most 120 rushing yard games

Barry Sanders had the most games with 120+ rushing yards, with 51 games.

Interpreted as:
most 120 or more rushing yard regular-season games by a player
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
51
7,936
1,223
6.5
155.6
51
827
107
7.7
16.2
3
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
43
6,587
1,126
5.8
153.2
43
884
98
9.0
20.6
2
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
40
5,857
1,033
5.7
146.4
43
654
113
15
5.8
16.4
2
4Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
40
6,190
1,108
5.6
154.8
47
504
66
7.6
12.6
2
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
38
6,086
982
6.2
160.2
51
499
64
93
7.8
13.1
2
6Derrick Henry
D. Henry
36
5,861
889
6.6
162.8
58
407
50
62
8.1
11.3
2
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
33
4,757
902
5.3
144.2
27
735
91
68
8.1
22.3
4
8O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
31
5,041
796
6.3
162.6
29
346
33
10.5
11.2
3
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
30
4,706
697
6.8
156.9
38
864
72
12.0
28.8
8
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
29
4,763
747
6.4
164.2
46
665
119
162
5.6
22.9
4
11Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
28
4,085
632
6.5
145.9
35
499
68
92
7.3
17.8
1
12Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
28
4,426
845
5.2
158.1
37
150
26
5.8
5.4
0
13Clinton Portis
C. Portis
27
4,048
701
5.8
149.9
30
521
52
70
10.0
19.3
2
14Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
27
3,981
633
6.3
147.4
28
578
60
63
9.6
21.4
1
15Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
27
3,789
741
5.1
140.3
19
254
35
12
7.3
9.4
0
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
26
4,018
691
5.8
154.5
48
303
38
56
8.0
11.7
4
17Edgerrin James
E. James
26
3,620
702
5.2
139.2
29
670
84
106
8.0
25.8
4
18Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
24
3,592
634
5.7
149.7
41
757
72
78
10.5
31.5
5
19Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
24
3,773
564
6.7
157.2
32
1,082
115
113
9.4
45.1
6
20LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
23
3,377
526
6.4
146.8
24
264
56
66
4.7
11.5
2
21Frank Gore
F. Gore
22
3,227
527
6.1
146.7
14
414
50
73
8.3
18.8
1
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
22
3,424
576
5.9
155.6
25
249
36
48
6.9
11.3
3
23Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
21
3,194
479
6.7
152.1
20
505
59
80
8.6
24.0
4
24Tiki Barber
T. Barber
21
3,281
485
6.8
156.2
16
750
93
120
8.1
35.7
1
25Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
21
3,127
453
6.9
148.9
18
458
44
10.4
21.8
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