Emmitt Smith vs Josh Jacobs

Emmitt Smith

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Josh Jacobs

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Emmitt Smith and Josh Jacobs compared on their NFL careers: Emmitt Smith played 15 seasons, 1990 to 2004, Josh Jacobs 7 seasons, 2019 to 2025. Emmitt Smith has 18,355 rushing yards to Josh Jacobs's 7,803. Emmitt Smith won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Emmitt Smith leads in 2 of the 2 lines, Josh Jacobs in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Emmitt Smith and Josh Jacobs career totals
226GP105
18,355, betterYDS7,803
164, betterTD74
4.2AVG4.2

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Emmitt Smith and Josh Jacobs postseason
17GP3
1,586, betterYDS219
19, betterTD1
4.5, betterAVG4.4

Where each stands all time

Emmitt Smith and Josh Jacobs all-time places
1st (18,355), betterRushing yards57th (7,803)
1st (164), betterRushing touchdowns29th (74)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Emmitt Smith and Josh Jacobs titles and awards
3, betterChampionships—
1, betterOffensive Rookie of the Year—
1, betterMVP—
1, betterSuper Bowl MVP—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Emmitt Smith and Josh Jacobs season by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.
1st199093711, better3.920191,150, better74.8, better
2nd19911,563, better124.3, better20201,065123.9
3rd19921,713, better18, better4.6, better202187294.0
4th19931,48695.3, better20221,653, better12, better4.9
5th19941,484, better21, better4.0, better202380563.5
6th19951,773, better25, better4.7, better20241,329154.4
7th19961,204, better123.7202592913, better4.0, better
8th19971,07444.1————
9th19981,332134.2————
10th19991,397114.2————
11th20001,20394.1————
12th20011,02133.9————
13th200297553.8————
14th200325622.8————
15th200493793.5————