most 20 rush attempt games

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 20+ rush attempts, with 121 games.

Interpreted as:
most 20 or more rush attempt regular-season games by a player
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
121
3,008
13,018
4.3
107.6
116
2,148
332
57
6.5
17.8
5
2Curtis Martin
C. Martin
102
2,550
10,523
4.1
103.2
68
2,040
292
214
7.0
20.0
9
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
102
2,578
11,553
4.5
113.3
80
2,264
238
9.5
22.2
4
4Edgerrin James
E. James
93
2,367
9,703
4.1
104.3
68
2,345
296
399
7.9
25.2
8
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
85
2,203
8,972
4.1
105.6
45
783
101
50
7.8
9.2
2
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
83
2,172
10,082
4.6
121.5
74
1,288
164
7.9
15.5
3
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
81
1,954
10,137
5.2
125.1
61
1,402
177
7.9
17.3
6
8Eddie George
E. George
78
2,026
7,756
3.8
99.4
54
1,314
160
155
8.2
16.8
5
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
77
1,884
8,500
4.5
110.4
91
2,281
311
413
7.3
29.6
12
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
75
1,849
9,012
4.9
120.2
66
1,206
133
191
9.1
16.1
3
11Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
66
1,624
7,186
4.4
108.9
49
941
118
159
8.0
14.3
1
12Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
66
1,578
7,342
4.7
111.2
45
1,496
174
180
8.6
22.7
5
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
64
1,579
6,682
4.2
104.4
42
1,821
178
10.2
28.5
13
14Franco Harris
F. Harris
64
1,517
6,180
4.1
96.6
50
864
117
7.4
13.5
2
15Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
63
1,565
7,222
4.6
114.6
82
851
118
177
7.2
13.5
8
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
62
1,494
6,361
4.3
102.6
38
1,776
201
272
8.8
28.6
3
17Clinton Portis
C. Portis
62
1,556
7,038
4.5
113.5
53
1,149
134
182
8.6
18.5
4
18John Riggins
J. Riggins
62
1,542
6,102
4.0
98.4
65
609
75
8.1
9.8
3
19Frank Gore
F. Gore
61
1,443
6,119
4.2
100.3
37
1,152
130
183
8.9
18.9
5
20Thomas Jones
T. Jones
60
1,421
6,085
4.3
101.4
39
695
111
143
6.3
11.6
2
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
59
1,420
5,814
4.1
98.5
40
1,638
192
77
8.5
27.8
4
22Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
59
1,377
6,263
4.5
106.2
43
1,259
126
10.0
21.3
9
23Derrick Henry
D. Henry
58
1,465
7,285
5.0
125.6
66
853
91
114
9.4
14.7
2
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
58
1,402
5,959
4.3
102.7
42
1,243
144
8.6
21.4
3
25Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
57
1,401
6,367
4.5
111.7
47
821
112
133
7.3
14.4
4
StatMuse has game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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9
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.441
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12
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13
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11
6
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.647
9
7
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8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
5
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12
5
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14
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