most 19 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 19+ rush attempts, with 136 games.

Interpreted as:
most 19 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
136
3,293
14,187
4.3
104.3
129
2,357
372
72
6.3
17.3
6
2Curtis Martin
C. Martin
112
2,740
11,314
4.1
101.0
72
2,120
308
234
6.9
18.9
9
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
111
2,749
12,410
4.5
111.8
86
2,589
271
9.6
23.3
8
4Edgerrin James
E. James
95
2,405
9,846
4.1
103.6
69
2,413
303
408
8.0
25.4
8
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
95
2,393
9,820
4.1
103.4
54
897
113
60
7.9
9.4
2
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
95
2,220
11,508
5.2
121.1
71
1,600
198
8.1
16.8
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
93
2,188
9,830
4.5
105.7
108
2,665
354
481
7.5
28.7
13
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
91
2,324
10,719
4.6
117.8
77
1,395
184
7.6
15.3
3
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
86
2,058
9,910
4.8
115.2
70
1,336
149
213
9.0
15.5
4
10Eddie George
E. George
85
2,159
8,236
3.8
96.9
55
1,467
176
169
8.3
17.3
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
1,719
7,546
4.4
98.0
49
1,538
167
9.2
20.0
9
12Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
75
1,795
7,850
4.4
104.7
51
1,102
131
179
8.4
14.7
2
13Frank Gore
F. Gore
74
1,690
7,087
4.2
95.8
44
1,445
162
232
8.9
19.5
6
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
71
1,650
6,843
4.1
96.4
57
913
126
7.2
12.9
2
15Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
70
1,698
7,645
4.5
109.2
87
974
139
201
7.0
13.9
9
16Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
70
1,654
7,610
4.6
108.7
46
1,599
182
193
8.8
22.8
6
17Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
69
1,627
6,861
4.2
99.4
42
2,014
228
307
8.8
29.2
3
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
68
1,655
8,314
5.0
122.3
74
1,026
103
130
10.0
15.1
3
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
68
1,655
6,944
4.2
102.1
47
1,933
187
10.3
28.4
14
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
68
1,656
6,707
4.1
98.6
70
692
86
8.0
10.2
4
21Thomas Jones
T. Jones
67
1,554
6,601
4.2
98.5
41
711
114
152
6.2
10.6
2
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
67
1,591
7,200
4.5
107.5
54
931
129
149
7.2
13.9
5
23Clinton Portis
C. Portis
66
1,632
7,351
4.5
111.4
57
1,187
139
192
8.5
18.0
5
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
66
1,553
6,376
4.1
96.6
44
1,883
224
77
8.4
28.5
7
25Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
65
1,442
6,165
4.3
94.8
50
1,077
135
178
8.0
16.6
6
StatMuse has game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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