most 17 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 17+ rush attempts, with 154 games.

Interpreted as:
most 17 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
154
3,609
15,354
4.3
99.7
139
2,601
410
81
6.3
16.9
8
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
139
3,240
14,620
4.5
105.2
98
3,514
354
9.9
25.3
11
3Curtis Martin
C. Martin
132
3,094
12,675
4.1
96.0
81
2,598
378
307
6.9
19.7
10
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
113
2,539
13,098
5.2
115.9
83
1,846
231
8.0
16.3
7
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
111
2,674
11,042
4.1
99.5
62
989
127
69
7.8
8.9
2
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
110
2,485
10,938
4.4
99.4
120
3,126
417
569
7.5
28.4
13
7Edgerrin James
E. James
110
2,669
10,882
4.1
98.9
73
2,866
366
484
7.8
26.1
10
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
103
2,355
11,468
4.9
111.3
83
1,639
193
272
8.5
15.9
5
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
101
2,498
11,384
4.6
112.7
81
1,521
199
7.6
15.1
3
10Eddie George
E. George
98
2,387
9,063
3.8
92.5
60
1,674
201
200
8.3
17.1
8
11Frank Gore
F. Gore
96
2,073
8,716
4.2
90.8
52
1,867
213
313
8.8
19.4
9
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
96
2,049
8,857
4.3
92.3
58
2,068
231
9.0
21.5
10
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
95
2,065
8,711
4.2
91.7
76
1,326
174
7.6
14.0
3
14Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
92
2,034
8,536
4.2
92.8
50
2,546
309
421
8.2
27.7
6
15Ricky Watters
R. Watters
90
1,973
7,875
4.0
87.5
59
2,572
301
110
8.5
28.6
8
16Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
89
2,036
8,837
4.3
99.3
55
1,432
153
210
9.4
16.1
3
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
89
1,910
8,791
4.6
98.8
71
3,672
402
272
9.1
41.3
23
18Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
88
2,004
8,561
4.3
97.3
56
2,435
240
10.1
27.7
15
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
87
1,988
8,040
4.0
92.4
79
1,072
131
8.2
12.3
8
20Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
86
1,808
7,623
4.2
88.6
60
1,450
181
237
8.0
16.9
8
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
85
1,953
9,925
5.1
116.8
96
1,254
123
159
10.2
14.8
3
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
84
1,890
8,364
4.4
99.6
63
1,110
157
192
7.1
13.2
6
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
83
1,847
7,581
4.1
91.3
51
1,816
217
8.4
21.9
4
24Clinton Portis
C. Portis
79
1,859
8,238
4.4
104.3
64
1,455
174
239
8.4
18.4
5
25Thomas Jones
T. Jones
79
1,761
7,335
4.2
92.8
45
888
145
193
6.1
11.2
3
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