All-Time Great Retired Running Backs

Running Backs Ranked in terms of RB Score per game and Career Rushing Yards

RB Score = All Yards – 3*All Plays – 30*Fumbles Lost

All Yards = Rushing Yards + Receiving Yards

All Plays = Rushing Attempts + Receptions

Data taken from Yahoo.com and Pro Football Reference.com

Average RB Score per Game = 26.5

Rank RB Score	Rank Rushing Yards	Running Back	Career Rushing Yards	RB Score Per Game
1	8	Jim Brown	12,312	53.8
2	3	Barry Sanders	15,269	47.8
3	9	Marshall Faulk	12,279	43.2
4	17	Tiki Barber	10,449	42.8
5	2	Walter Payton	16,726	38.4
6	15	O.J. Simpson	11,236	36.8
7	12	Thurman Thomas	12,074	34.6
8	16	Ricky Watters	10,643	33.9
9	6	Eric Dickerson	13,259	33.0
10	7	Tony Dorsett	12,739	32.0
11	4	Curtis Martin	14,101	29.4
12	10	Marcus Allen	12,243	27.8
13	14	Corey Dillon	11,238	26.7
14	1	Emmitt Smith	18,355	25.4
15	20	Earl Campbell	9,407	24.0
16	11	Franco Harris	12,120	22.5
17	19	Ottis Anderson	10,273	21.2
18	18	Eddie George	10,441	18.5
19	13	John Riggins	11,352	18.4
20	5	Jerome Bettis	13,653	17.5

Note: Fumbles Lost for players who played before 1994 were estimated according to the player’s per play rate after 1994

or according to the league average rate from 1994 to 2006