most 13 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 13+ rush attempts, with 187 games.

Interpreted as:
most 13 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
187
4,090
17,159
4.2
91.8
154
2,869
455
102
6.3
15.3
10
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
165
3,076
13,266
4.3
80.4
73
3,152
381
548
8.3
19.1
13
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
164
3,606
15,954
4.4
97.3
106
4,127
429
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
143
2,971
12,908
4.3
90.3
143
4,071
544
749
7.5
28.5
15
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
139
3,081
12,505
4.1
90.0
71
1,237
166
85
7.5
8.9
3
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
136
2,887
14,562
5.0
107.1
94
2,442
301
8.1
18.0
9
8Franco Harris
F. Harris
134
2,623
10,904
4.2
81.4
88
1,803
241
7.5
13.5
6
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
133
2,593
11,388
4.4
85.6
69
2,984
334
8.9
22.4
11
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
132
2,776
13,301
4.8
100.8
107
2,036
244
339
8.3
15.4
6
11Marcus Allen
M. Allen
126
2,334
9,510
4.1
75.5
96
3,674
399
9.2
29.2
16
12Edgerrin James
E. James
125
2,887
11,793
4.1
94.3
76
3,146
407
544
7.7
25.2
11
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
124
2,428
10,878
4.5
87.7
93
4,971
544
373
9.1
40.1
26
14Ricky Watters
R. Watters
120
2,418
9,916
4.1
82.6
72
3,778
413
160
9.1
31.5
11
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
119
2,763
12,462
4.5
104.7
85
1,914
249
7.7
16.1
6
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
117
2,399
9,936
4.1
84.9
61
3,121
381
519
8.2
26.7
6
17Eddie George
E. George
116
2,654
9,820
3.7
84.7
63
1,993
237
229
8.4
17.2
9
18Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
116
2,411
10,283
4.3
88.6
62
3,224
330
2
9.8
27.8
17
19Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
114
2,334
10,169
4.4
89.2
72
1,508
203
239
7.4
13.2
7
20Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
113
2,390
10,047
4.2
88.9
58
1,655
191
259
8.7
14.6
4
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
113
2,298
9,380
4.1
83.0
63
2,514
299
8.4
22.2
5
22John Riggins
J. Riggins
112
2,354
9,476
4.0
84.6
90
1,415
169
8.4
12.6
10
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
111
2,042
8,706
4.3
78.4
39
2,274
278
326
8.2
20.5
10
24Derrick Henry
D. Henry
108
2,285
11,369
5.0
105.3
107
1,504
153
199
9.8
13.9
5
25Thomas Jones
T. Jones
108
2,173
8,768
4.0
81.2
57
1,391
214
284
6.5
12.9
3
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