Jim Brown carry; only Barry Sanders (99.8 yards per game and 5.0 yards per carry) comes close to these totals. For example, Hall of Famer Walter Payton averaged only 88 yards per game during his career with a 4.4 yards-per-carry average. Emmitt Smith averaged only 81.2 yards per game with a 4.2 yards-per-carry average. Brown has famously said on the subject: "When running backs get in a room together, they don't argue about who is the best." The only top-10 all-time rusher who even approaches Brown's totals, Barry Sanders, posted a career average of 99.8 yards per game and 5.0 yards per
Jim Brown in yards from scrimmage (6), highest average yards from scrimmage per game in a career (125.52), and most seasons leading the league in combined net yards (5). In 2002, "The Sporting News" selected him as the greatest football player of all time, as did the "New York Daily News" in 2014. On November 4, 2010, Brown was chosen by NFL Network's NFL Films production "" as the second-greatest player in NFL history, behind only Jerry Rice. "Source": Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former professional American football player and actor. He was a running back