most 21 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 21+ rush attempts, with 112 games.

Interpreted as:
most 21 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
112
2,828
12,189
4.3
108.8
109
2,052
310
53
6.6
18.3
5
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
86
2,258
10,097
4.5
117.4
69
1,540
191
8.1
17.9
2
3Edgerrin James
E. James
85
2,207
8,989
4.1
105.8
67
2,108
265
357
8.0
24.8
5
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
85
2,210
9,139
4.1
107.5
60
1,704
238
168
7.2
20.0
8
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
79
2,083
8,470
4.1
107.2
42
689
91
43
7.6
8.7
1
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
76
2,032
9,419
4.6
123.9
69
1,189
145
8.2
15.6
3
7Eddie George
E. George
72
1,906
7,371
3.9
102.4
53
1,214
144
141
8.4
16.9
5
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
68
1,704
7,723
4.5
113.6
82
1,876
272
361
6.9
27.6
9
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
66
1,654
8,425
5.1
127.7
48
1,200
152
7.9
18.2
6
10Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
64
1,629
7,951
4.9
124.2
55
1,024
114
169
9.0
16.0
2
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
60
1,499
6,348
4.2
105.8
38
1,732
167
10.4
28.9
13
12Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
59
1,484
6,674
4.5
113.1
44
797
103
139
7.7
13.5
1
13Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
57
1,398
6,511
4.7
114.2
39
1,193
140
159
8.5
20.9
5
14Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
55
1,354
5,823
4.3
105.9
32
1,478
173
235
8.5
26.9
3
15Clinton Portis
C. Portis
55
1,416
6,498
4.6
118.1
51
955
113
152
8.5
17.4
2
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
54
1,385
6,466
4.7
119.7
74
693
91
140
7.6
12.8
7
17John Riggins
J. Riggins
54
1,382
5,468
4.0
101.3
59
467
56
8.3
8.6
2
18Thomas Jones
T. Jones
53
1,281
5,410
4.2
102.1
33
620
98
127
6.3
11.7
2
19Frank Gore
F. Gore
52
1,263
5,337
4.2
102.6
29
1,017
110
156
9.2
19.6
4
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
52
1,301
5,956
4.6
114.5
46
771
103
120
7.5
14.8
4
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
51
1,325
6,565
5.0
128.7
58
753
77
96
9.8
14.8
2
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
49
1,220
4,980
4.1
101.6
35
1,368
163
74
8.4
27.9
4
23Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
49
1,393
6,199
4.5
126.5
52
388
58
6.7
7.9
0
24Franco Harris
F. Harris
49
1,217
5,033
4.1
102.7
39
607
86
7.1
12.4
1
25Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
47
1,182
5,077
4.3
108.0
35
965
107
9.0
20.5
2
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