most 100 yard rushing games in nfl history by a player

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 100+ rushing yards, with 78 games.

Interpreted as:
most 100 or more yard rushing regular-season games in NFL history by a player
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
78
9,977
1,962
5.1
127.9
85
1,313
219
46
6.0
16.8
6
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
77
10,253
1,940
5.3
133.2
70
1,770
185
9.6
23.0
6
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
76
10,654
1,733
6.1
140.2
67
1,284
161
8.0
16.9
4
4Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
64
8,813
1,665
5.3
137.7
61
1,012
127
8.0
15.8
2
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
61
7,480
1,591
4.7
122.6
39
495
65
27
7.6
8.1
0
6Edgerrin James
E. James
57
6,976
1,481
4.7
122.4
49
1,487
185
232
8.0
26.1
6
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
57
7,382
1,494
4.9
129.5
48
1,144
156
123
7.3
20.1
6
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
56
8,028
1,352
5.9
143.4
61
782
93
132
8.4
14.0
3
9Derrick Henry
D. Henry
51
7,341
1,214
6.0
143.9
69
712
80
97
8.9
14.0
2
10Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
49
6,357
1,114
5.7
129.7
39
960
108
118
8.9
19.6
2
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
47
6,706
1,157
5.8
142.7
80
1,118
173
237
6.5
23.8
7
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
47
5,627
1,064
5.3
119.7
49
703
87
8.1
15.0
2
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
46
5,666
1,112
5.1
123.2
32
1,205
121
10.0
26.2
10
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
45
5,698
991
5.7
126.6
26
852
104
147
8.2
18.9
3
15Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
45
5,752
1,006
5.7
127.8
40
1,011
95
10.6
22.5
5
16Clinton Portis
C. Portis
44
5,877
1,109
5.3
133.6
45
797
88
119
9.1
18.1
3
17O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
42
6,248
1,065
5.9
148.8
35
499
50
10.0
11.9
5
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
41
5,595
908
6.2
136.5
50
1,786
186
164
9.6
43.6
8
19Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
40
5,395
903
6.0
134.9
42
809
95
128
8.5
20.2
2
20Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
40
5,703
1,127
5.1
142.6
45
267
46
5.8
6.7
0
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
39
5,272
945
5.6
135.2
33
586
78
90
7.5
15.0
3
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
39
5,675
893
6.4
145.5
43
1,076
87
12.4
27.6
11
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
38
5,051
822
6.1
132.9
36
548
96
114
5.7
14.4
3
24Tiki Barber
T. Barber
38
5,154
842
6.1
135.6
24
1,221
141
184
8.7
32.1
3
25Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
37
5,208
952
5.5
140.8
60
459
66
99
7.0
12.4
6
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