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Can you name the all-time rushing leaders in the NFL:with last names starting A-Z?

Enter a player (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named players will show up in the table below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
This game was contributed by Sporcle user: Ben
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Note: There has never been an NFL player whose last name began with X.

You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.

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Letter	Player	Yards Rushed
A		12,243
B		13,662
C		9,407
D		13,259
E		3,826
F		12,279
G		10,441
H		12,120
I		2,933
J*		12,157
K		7,274
L*		10,202
M		14,101

Letter	Player	Yards Rushed
N		5,401
O		4,897
P		16,726
Q		1,514
R		11,352
S		18,355
T		12,074
U		1,777
V		6,651
W		10,643
Y		4,239
Z		2,137

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There are 33 comments for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)

	ArtVandaley:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:07 GMT	3 points
	I love seeing Houston Oilers on lists! Luv Ya Blue!

	Mr_Negative:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:19 GMT	4 points
	S is a good letter. It also has Sanders and Simpson. For those wondering, Tomlinson is only 240 behind with Fred Taylor just 400 behind him.

	nyjet624:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:25 GMT	12 points
	Steve Young is Y, nice.

	uconngary7:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:26 GMT	1 point
	Cranston, RI in the house!

	Morbo:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:37 GMT	3 points
	Argh! I thought of van Eeghan and spelled it wrong! Curses!

	btroup1:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:40 GMT	4 points
	Who knew golf announcers were proficient running backs as well (N)?

	shawnoc:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:50 GMT	3 points
	I was going to ask them to rerun this quiz in 2-4 games so that the T would be updated. Steve Young as the Y leader? Interesting.

	ElDavo:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 22:50 GMT	2 points
	This is a great quiz. I like pretty much all of the best alphabetically ones.

	WadeGarrett:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 23:05 GMT	6 points
	Yes, there are many great backs beginning with "S" ... Smith, Sanders, Simpson, Sayers, Sims, etc.

	terpfan417:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 23:15 GMT	4 points
	Man I forgot Franco Harris in every rushing related quiz. Also, I KNEW there was going to be a QB on this list, I thought maybe Vick... Should have guessed Young for Y.

	Mr_Negative:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 23:23 GMT	3 points
	@Terpfan417 Vick has only 3,866 rush yards. He probably won't break that total unless he ever stars again, which I doubt will happen. PS-Go Terps!

	dsebo:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 23:46 GMT	2 points
	Great Idea for a quiz! I didn't very much, but it was fun. You should do this for each sport... homerun leaders.... PPG, etc....good idea tho

	YankeesJets2310:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 23:49 GMT	8 points
	Curtis Martin, one of the most underrated backs of all time.

	BuggritHall:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 23:56 GMT	5 points
	A-Z of Russian leaders? Well theres Andropov,Brezhnev,Gorbachev,Stalin........ha!

	stormriderWI:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 01:07 GMT	2 points
	lol 2 80's Packer RBs!

	malkinstein71:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 01:21 GMT	1 point
	many true steeler fans, myself included, just smacked themselves for not remembering Z

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	juviejay:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 01:55 GMT	1 point
	I can't believe Eddie Lee Ivory is on the list. Seems like he was hurt all of the time. Imagine how good he could have been without two knee injuries.

	Iverson41286:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 02:00 GMT	3 points
	@markossip. WTF? Steve Young isn't dead you moron. You got him mixed up with McNair. Totally different guy. I bet you bombed this quiz.

	robschulz:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 02:41 GMT	1 point
	Haha, yeah, what in the world are you talking about? Steve Young isn't dead. He's on ESPN ALL the time, haha. Cripes. --How is Skeet Quinlan NOT the most obscure? That name sounds made up. Stephen Sides; who is "Sims?"

	jdagger:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 03:24 GMT	2 points
	its actually skeets quinlan, but I'll let it slide this time, Ben. skeets, as in more than one skeet. giggity

	ithkrall:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 16:56 GMT	1 point
	Steve young is alive and well markossip, Steve Mcnair has recently passed away. I think you are confused?

	match:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 18:22 GMT	1 point
	Man I missed some obvious ones - and I thought I was a football fan!

	RichieW13:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT	2 points
	At the rate he's going, Tomlinson may never catch Thomas.

	alpha:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 20:45 GMT	1 point
	I'm not sure what the right answer for U is, but Uram isn't it. Unitas has more rushing yards.

	SowCrates:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 23:05 GMT	1 point
	Clinton Portis and Adrian Peterson are SOL. Steven Jackson and Frank Gore have a long way to go. LT should be next, but as somebody said, he'll never make it at this pace. Whichever letter you count Maurice Jones-Drew, he's got his work cut out for him.

	SowCrates:	Oct 9th, 2009 at 23:06 GMT	1 point
	BTW, this definitely deserves sequels for any position in any sport. Of course, I'd prefer you stuck with football...

	rrindigo:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 05:46 GMT	1 point
	John Unitas rushed for 1170 yards in 318 attempts; he's the "U".

	kingstony:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 09:10 GMT	0 points
	Got 1 - Smith

	DRWings:	Oct 10th, 2009 at 22:47 GMT	1 point
	It's sad that arguably the best RB ever toplay the game is not on the list because he only played 9 years. Over 100 ypg average for his career and 5.4 ypc career average. I just don't see those records being broken anytime soon.

	ironsij0287:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 02:24 GMT	2 points
	I knew Amos Zereoue but couldn't for the life of me remember how to spell it!

	Journey2688:	Oct 14th, 2009 at 02:14 GMT	1 point
	i thought michael vick would for sure be V.

	Hooby:	Oct 22nd, 2009 at 17:50 GMT	1 point
	wait wait why did johnny u come up when i typed in and...