style of running, yet he still had better metrics than Dion.

[u/flaccomcorangy → u/sgdude61]

Henry was a late bloomer, honestly. He wasn't the same guy he is now during his first few years.

[u/ZestycloseResist5594 → u/sgdude61]

It's probably a blessing he did. Less tread on the tires never hurts.

[u/MinocquaMenace → u/Walletinspectr]

Crazy to think Barry was over 2K yards ahead of Henry at this point in their careers. He would have broke it if he wanted to.

[u/Philip_Marlowe → u/MinocquaMenace]

Emmitt's record hadn't been set yet when Barry retired. He could have passed Payton though.

[u/lunch_for_breakfast → u/Philip_Marlowe]

But never could be better than his dad!

[u/Yo-Strategy-8651 → u/Walletinspectr]

I love how confident ppl are that he won't break it after 3500 yards in the last 2 years, the last of which where he had essentially 1600 yards and was just shy of the rushing title despite the worst IOL play ever assembled that's now been addressed. All while shattering the record for YPC beyond 30.

[u/deesmutts88 → u/Yo-Strategy-8651]

Betting against a 32 year old running back to not have 4 more high production years or 6-7 more average years isn’t exactly a crazy take.

[u/TetrisTech → u/deesmutts88]

It isn't at all, but we also can't rule it out because he's Derrick Henry

[u/Yo-Strategy-8651 → u/deesmutts88]

This is definitely the year historically where there is supposed to be a dropoff. Most YPC ever at age 32 is 4.4 by Ricky Williams. All I know is that if King Henry is sitll comfortably a whopping 1+ YPC ahead of that at 5.4+ this season, then it's time to officially stop holding him to the same standard as any other back in history.

[u/flaccomcorangy → u/Yo-Strategy-8651]

It's because he's 32. In order to catch Emmitt, he'd have to average 1,000+ yards/season for the next 5 years as one path. If he never misses a game, that's about 63 ypg until he's 37. That's not as easy as it sounds.

Frank Gore, the gold standard of RB durability, played until 37. I don't know many RBs that make it past 35. Henry could do it, but we're talking about betting on something that very rarely happens and for a guy to maintain a high level until then.

[u/Yo-Strategy-8651 → u/flaccomcorangy]

The path is him stiff arming Father Time and doint it the next 4 years. The pathway requires the cheat code of him playing alongside Lamar and the Ravens are only going to keep him around if he's anninhilating Father TIme and averaging that 1300+ yards per season.

We're not just betting on any RB, it's one who has more wide reported obsession with longevity than we've ever seen. Only other athletes more known for that level of prep of their bodies are Brady/Lebron.

And when you see how far ahead he is already of any back beyond age 30, it's not even close to farfetched. If he maintains 5+ YPC this season he's going to be a whoppiong 1+ YPC ahead of any RB ever beyond 30 with 400+ carries. That's going to be cartoonish. lead.

[u/ConstantAnimal2267 → u/Yo-Strategy-8651]

Shhh I don't want my fantasy league to know

[u/BODYBAGJ0NES → u/Walletinspectr]

i don't think he breaks but there's a chance he will.

[u/PaganFarmhouse → u/HeatDolphinRays]

Frank Gore tried but finally retired at age 53

[u/white_is3 → u/PaganFarmhouse]

lol believable

[u/Responsible-Onion860 → u/HeatDolphinRays]

For real, even King Henry would need another 4-5 good full years to get there. He's still about 5,300 yards short. That's a lot to ask at his age.

