NHS CAREER TOTAL YARDAGE LEADERS from 1957-2025 Red indicates most recent to make the list
-- NOTE: Since actual game stats are not available prior to 1980, rushing & receiving totals prior to that year are based upon newspaper accounts and reporting.
BY YARDAGE minimum 1500 career yards
| rank | yr | player | first | Att | Yds | TD | Avg |
| 1 | '18-21 | Brawdy | Ethan | 1000 | 5408 | 51 | 5.4 |
| 2 | 05-07 | Pendleton | Dion | 702 | 5371 | 57 | 7.7 |
| 3 | 98-00 | Bushrod | Derenzo | 519 | 4826 | 65 | 9.3 |
| 4 | 00-03 | O'Donnell | Kendall | 611 | 4553 | 49 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 02-04 | Lowery | Bryce | 658 | 4190 | 43 | 6.4 |
| 6 | 93-95 | Neighbors | Kareem | 544 | 4109 | 38 | 7.6 |
| 7 | 20-23 | McKinney | Sam | 566 | 3804 | 42 | 6.7 |
| 5 | 74-76 | Garrett | Cornell | 464 | 3168 | 32 | 6.8 |
| 9 | 94-96 | Sellers | Casey | 460 | 3060 | 38 | 6.7 |
| 10 | 17-19 | McKinney | Dylan | 369 | 2996 | 37 | 8.1 |
| 11 | 15-16 | Coane | Shawne | 479 | 2969 | 24 | 6.2 |
| 12 | 93-95 | Cooper | Deke | 232 | 2907 | 32 | 12.5 |
| 13 | 93-94 | Cuprisin | Andy | 398 | 2848 | 24 | 7.2 |
| 14 | 03-05 | Jackson | Brandt | 414 | 2765 | 26 | 6.7 |
| 15 | 10-12 | Howell | Blake | 371 | 2705 | 29 | 7.3 |
| 16 | 88-90 | Huebner | Brian | 437 | 2645 | 14 | 6.1 |
| 17 | 05-07 | Merriweather | Larry | 499 | 2542 | 42 | 5.1 |
| 18 | 10-12 | Mooney | Max | 478 | 2412 | 22 | 5.0 |
| 19 | 22-24 | Rucker | Jason | 335 | 2370 | 24 | 7.1 |
| 20 | 78-79 | Garrett | Mark | 362 | 2210 | 18 | 6.1 |
| 21 | '18-20 | Presswood | Capelton | 287 | 2205 | 23 | 7.7 |
| 22 | 88-90 | Armsted | Karl | 310 | 2200 | 25 | 7.1 |
| 23 | 17-19 | Brawdy | Ethan | 329 | 2186 | 23 | 6.6 |
| 24 | 16-18 | Wheeler | A.J. | 504 | 1952 | 13 | 3.9 |
| 25 | '08-10 | Compton | Richard | 266 | 1943 | 20 | 7.3 |
| 26 | 96-98 | Clardy | DeAngelo | 354 | 1927 | 20 | 5.4 |
| 27 | 12-14 | Whitler | Chase | 177 | 1905 | 17 | 10.8 |
| 28 | 63-65 | Bargo | Ken | 1850 | 24 | na | |
| 29 | 04-06 | Stewart | Brandon | 108 | 1828 | 21 | 16.9 |
| 30 | 13-13 | Millikan | Jesse | 360 | 1828 | 15 | 5.1 |
| 31 | 19-22 | Mitchell | Jaylonn | 235 | 1762 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 32 | 08-10 | Blankenship | Luke | 416 | 1756 | 12 | 4.2 |
| 33 | 20-22 | St. Louis | Angelo | 282 | 1734 | 17 | 6.1 |
| 34 | 96-97 | Campbell | Courtney | 329 | 1686 | 8 | 5.1 |
| 35 | 91-92 | Kunkel | Ben | 305 | 1685 | 15 | 5.5 |
| 36 | 02-04 | Scott | Mike | 153 | 1666 | 16 | 10.9 |
| 37 | 07-08 | Whitler | Cameron | 255 | 1645 | 13 | 6.5 |
| 38 | '18-21 | Hankins | T.J. | 248 | 1631 | 22 | 6.6 |
| 39 | 00-01 | Becker | Matt | 211 | 1598 | 16 | 7.6 |
| 40 | 94-97 | Hall | Ashur | 261 | 1587 | 22 | 6.1 |
| 41 | 62-63 | Volkman | Dean | 266 | 1583 | 26 | 6.0 |
| 42 | 57-60 | Mominee | John | 1538 | 18 | na |