most 100 rushing yard games by running backs

Emmitt Smith had the most games by a running back with 100+ rushing yards, with 78 games.

Interpreted as:

most 100 or more rushing yard regular-season games by running backs

	NAME	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	78	9,977	1,962	5.1	127.9	85	1,313	219	46	6.0	16.8	6
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	77	10,253	1,940	5.3	133.2	70	1,770	185		9.6	23.0	6
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	76	10,654	1,733	6.1	140.2	67	1,284	161		8.0	16.9	4
4	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	64	8,813	1,665	5.3	137.7	61	1,012	127		8.0	15.8	2
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	61	7,480	1,591	4.7	122.6	39	495	65	27	7.6	8.1	0
6	Edgerrin James E. James	57	6,976	1,481	4.7	122.4	49	1,487	185	232	8.0	26.1	6
7	Curtis Martin C. Martin	57	7,382	1,494	4.9	129.5	48	1,144	156	123	7.3	20.1	6
8	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	56	8,028	1,352	5.9	143.4	61	782	93	132	8.4	14.0	3
9	Derrick Henry D. Henry	52	7,441	1,225	6.1	143.1	69	712	80	97	8.9	13.7	2
10	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	49	6,357	1,114	5.7	129.7	39	960	108	118	8.9	19.6	2
11	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	47	6,706	1,157	5.8	142.7	80	1,118	173	237	6.5	23.8	7
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	47	5,627	1,064	5.3	119.7	49	703	87		8.1	15.0	2
13	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	46	5,666	1,112	5.1	123.2	32	1,205	121		10.0	26.2	10
14	Frank Gore F. Gore	45	5,698	991	5.7	126.6	26	852	104	147	8.2	18.9	3
15	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	45	5,752	1,006	5.7	127.8	40	1,011	95		10.6	22.5	5
16	Clinton Portis C. Portis	44	5,877	1,109	5.3	133.6	45	797	88	119	9.1	18.1	3
17	O.J. Simpson	42	6,248	1,065	5.9	148.8	35	499	50		10.0	11.9	5
18	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	41	5,595	908	6.2	136.5	50	1,786	186	164	9.6	43.6	8
19	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	40	5,395	903	6.0	134.9	42	809	95	128	8.5	20.2	2
20	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	40	5,703	1,127	5.1	142.6	45	267	46		5.8	6.7	0
21	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	39	5,272	945	5.6	135.2	33	586	78	90	7.5	15.0	3
22	Jim Brown J. Brown	39	5,675	893	6.4	145.5	43	1,076	87		12.4	27.6	11
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	38	5,051	822	6.1	132.9	36	548	96	114	5.7	14.4	3
24	Tiki Barber T. Barber	38	5,154	842	6.1	135.6	24	1,221	141	184	8.7	32.1	3
25	Shaun Alexander S. Alexander	37	5,208	952	5.5	140.8	60	459	66	99	7.0	12.4	6

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