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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
players with a career total of over 15,000 all-purpose yards.
[All-purpose yards are those gained by an ]offensive
Offensive may refer to:
* Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party Socialist Alternative
* Offensive (military), an attack
* Offensive language
** Fighting words or insulting language, words that by their very utterance inflict inj ...
player from scrimmage, viz., those gained by a player's rushing or receiving a pass
Pass, PASS, The Pass or Passed may refer to:
Places
*Pass, County Meath, a townland in Ireland
* Pass, Poland, a village in Poland
*Pass, an alternate term for a number of straits: see List of straits
*Mountain pass, a lower place in a mountai ...
; a defensive
Defense or defence may refer to:
Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups
* Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare
* Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks
* Defense indust ...
player by return of interception
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team b ...
or fumble
A fumble in gridiron football occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled), scoring, or going out of bounds. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking, punting, or successful ...
; or by any player by return of punt, kickoff
Kickoff or kick-off may refer to
* Kick-off (association football)
* Kickoff (gridiron football)
* ''Kick Off'' (series), a series of computer association football games
* ''Kick Off'' (album), a 1985 album by Onyanko Club
* ''Kick Off'' (magaz ...
, or recovered fumble.
Players listed in bold currently active.
See also
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List of National Football League records (individual)
Here is a list of the records in the National Football League set by individual players.
Service
* Most seasons: 26, George Blanda, 1949–1958, 1960–1975
* Most seasons, one team: 21, Jason Hanson (Detroit Lions), 1992–2012
* Most games p ...
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List of National Football League rushing yards leaders
This is a list of National Football League running backs by total career rushing yards, and includes the 31 running backs who have rushed for at least 10,000 yards, for which sixteen of them have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ...
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List of National Football League receiving yards leaders
Jerry Rice is the NFL's all-time leader in receiving yards, with 22,895. He is the only player to surpass 18,000 yards. Here are the 50 players with the most receiving yards:
Regular season career receiving yards leaders
''Through the season. ...
References
External links
Enumeration of career all-purpose yardage leaders from the Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame">Enumeration of career all-purpose yardage leaders from the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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All-purpose yards leaders
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