Trivia Question At The Bar (NFL Top 5 All-Purpose Yards Leaders)

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

Sports Trivia night and me and the GF took 3rd place, I had 3 right out of 5 on this question.  So name the top 5 and I must say one of them surprised me.

[Hardcore troubadour 14,915]

Was Eric Metcalf one of them?

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

4 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Was Eric Metcalf one of them?

No but one that surprised me was that type.

[GutterBoy 2,898]

Gotta be Brian Mitchell near the top, dude played forever and was a return monster.  We actually had to change our FF rules to exclude return yards because he was too OP.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,307]

Marshal Faulk? Emit Smith?Barry Sanders?

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

6 minutes ago, GutterBoy said:

Gotta be Brian Mitchell near the top, dude played forever and was a return monster.  We actually had to change our FF rules to exclude return yards because he was too OP.

He was the one that surprised me and I didn't think of return yards. He is 2nd on the list.

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

1 minute ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

Marshal Faulk? Emit Smith?Barry Sanders?

Faulk was one of my answers and couldn't believe it was wrong. Smith is right and I got that one as well, 4th on the list.

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

Our team name was Obama's Kitchen Help, Made the guy doing it chuckle.

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

1. Jerry Rice

2. Brian Mitchell

3. Walter Payton

4. Emmitt Smith

5. Frank Gore

[Hardcore troubadour 14,915]

Reggie Bush? 

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

10 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Reggie Bush? 

Nope and Mitchell was the only return specialist on the list.

[Thornton Melon 603]

Jerry Rice

[Thornton Melon 603]

Sweetness

[thegeneral 2,889]

Frank Gore?

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

Yes to both, 1 Rice, 3 Payton.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

27 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

Reggie Bush? 

I looked at this recently with my brother. What is surprising is that darren sproles at #6 and 19,700 blows away reggie bush at #169 and 10,001 yards.

 

Wes Welker at #20 all time is another WTF.

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

Frank Gore?

 

1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

Frank Gore?

Yep 5

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

Good job guys!

[thegeneral 2,889]

Would not have gotten Mitchell or Jerry Rice.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

Just now, thegeneral said:

Would not have gotten Mitchell or Jerry Rice.

Rice is an easy guess. Who is top 5 in any non-rushing, non-passing, non defensive stat of all time.

Answer Jerry Rice.

 

 

 

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

1 minute ago, thegeneral said:

Would not have gotten Mitchell or Jerry Rice.

I missed Mitchell and Gore, Rice being a wr at 1 is why he is the GOAT.

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

2 minutes ago, MTSkiBum said:

Rice is an easy guess. Who is top 5 in any non-rushing, non-passing, non defensive stat of all time.

Answer Jerry Rice.

 

 

 

Yep  amazing.

[thegeneral 2,889]

1 minute ago, BeenHereBefore said:

I missed Mitchell and Gore, Rice being a wr at 1 is why he is the GOAT.

Yep. Would have argued with my team on that one unless someone was really sure

[edjr 6,578]

Joe Momma?

[Gepetto 1,287]

emmitt smith jerry rice walter payton ladanian tomlinson marshall faulk 

[Gepetto 1,287]

I don't count return yards. I guess I was thinking yards from scrimmage. Return yard pfft

[Gepetto 1,287]

