most 100 yard rushing games by active runningback nfl career

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

Interpreted as:
most 100 or more yard rushing regular-season games by active runningback NFL career
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 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
49
6,357
1,114
5.7
129.7
39
960
108
118
8.9
19.6
2
10 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
47
6,706
1,157
5.8
142.7
80
1,118
173
237
6.5
23.8
7
11 Franco Harris
F. Harris
47
5,627
1,064
5.3
119.7
49
703
87
8.1
15.0
2
12 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
46
5,666
1,112
5.1
123.2
32
1,205
121
10.0
26.2
10
13 Frank Gore
F. Gore
45
5,698
991
5.7
126.6
26
852
104
147
8.2
18.9
3
14 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
45
5,752
1,006
5.7
127.8
40
1,011
95
10.6
22.5
5
15 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
44
6,381
1,064
6.0
145.0
63
602
69
84
8.7
13.7
2
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
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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11
2
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12
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.923
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