most 22 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 22+ rush attempts, with 99 games.

Interpreted as:
most 22 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
99
2,555
10,859
4.3
109.7
93
1,760
281
50
6.3
17.8
5
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
80
2,132
9,652
4.5
120.7
69
1,457
175
8.3
18.2
2
3Edgerrin James
E. James
77
2,039
8,257
4.0
107.2
58
1,998
252
340
7.9
25.9
4
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
71
1,916
7,905
4.1
111.3
50
1,370
191
144
7.2
19.3
7
5Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
70
1,906
8,545
4.5
122.1
59
1,021
123
8.3
14.6
3
6Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
67
1,831
7,379
4.0
110.1
31
672
87
41
7.7
10.0
1
7Eddie George
E. George
63
1,717
6,595
3.8
104.7
49
1,114
131
130
8.5
17.7
5
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
58
1,486
7,691
5.2
132.6
43
1,126
140
8.0
19.4
5
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
57
1,482
7,335
4.9
128.7
53
954
105
151
9.1
16.7
2
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
54
1,410
6,498
4.6
120.3
66
1,332
210
280
6.3
24.7
8
11Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
50
1,295
5,781
4.5
115.6
38
663
84
113
7.9
13.3
0
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
50
1,289
5,470
4.2
109.4
34
1,365
141
9.7
27.3
10
13Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
49
1,228
5,388
4.4
110.0
32
1,232
149
204
8.3
25.1
3
14Clinton Portis
C. Portis
47
1,248
5,689
4.6
121.0
42
771
96
133
8.0
16.4
1
15Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
46
1,217
5,655
4.6
122.9
64
561
73
113
7.7
12.2
6
16Thomas Jones
T. Jones
46
1,134
4,868
4.3
105.8
30
562
83
106
6.8
12.2
2
17Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
46
1,175
5,513
4.7
119.8
45
698
93
110
7.5
15.2
4
18Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
46
1,330
5,930
4.5
128.9
49
384
57
6.7
8.3
0
19Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
45
1,146
5,451
4.8
121.1
32
851
102
116
8.3
18.9
4
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
45
1,193
4,638
3.9
103.1
49
269
41
6.6
6.0
1
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
43
1,157
5,904
5.1
137.3
50
644
69
84
9.3
15.0
2
22Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
42
1,077
4,515
4.2
107.5
31
925
97
9.5
22.0
2
23Franco Harris
F. Harris
42
1,070
4,402
4.1
104.8
34
529
74
7.1
12.6
1
24Frank Gore
F. Gore
41
1,032
4,382
4.2
106.9
22
705
75
112
9.4
17.2
3
25Ricky Williams
R. Williams
41
1,153
4,879
4.2
119.0
32
945
113
150
8.4
23.0
3
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