NFL Yards from scrimmage leaders 

Rank	Player	YScm	Years	Tm
1	Jerry Rice+	23,540	1985-2004	3TM
2	Emmitt Smith+	21,579	1990-2004	2TM
3	Walter Payton+	21,264	1975-1987	chi
4	Frank Gore	19,985	2005-2020	5TM
5	Marshall Faulk+	19,154	1994-2005	2TM
6	LaDainian Tomlinson+	18,456	2001-2011	2TM
7	Barry Sanders+	18,190	1989-1998	det
8	Marcus Allen+	17,654	1982-1997	2TM
9	Larry Fitzgerald	17,560	2004-2020	crd
10	Curtis Martin+	17,430	1995-2005	2TM
11	Adrian Peterson	17,392	2007-2021	7TM
12	Thurman Thomas+	16,532	1988-2000	2TM
13	Tony Dorsett+	16,293	1977-1988	2TM
14	Terrell Owens+	16,185	1996-2010	5TM
15	Tiki Barber	15,632	1997-2006	nyg
16	Edgerrin James+	15,610	1999-2009	3TM
17	Randy Moss+	15,451	1998-2012	5TM
18	Eric Dickerson+	15,396	1983-1993	4TM
19	Isaac Bruce+	15,347	1994-2009	2TM
20	Warrick Dunn	15,306	1997-2008	2TM
Rank	Player	YScm	Years	Tm
21	Tony Gonzalez+	15,141	1997-2013	2TM
22	Tim Brown+	15,124	1988-2004	2TM
23	Steven Jackson	15,121	2004-2015	3TM
24	Steve Smith Sr.	15,118	2001-2016	2TM
25	Jerome Bettis+	15,111	1993-2005	2TM
26	LeSean McCoy	15,000	2009-2020	4TM
27	Ricky Watters	14,891	1992-2001	3TM
28	Jim Brown+	14,811	1957-1965	cle
29	Marvin Harrison+	14,608	1996-2008	clt
30	Matt Forte	14,468	2008-2017	2TM
31	Franco Harris+	14,407	1972-1984	2TM
32	Reggie Wayne	14,345	2001-2014	clt
33	James Lofton+	14,250	1978-1993	5TM
34	Andre Johnson	14,239	2003-2016	3TM
35	Fred Taylor	14,079	1998-2010	2TM
36	Anquan Boldin	14,008	2003-2016	4TM
37	Cris Carter+	13,940	1987-2002	3TM
38	Henry Ellard	13,827	1983-1998	3TM
39	Julio Jones	13,792	2011-2022	3TM
40	Andre Reed+	13,698	1985-2000	2TM
Rank	Player	YScm	Years	Tm
41	John Riggins+	13,442	1971-1985	2TM
42	Torry Holt	13,439	1999-2009	2TM
43	O.J. Simpson+	13,378	1969-1979	2TM
44	Ottis Anderson	13,335	1979-1992	2TM
45	Steve Largent+	13,172	1976-1989	sea
46	Corey Dillon	13,154	1997-2006	2TM
47	Roger Craig	13,100	1983-1993	3TM
48	Herschel Walker	13,084	1986-1997	4TM
49	Art Monk+	13,053	1980-1995	3TM
50	Jason Witten	13,046	2003-2020	2TM

[Gepetto 1,287]

I did think of Frank Gore and Barry Sanders and Tiki Barber and T.O. although they're down a bit farther.

[BeenHereBefore 1,452]

6 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

emmitt smith jerry rice walter payton ladanian tomlinson marshall faulk 

Those were my 5 answers and obvious I missed 2.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

6 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

I don't count return yards. I guess I was thinking yards from scrimmage. Return yard pfft

Come on, you really think Faulk was better than sproles.

 

The stats say otherwise. 

 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/all_purpose_yds_career.htm

[Hawkeye21 2,380]

To think that Payton put up those yards in fewer seasons than the others and all with one team. That’s why he’ll always be the greatest in my opinion. 

[GobbleDog 978]

I scrolled to the bottom without looking...

 Faulk

Thomlinson

Holmes

Dickerson

E Smith

 

Ah, sheet. I thought this was a RB list. nvrmnd. 

[listen2me 23 1,825]

7 hours ago, thegeneral said:

Would not have gotten Mitchell or Jerry Rice.

Really?  Those would probably of been my first 2 guesses.  Wasn't sure on older RBs vs newer age that caught the ball a ton as well as ran.  

Jerry Rice is a no brainer.  

[listen2me 23 1,825]

6 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

To think that Payton put up those yards in fewer seasons than the others and all with one team. That’s why he’ll always be the greatest in my opinion. 

Barry played in like 40 less games and had 3000 less total yards.  Was on pace.  

[GutterBoy 2,898]

7 hours ago, MTSkiBum said:

I looked at this recently with my brother. What is surprising is that darren sproles at #6 and 19,700 blows away reggie bush at #169 and 10,001 yards.

 

Wes Welker at #20 all time is another WTF.

Sproles was the shocker for me. 

Reggie bush

[Thornton Melon 603]

I picked Rice knowing he had 22K+ receiving yards, but I didn't realize how far ahead of the next receiver he is. He is literally miles ahead of the next guy in receiving yards (over 3 miles ahead of Larry Fitzgerald). For some reason, I thought he returned punts and kicks early in his career, but he has a grand total of 6 career return yards, on one kickoff return his rookie year. If you took away his rushing yards, he'd still be #2 in all-purpose yards based on his receiving yards alone.

[League Champion 1,896]

I was going to say Tomlinson but obviously wrong