most 125 yard rushing games in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Eric Dickerson had the most games with 125+ rushing yards, with 35 games.

Interpreted as:
most 125 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a player in 1980s
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
35
5,558
991
5.6
158.8
42
446
53
8.4
12.7
2
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
17
2,630
456
5.8
154.7
13
300
40
7.5
17.6
0
3Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
16
2,412
466
5.2
150.8
13
237
27
8.8
14.8
0
4Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
16
2,670
520
5.1
166.9
19
137
18
7.6
8.6
0
5George Rogers
G. Rogers
11
1,722
304
5.7
156.5
12
24
4
6.0
2.2
0
6Billy Sims
B. Sims
11
1,668
279
6.0
151.6
12
339
21
16.1
30.8
1
7Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
10
1,562
233
6.7
156.2
6
286
30
9.5
28.6
1
8Curt Warner
C. Warner
10
1,503
259
5.8
150.3
14
157
20
7.9
15.7
1
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
10
1,544
216
7.1
154.4
5
139
17
8.2
13.9
0
10Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
10
1,443
271
5.3
144.3
11
166
25
6.6
16.6
0
11Joe Morris
J. Morris
9
1,407
254
5.5
156.3
17
90
8
11.3
10.0
0
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
9
1,298
234
5.5
144.2
10
254
28
9.1
28.2
2
13Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
7
1,082
191
5.7
154.6
7
69
8
8.6
9.9
0
14James Brooks
J. Brooks
7
976
123
7.9
139.4
10
230
24
9.6
32.9
1
15Greg Bell
G. Bell
7
1,203
184
6.5
171.9
8
28
5
5.6
4.0
1
16James Wilder
J. Wilder
7
1,084
225
4.8
154.9
6
256
31
8.3
36.6
1
17William Andrews
W. Andrews
7
999
179
5.6
142.7
5
287
27
10.6
41.0
2
18Herschel Walker
H. Walker
6
872
152
5.7
145.3
6
161
17
9.5
26.8
0
19Charles White
C. White
6
974
192
5.1
162.3
7
49
9
5.4
8.2
0
20Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
6
855
159
5.4
142.5
4
52
7
7.4
8.7
0
21Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
6
885
128
6.9
147.5
7
201
18
11.2
33.5
1
22Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
6
934
156
6.0
155.7
1
85
10
8.5
14.2
1
23Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
6
846
167
5.1
141.0
8
93
11
8.5
15.5
1
24Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
5
731
170
4.3
146.2
6
0
0
0.0
0
25Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
4
613
96
6.4
153.3
4
57
4
14.3
14.3
0
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