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The 'Top-50 all-time NFL rushers' quiz
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The 'Top-50 all-time NFL rushers' quiz

In a battle of backup quarterbacks between the Baltimore Ravens and Green Bay Packers, it was unsurprisingly running back Derrick Henry who took over in the Ravens' 41-24 win in Week 17. Henry ran for a season-high 216 yards and scored four touchdowns (with three coming in the first half) to set up a winner-take-all game against Pittsburgh for the final spot in the AFC playoffs next week. 

Not only was the game easily his most productive of the season, it was also historic. In the effort, he passed Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett to move into the NFL’s top 10 in all-time rushing yards. He also passed Adrian Peterson and O.J. Simpson for the most 200-rushing-yard games in his career with his seventh on Saturday night. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. When the nearly 32-year-old running back eventually retires, he’ll be remembered as one of the best ball-carriers in NFL history. With that being said, how many of the top-50 running backs in NFL history by rushing yards can you name in seven minutes?

Good luck!

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18,355 / ARZ, DAL / 1990-2004
Emmitt Smith
16,726 / CHI / 1975-87
Walter Payton
16,000 / SF, IND, MIA, BUF, NYJ / 2005-20
Frank Gore
15,269 / DET / 1989-98
Barry Sanders
14,918 / MIN, NO, ARZ, WAS, DERT, TEN, SEA / 2007-21
Adrian Peterson
14,101 / NE, NYJ / 1995-2005
Curtis Martin
13,684 / SD, NYJ / 2001-11
LaDainian Tomlinson
13,662 / LAR, PIT / 1993-2005
Jerome Bettis
13,259 / LAR, IND, RAI, ATL / 1983-93
Eric Dickerson
12,892 / TEN, BAL / 2016-25
Derrick Henry
12,739 / DAL, DEN / 1977-88
Tony Dorsett
12,312 / CLE / 1957-65
Jim Brown
12,279 / IND, STL / 1994-05
Marshall Faulk
12,246 / IND, ARZ / 1999-2009
Edgerrin James
12,243 / RAI, KC / 1982-97
Marcus Allen
12,120 / 1972-84
Franco Harris
12,074 / PIT, SEA / 1988-2000
Thurman Thomas
11,695 / JAX, NE / 1998-2010
Fred Taylor
11,438 / STL, ATL, NE / 2004-15
Steven Jackson
11,352 / NYJ, WAS / 1971-85
John Riggins
11,241 / CIN, NE / 1997-2006
Corey Dillon
11,236 / BUF / 1969-79
O.J. Simpson
11,102 / PHI, BUF, KC, TB / 2009-20
LeSean McCoy
10,967 / TB, ATL / 1997-2008
Warrick Dunn
10,643 / SF, PHI, SEA / 1992-2001
Ricky Watters
10,607 / BAL, CLE / 2000-09
Jamal Lewis
10,591 / ARZ, TB, CHI, NYJ, KC / 2000-11
Thomas Jones
10,449 / NYG / 1997-2006
Tiki Barber
10,441 / HOU, TEN, DAL / 1996-2004
Eddie George
10,413 / BUF, SEA, OAK / 2007-19
Marshawn Lynch
10,273 / STL, NYG / 1979-92
Ottis Anderson
10,009 / NO, MIA, BAL / 1999-2011
Ricky Williams
9,923 / DEN, WAS / 2002-10
Clinton Portis
9,796 / CHI, NYJ / 2008-17
Matt Forte
9,723 / SF, BAL / 1948-63
Joe Perry
9,651 / TEN, NYJ, ARZ / 2008-17
Chris Johnson
9,453 / SEA, WAS / 2000-08
Shaun Alexander
9,407 / HOU, NO / 1978-85
Earl Campbell
9,205 / SEA, GB, HOU / 1998-2009
Ahman Green
9,130 / DAL, NE / 2016-24
Ezekiel Elliott
8,614 / MIN, WAS, NE, NO, BAL / 1991-2001
Terry Allen
8,597 / 1958-67
Jim Taylor
8,474 / 2004-13
Willis McGahee
8,356 / NYG, PHI / 2018-25
Saquon Barkley
8,261 / GB, NO / 1984-97
Earnest Byner
8,225 / DAL, MIN, PHI, NYG / 1986-97
Herschel Walker
8,189 / SF, RAI, MIN / 1983-93
Roger Craig
8,188 / ATL, AS /1982-91
Gerald Riggs
8,172 / BAL, KC / 1997-2007
Priest Holmes
8,167 / JAX, OAK / 2006-14
Maurice Jones-Drew

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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