most 18 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 18+ carries, with 146 games.

Interpreted as:
most 18 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
146
3,473
14,771
4.3
101.2
137
2,470
393
78
6.3
16.9
6
2Curtis Martin
C. Martin
126
2,992
12,258
4.1
97.3
78
2,507
364
295
6.9
19.9
10
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
126
3,019
13,696
4.5
108.7
93
2,922
311
9.4
23.2
8
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
108
2,454
12,758
5.2
118.1
81
1,761
220
8.0
16.3
7
5Edgerrin James
E. James
104
2,567
10,521
4.1
101.2
72
2,658
340
450
7.8
25.6
9
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
104
2,555
10,489
4.1
100.9
58
944
121
65
7.8
9.1
2
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
101
2,332
10,404
4.5
103.0
116
2,918
384
522
7.6
28.9
13
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
95
2,396
10,993
4.6
115.7
81
1,447
191
7.6
15.2
3
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
94
2,202
10,652
4.8
113.3
77
1,517
171
241
8.9
16.1
5
10Eddie George
E. George
92
2,285
8,619
3.8
93.7
57
1,582
189
188
8.4
17.2
7
11Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
85
1,915
8,047
4.2
94.7
48
2,346
280
382
8.4
27.6
5
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
84
1,845
8,008
4.3
95.3
53
1,741
186
9.4
20.7
10
13Frank Gore
F. Gore
83
1,852
7,820
4.2
94.2
49
1,682
187
274
9.0
20.3
7
14Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
78
1,849
8,179
4.4
104.9
53
1,148
132
181
8.7
14.7
2
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
78
1,723
7,758
4.5
99.5
64
3,356
367
254
9.1
43.0
21
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
78
1,769
7,129
4.0
91.4
53
2,328
270
81
8.6
29.8
8
17Franco Harris
F. Harris
78
1,776
7,405
4.2
94.9
65
1,025
139
7.4
13.1
2
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
77
1,817
9,202
5.1
119.5
85
1,076
109
139
9.9
14.0
3
19Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
77
1,771
7,959
4.5
103.4
59
1,022
146
175
7.0
13.3
6
20Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
77
1,817
7,852
4.3
102.0
51
2,192
214
10.2
28.5
14
21John Riggins
J. Riggins
77
1,818
7,269
4.0
94.4
76
937
110
8.5
12.2
6
22Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
74
1,604
6,813
4.2
92.1
53
1,245
155
204
8.0
16.8
6
23Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
73
1,708
7,893
4.6
108.1
47
1,683
189
200
8.9
23.1
6
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
73
1,677
6,949
4.1
95.2
49
1,603
192
8.3
22.0
4
25Clinton Portis
C. Portis
72
1,740
7,795
4.5
108.3
62
1,292
151
209
8.6
17.9
5
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