most 125 yard rushing games by runningback nfl career

Barry Sanders had the most games by a running back with 125+ rushing yards, with 46 games.

Interpreted as:
most 125 or more yard rushing regular-season games by runningback NFL career
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
46
7,330
1,107
6.6
159.3
45
770
99
7.8
16.7
3
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
38
5,978
1,017
5.9
157.3
43
822
88
9.3
21.6
2
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
36
5,701
1,013
5.6
158.4
43
449
55
8.2
12.5
2
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
34
5,128
882
5.8
150.8
40
567
93
13
6.1
16.7
1
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
33
5,480
872
6.3
166.1
41
465
60
87
7.8
14.1
2
6Derrick Henry
D. Henry
30
5,026
752
6.7
167.5
50
354
45
53
7.9
11.8
2
7Jim Brown
J. Brown
28
4,462
656
6.8
159.4
35
750
65
11.5
26.8
7
8Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
26
3,841
593
6.5
147.7
33
499
68
92
7.3
19.2
1
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
26
4,399
675
6.5
169.2
44
635
112
152
5.7
24.4
4
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
26
3,665
717
5.1
141.0
19
243
33
12
7.4
9.3
0
11Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
25
3,895
674
5.8
155.8
48
295
35
53
8.4
11.8
4
12Curtis Martin
C. Martin
25
3,785
718
5.3
151.4
24
456
61
50
7.5
18.2
2
13Clinton Portis
C. Portis
24
3,686
635
5.8
153.6
28
468
45
62
10.4
19.5
2
14Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24
3,939
732
5.4
164.1
34
135
23
5.9
5.6
0
15O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
24
4,184
646
6.5
174.3
25
188
22
8.5
7.8
0
16Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
23
3,491
536
6.5
151.8
28
478
51
52
9.4
20.8
1
17Frank Gore
F. Gore
22
3,227
527
6.1
146.7
14
414
50
73
8.3
18.8
1
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
22
3,531
519
6.8
160.5
31
1,024
109
106
9.4
46.5
5
19LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
20
3,012
472
6.4
150.6
20
224
47
55
4.8
11.2
1
20Ahman Green
A. Green
19
2,945
447
6.6
155.0
15
425
58
79
7.3
22.4
5
21Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
19
3,131
503
6.2
164.8
18
195
27
35
7.2
10.3
0
22Edgerrin James
E. James
19
2,759
522
5.3
145.2
23
531
64
81
8.3
27.9
2
23Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
19
2,984
504
5.9
157.1
32
604
56
60
10.8
31.8
5
24Terrell Davis
T. Davis
19
3,174
533
6.0
167.1
27
363
42
8.6
19.1
2
25Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
17
2,696
407
6.6
158.6
18
486
55
69
8.8
28.6
4
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3
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3
1
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5
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10
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.833
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.636
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3
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6
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.500
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.818
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