most 122 yard rushing games in nfl history

Barry Sanders had the most games with 122+ rushing yards, with 48 games.

Interpreted as:
most 122 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a player in NFL history
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
48
7,576
1,146
6.6
157.8
47
775
100
7.8
16.1
3
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
41
6,346
1,086
5.8
154.8
43
831
90
9.2
20.3
2
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
38
5,949
1,061
5.6
156.6
46
464
59
7.9
12.2
2
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
37
5,496
965
5.7
148.5
40
622
105
15
5.9
16.8
1
5Derrick Henry
D. Henry
35
5,740
872
6.6
164.0
57
373
47
57
7.9
10.7
2
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
35
5,725
916
6.3
163.6
45
469
61
88
7.7
13.4
2
7O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
30
4,921
776
6.3
164.0
29
324
32
10.1
10.8
3
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
29
4,276
814
5.3
147.4
25
605
77
64
7.9
20.9
2
9Jim Brown
J. Brown
29
4,585
679
6.8
158.1
37
836
69
12.1
28.8
8
10Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
28
4,085
632
6.5
145.9
35
499
68
92
7.3
17.8
1
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
27
4,522
697
6.5
167.5
44
645
113
155
5.7
23.9
4
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
27
3,789
741
5.1
140.3
19
254
35
12
7.3
9.4
0
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
27
4,306
813
5.3
159.5
37
157
25
6.3
5.8
0
14Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
26
4,018
691
5.8
154.5
48
303
38
56
8.0
11.7
4
15Edgerrin James
E. James
25
3,500
672
5.2
140.0
28
661
82
103
8.1
26.4
4
16Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
25
3,739
585
6.4
149.6
28
565
57
60
9.9
22.6
1
17Clinton Portis
C. Portis
24
3,686
635
5.8
153.6
28
468
45
62
10.4
19.5
2
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
22
3,257
510
6.4
148.0
21
256
52
62
4.9
11.6
2
19Frank Gore
F. Gore
22
3,227
527
6.1
146.7
14
414
50
73
8.3
18.8
1
20Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
22
3,351
579
5.8
152.3
40
679
68
73
10.0
30.9
5
21Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
22
3,531
519
6.8
160.5
31
1,024
109
106
9.4
46.5
5
22Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
20
3,074
468
6.6
153.7
20
486
55
74
8.8
24.3
4
23Ahman Green
A. Green
20
3,067
470
6.5
153.4
15
433
59
81
7.3
21.7
5
24Tiki Barber
T. Barber
20
3,161
469
6.7
158.1
16
712
83
108
8.6
35.6
1
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
20
3,183
527
6.0
159.2
24
228
31
43
7.4
11.4
2
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