most 12 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 12+ carries, with 195 games.

Interpreted as:
most 12 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
195
4,186
17,536
4.2
89.9
156
2,952
466
107
6.3
15.1
10
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
178
3,232
14,042
4.3
78.9
74
3,382
408
583
8.3
19.0
14
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
170
3,678
16,283
4.4
95.8
109
4,282
447
9.6
25.2
13
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
154
3,411
13,806
4.0
89.6
89
3,188
450
381
7.1
20.7
10
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
147
3,019
13,061
4.3
88.9
144
4,185
560
771
7.5
28.5
15
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
144
3,141
12,703
4.0
88.2
71
1,253
168
90
7.5
8.7
3
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
143
2,971
14,841
5.0
103.8
96
2,761
335
8.2
19.3
9
8Franco Harris
F. Harris
141
2,707
11,370
4.2
80.6
91
1,912
257
7.4
13.6
7
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
140
2,872
13,679
4.8
97.7
111
2,154
257
360
8.4
15.4
6
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
139
2,665
11,659
4.4
83.9
70
3,136
355
8.8
22.6
11
11Marcus Allen
M. Allen
136
2,454
9,986
4.1
73.4
104
3,959
425
9.3
29.1
20
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
134
2,548
11,357
4.5
84.8
96
5,463
595
424
9.2
40.8
29
13Edgerrin James
E. James
125
2,887
11,793
4.1
94.3
76
3,146
407
544
7.7
25.2
11
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
124
2,823
12,714
4.5
102.5
86
1,942
254
7.6
15.7
6
15John Riggins
J. Riggins
124
2,498
9,978
4.0
80.5
92
1,488
178
8.4
12.0
10
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
123
2,471
10,236
4.1
83.2
62
3,192
392
536
8.1
26.0
7
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
123
2,495
10,600
4.2
86.2
63
3,427
351
2
9.8
27.9
19
18Ricky Watters
R. Watters
122
2,442
9,968
4.1
81.7
73
3,805
419
160
9.1
31.2
11
19Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
120
2,406
10,394
4.3
86.6
75
1,664
213
253
7.8
13.9
7
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
119
2,138
9,092
4.3
76.4
41
2,496
306
347
8.2
21.0
10
21Eddie George
E. George
119
2,690
9,919
3.7
83.4
63
2,066
245
239
8.4
17.4
10
22Thomas Jones
T. Jones
116
2,269
9,109
4.0
78.5
58
1,508
232
307
6.5
13.0
3
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
116
2,334
9,544
4.1
82.3
64
2,704
318
8.5
23.3
5
24Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
115
2,414
10,139
4.2
88.2
58
1,699
196
267
8.7
14.8
4
25Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
114
2,190
9,202
4.2
80.7
73
1,862
235
320
7.9
16.3
8
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