All-time NFL running backs bracket
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O. J. Simpson1969–1979
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Emmitt Smith1990–2004
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Earl Campbell
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Eric Dickerson1983–1993
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Jim Brown1957–1965
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Terrell Davis1995–2001
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LaDainian Tomlinson2001–2011
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Thurman Thomas1988–2000
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Marshall Faulk1994–2006
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Marcus Allen1982–1997
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Gale Sayers1965–1971
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Jim Thorpe
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John Mackey
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Franco Harris1972–1984
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John Riggins
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Roger Craig1983–1993
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Adrian Peterson2007–2021
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Edgerrin James1999–2009
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Larry Csonka
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Jerome Bettis1993–2005
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Shaun Alexander2000–2008
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Floyd Little1967–1975
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Tony Dorsett
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Curtis Martin1995–2005
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Frank Gifford
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Jamal Lewis2000–2009
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Marshawn Lynch2007–2020
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Leroy Kelly
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Derrick Henry2016–2026
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Saquon Barkley2018–2026
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LeSean McCoy2009–2020
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Christian McCaffrey2017–2026
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Frank Gore2005–2020
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Todd Gurley2015–2020
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Chris Johnson2008–2017
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DeMarco Murray2011–2017
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Darren Sproles
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Larry Brown
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Herschel Walker1986–1997
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Priest Holmes1997–2007
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Josh Jacobs2019–2025
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Lorenzo Neal
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Ezekiel Elliott2016–2024
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Mark Ingram2011–2022
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James Conner2017–2025
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Le'Veon Bell2013–2021
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Maurice Jones-Drew2006–2014
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Eddie George1996–2004
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Ricky Williams1999–2011
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Leon Washington2006–2014
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Nick Chubb2018–2025
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Arian Foster2009–2016
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Jay Ajayi2015–2019
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Alvin Kamara2017–2026
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Tiki Barber1997–2006
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Tony Pollard2019–2026
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Aaron Jones2017–2026
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Jamaal Charles2008–2018
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Delvin Williams
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Thomas Jones2000–2011
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Larry Johnson
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Clinton Portis2002–2010
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Ahman Green1998–2009
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Joe Mixon2017–2024
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D'Andre Swift2020–2026
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Joseph Addai2006–2011
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Dalvin Cook2017–2024
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Mike Adamle
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Bo Jackson1987–1990
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Chuck Muncie
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Steven Jackson2004–2015
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Michael Turner
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Matt Forté2008–2017
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Marion Barber III2005–2011
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CW
Charles White1980–1988
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Calvin Hill1969–1981
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Kareem Hunt2017–2025
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Fred Taylor1998–2010
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Doug Martin2012–2018
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Ronnie Brown2005–2014
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Willis McGahee
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Warrick Dunn1997–2008
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RJ
Rudi Johnson
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CD
Corey Dillon1997–2006–
Brian Westbrook2002–2010
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Devonta Freeman2014–
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David Johnson2015–
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C. J. Spiller2010–2017
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Rashard Mendenhall
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Eric Metcalf1989–2002
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Ahmad Rashad
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Mercury Morris
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CW
Curt Warner
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Wendell Tyler
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George Rogers
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Deuce McAllister2001–2008
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Ottis Anderson
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Earnest Byner
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Gerald Riggs
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Mike Rozier
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A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.
The greatest running backs in NFL history, by their honours.
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