Emmitt Smith vs Shaun Alexander

Emmitt Smith Shaun Alexander

Emmitt Smith and Shaun Alexander compared on their NFL careers: Emmitt Smith played 15 seasons, 1990 to 2004, Shaun Alexander 9 seasons, 2000 to 2008. Emmitt Smith has 18,355 rushing yards to Shaun Alexander's 9,453. Emmitt Smith won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Emmitt Smith and Shaun Alexander career totals

226	GP	123
18,355	YDS	9,453
164	TD	100
4.2	AVG	4.3

How do they compare in the playoffs?

Emmitt Smith and Shaun Alexander postseason

17	GP	9
1,586	YDS	564
19	TD	8
4.5	AVG	3.3

Where each stands all time

Emmitt Smith and Shaun Alexander all-time places

1st (18,355)	Rushing yards	29th (9,453)
1st (164)	Rushing touchdowns	6th (100)

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: 3 championships; Offensive Rookie of the Year, MVP, Super Bowl MVP
Shaun Alexander: 0 championships; MVP, Offensive Player of the Year

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 Shaun Alexander season by season

1st	1990	937	11	3.9	2000	313	2	4.9
2nd	1991	1,563	12	4.3	2001	1,318	14	4.3
3rd	1992	1,713	18	4.6	2002	1,175	16	4.0
4th	1993	1,486	9	5.3	2003	1,435	14	4.4
5th	1994	1,484	21	4.0	2004	1,696	16	4.8
6th	1995	1,773	25	4.7	2005	1,880	27	5.1
7th	1996	1,204	12	3.7	2006	896	7	3.6
8th	1997	1,074	4	4.1	2007	716	4	3.5
9th	1998	1,332	13	4.2	2008	24	0	2.2
10th	1999	1,397	11	4.2	—	—	—	—
11th	2000	1,203	9	4.1	—	—	—	—
12th	2001	1,021	3	3.9	—	—	—	—
13th	2002	975	5	3.8	—	—	—	—
14th	2003	256	2	2.8	—	—	—	—
15th	2004	937	9	3.5	—	—	—	—