I personally think it's barry sanders, he is better than payton/smith, and would've kept playing if payton hadn't been ill.
barry sanders retired just a year after rushing for 2000 + yards. I found out how many more carries smith had then sanders, and divided it by the difference of carreer yardage,(basically, seeing how many yards per carry barry sanders would have had to average for the rest of his carreer to meet smith). He would only have to roughly average 2.3 ypc for the rest of his carreer if he had the same attempts as emmitt. Clearly, barry was a better rusher, and who was much more consistent then emmitt. Also: Emmitt had one season with 5+ ypc, and sanders had 5(in ten years mind you, compared to smith's 15). Now many people will say that totals matter more than averages, but when emmitt smith is rushing so much more than sanders is, its hard to compare. Also, emmitt played on a much better team.
Here are the links to the stats:www.pro-football-reference.com
2007-03-16
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