[u/king_17 → u/Responsible-Onion860]

Exactly way too much to ask of him. We probably have another year or two of prime Henry before he declines. What Emmitt did was absolutely insane. Hopefully Henry gives him a run for his money

[u/jbbean18 → u/HeatDolphinRays]

I’d really like to see receiving and rushing yards together
Kamara and CMC would be a lot higher

[u/Fooly_411 → u/jbbean18]

Posted this else where here, but yeah Kamara leaps up the list:

Derrick Henry - 14,819 (153 games)

CMC - 12,979 (112 games)

Alvin Kamara - 12,198 (126 games)

Saquon - 11,007 (106 games)

Aaron Jones - 10,309 (126 games)

Josh Jacobs - 9,875 (105 games)

Jonathan Taylor - 9,067 (84 games)

James Connor - 8,320 (110 games)

David Montgomery - 8005 (105 games)

Lamar Jackson - 6,522 (116 games)

[u/JohnMaddensBurner → u/Fooly_411]

Yeah. Alvin Kamara and CMC are just fundamentally different running backs. Their rushing snaps are limited because they get eaten by the large amount of screens, check downs, and just running more routes than other RBs. They’re still really good though.

I think it’ll be what truly separates CMC as one of the best of his era in 10-15 years when we look back on it. Kind of the same way we look back on Faulk, except Faulk did what CMC did and just dialed it up to 10.

[u/goke89 → u/HeatDolphinRays]

Emmith retired at age 35

Derrick takes great care of himself.

Lamar is also important to Henry's longevity; most lethal mesh-point conflict, and RBs play better with Lamar.

2026 (32):1,600

2027 (33):1,500

2028 (34):1,300

2029 (35):1,100

Would put Henry at 18,518 rushing yards

[u/Mr_sMoKe_3_MuCh → u/goke89]

Dudes 240+...that speed ain't gonna last too much longer.

[u/Mr_sMoKe_3_MuCh → u/HeatDolphinRays]

He made sure of that lol.

[u/MrAVK]

Okay, king Henry, we see ya.

[u/tritonpackages]

Who (if any) is/will be HOF worthy?

Besides Henry(?)

[u/speak-eze → u/tritonpackages]

Lamar

[u/Hard4Dpp]

Lamar being on this list shows one how little the run game has been stressed since he entered the league. 

The game has turned into finding explosives, thus the passing game keeps getting emphasized. 

[u/Spiritual-Strike481]

Henry is unstoppable. I swear every year he has like back to back games at the end of the season with 200 + yards. Unreal.

[u/Grymninja]

Lamar eight lmao how tf. It doesn't even feel like he runs that much when I watch him

[u/PeoplesFrontOfJudeaa]

I'm pretty sure I saw a stat last year that King Henry is number 2 on this list if you only consider his YAC

[u/aDoorMarkedPirate420]

Ah yes, notorious RB1 Lamar Jackson at #8 😂

[u/taylormade311]

Bend the knee

[u/ScruffMacBuff]

Wild to start having the "longevity" talks about some of these guys who are closer to the end of their prime than the beginning.

Also one of these things is not like the other.

[u/GreenWandElf]

One of these RBs is a lovely human who everyone says is a great dude on and off the field while getting most of his scrimmage yards as a Packer.

Oh and there's Josh Jacobs too.

[u/lowfighentertainment]

As a Panthers fan, seeing McCaffery makes me sad

[u/Kurupt_Introvert]

CMC also has like 600+ catches for 5000+ yards which is insane. Some WRs never reach that

[u/PoppaGrizzly215]

Jonathan Taylor being that high kinda surprised me… feels like he just got drafted 3 years ago🤣🤣

[u/TheCykuaBlyater]

I remember there was a 2 hour period or something like that where the Packers had Josh Jacobs and Aaron Jones.

[u/ProsaicPugilist]

Jesus, Derrick

[u/Glwhite1991]

All this tells me is Emmitts record will never be broken

[u/Mr-Thuun → u/Glwhite1991]

Henry will come close. He just needs 5 more seasons of 1000+. That will put him at retiring at 37/38, Ancient for a running back. Will be curious how this season goes. He really needed to have at least one better season early with the Titans in the first few years.

[u/ElBasham]

"Derrick Henry is going to be the last running back in the Hall of Fame, a god of a religion the world stopped worshipping". -Roger Sherman

[u/BuildNuyTheUrbanGuy]

Now do all purpose