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Buffalo Bills Yards from Scrimmage Leaders

Career totals with the Bills and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through October 19: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning. Includes the club's AFL seasons (1960-1969), which the NFL's record book counts.

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Thurman Thomas holds the Bills career record with 16,279 yards from scrimmage. The single-season record is 2,243, by O.J. Simpson in 1975.

YDS REC TD Y/R Y/G TGT CTH% 1D YScm

All-time Bills leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club YScm G
1 Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 1988–1999 16,279 172
2 Andre Reed Andre Reed 1985–1999 13,595 221
3 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 1969–1977 12,107 112
4 Eric Moulds Eric Moulds 1996–2005 9,202 152
5 Fred Jackson Fred Jackson 2007–2014 8,275 105
6 Joe Cribbs Joe Cribbs 1980–1985 6,228 64
7 James Cook James Cook 2022–2026 6,149 72
8 Lee Evans Lee Evans 2004–2010 6,078 108
9 Elbert Dubenion Elbert Dubenion 1960–1968 5,620 103
10 Stefon Diggs Stefon Diggs 2020–2023 5,375 66
11 LeSean McCoy LeSean McCoy 2015–2018 5,148 57
12 Josh Allen Josh Allen 2018–2026 4,981 132
13 Wray Carlton Wray Carlton 1960–1967 4,697 87
14 Frank Lewis Frank Lewis 1978–1983 4,632 80
15 Travis Henry 2001–2004 4,537 53
16 C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller 2010–2014 4,516 70
17 Jerry Butler 1979–1986 4,333 88
18 Jim Braxton Jim Braxton 1971–1978 4,268 80
19 Devin Singletary Devin Singletary 2019–2022 4,122 61
20 Bob Chandler Bob Chandler 1971–1979 4,017 116
21 Cookie Gilchrist Cookie Gilchrist 1962–1964 3,931 42
22 Willis McGahee Willis McGahee 2004–2006 3,868 45
23 Steve Johnson Steve Johnson 2008–2013 3,848 71
24 Peerless Price Peerless Price 1999–2007 3,838 82
25 Josh Reed 2002–2009 3,632 112

Single-season Bills records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season YScm G
1 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 1975 2,243 14
2 Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 1992 2,113 16
3 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 1973 2,073 14
4 Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 1991 2,038 15
5 Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 1989 1,913 16
6 James Cook James Cook 2025 1,912 17
7 Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 1990 1,829 16
8 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 1976 1,762 14
9 Travis Henry 2002 1,747 16
10 C.J. Spiller C.J. Spiller 2012 1,703 16
11 Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 1993 1,702 16
12 Joe Cribbs Joe Cribbs 1981 1,700 15
13 Joe Cribbs Joe Cribbs 1983 1,655 16
14 LeSean McCoy LeSean McCoy 2016 1,623 15
15 Joe Cribbs Joe Cribbs 1980 1,600 16
16 LeSean McCoy LeSean McCoy 2017 1,586 16
17 James Cook James Cook 2023 1,567 17
18 Stefon Diggs Stefon Diggs 2020 1,536 16
19 Travis Henry 2003 1,511 15
20 Greg Bell Greg Bell 1985 1,459 16
21 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson 1972 1,449 14
22 Thurman Thomas Thurman Thomas 1994 1,442 15
23 Fred Jackson Fred Jackson 2009 1,433 16
24 Stefon Diggs Stefon Diggs 2022 1,426 16
25 Willis McGahee Willis McGahee 2005 1,425 16