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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Emmitt after record 2002 Dallas Cowboys 5 105 419 3 4.0 6 9 1.5 0 17,162 Emmitt Smith 2003 Arizona Cardinals 4 59 193 1 3.3 4 25 6.3 0 17,355