All time NFL rushing yardage leaders:
1. Emmitt Smith - 18,355
2. Walter Payton - 16,726
3. Barry Sanders - 15,269
4. Curtis Martin - 14,101
5. Frank Gore - 14,026
Gore says he wants to play next year, so he'll almost definitely pass up Curtis Martin. He'd need a big year to catch Barry Sanders, though - 1,243 yards. That would be the second most in his career -- Gore has rushed for between 960 and 1,211 yards every year for the last seven seasons.
NFL scrimmage yardage leaders:
1. Jerry Rice - 23,540
2. Emmitt Smith - 21,579
3. Walter Payton - 21,264
4. Marshall Faulk - 19,154
5. LaDainian Tomlinson - 18,456
6. Barry Sanders - 18,190
7. Frank Gore - 17,698
Gore needs 492 scrimmage yards next season to pass Sanders and 758 to pass Tomlinson. 1,456 would pass Faulk. He finished this season with 1,206.