Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Tony Dorsett had the most games with 20+ rushing yards, with 120 games.

Interpreted as:

most 20 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a player in 1980s

	NAME	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	120	9,210	2,137	4.3	76.8	52	2,475	280	8.8	20.6	9
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	112	9,752	2,260	4.3	87.1	51	3,026	327	9.3	27.0	10
3	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	104	11,207	2,439	4.6	107.8	82	1,602	200	8.0	15.4	4
4	Roger Craig R. Craig	103	6,543	1,505	4.3	63.5	49	3,926	450	8.7	38.1	15
5	James Brooks J. Brooks	100	6,151	1,233	5.0	61.5	42	2,717	273	10.0	27.2	21
6	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	98	7,580	1,866	4.1	77.3	53	2,352	273	8.6	24.0	3
7	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	97	7,087	1,575	4.5	73.1	30	2,415	246	9.8	24.9	12
8	Marcus Allen M. Allen	95	7,180	1,728	4.2	75.6	62	3,436	367	9.4	36.2	14
9	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	94	7,370	1,737	4.2	78.4	52	1,331	180	7.4	14.2	0
10	Curt Warner C. Warner	87	6,646	1,613	4.1	76.4	55	1,431	185	7.7	16.4	7
11	George Rogers G. Rogers	85	7,095	1,652	4.3	83.5	52	347	52	6.7	4.1	0
12	Sammy Winder S. Winder	82	5,065	1,305	3.9	61.8	35	936	148	6.3	11.4	8
13	James Wilder J. Wilder	81	5,693	1,435	4.0	70.3	33	2,632	339	7.8	32.5	6
14	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	79	5,025	1,273	3.9	63.6	35	1,290	191	6.8	16.3	3
15	Tony Collins T. Collins	77	4,385	1,064	4.1	56.9	25	1,726	188	9.2	22.4	10
16	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	75	5,201	1,232	4.2	69.3	26	1,964	202	9.7	26.2	15
17	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	73	3,951	812	4.9	54.1	16	1,778	200	8.9	24.4	3
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	73	6,140	1,461	4.2	84.1	41	646	92	7.0	8.8	0
19	Frank Pollard F. Pollard	72	3,800	877	4.3	52.8	19	800	93	8.6	11.1	0
20	Randy McMillan R. McMillan	71	3,677	889	4.1	51.8	23	1,228	146	8.4	17.3	2
21	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	68	4,816	1,008	4.8	70.8	38	1,314	152	8.6	19.3	15
22	Greg Bell G. Bell	67	4,762	1,129	4.2	71.1	48	1,224	150	8.2	18.3	7
23	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	66	4,339	873	5.0	65.7	28	1,425	161	8.9	21.6	7
24	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	66	3,503	695	5.0	53.1	19	1,748	195	9.0	26.5	7
25	Joe Morris J. Morris	65	5,153	1,233	4.2	79.3	47	724	74	9.8	11.1	1

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
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Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
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Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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