most 23 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 23+ carries, with 86 games.

Interpreted as:
most 23 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
86
2,269
9,864
4.3
114.7
80
1,588
248
41
6.4
18.5
4
2Edgerrin James
E. James
68
1,841
7,483
4.1
110.0
51
1,727
227
304
7.6
25.4
2
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
66
1,824
8,224
4.5
124.6
56
1,195
142
8.4
18.1
1
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
63
1,740
7,195
4.1
114.2
48
1,203
164
125
7.3
19.1
7
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
61
1,699
6,864
4.0
112.5
29
617
82
38
7.5
10.1
1
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
61
1,708
7,632
4.5
125.1
53
946
113
8.4
15.5
3
7Eddie George
E. George
57
1,585
6,160
3.9
108.1
47
984
111
108
8.9
17.3
5
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
51
1,332
6,999
5.3
137.2
38
985
120
8.2
19.3
4
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
50
1,328
6,593
5.0
131.9
49
855
94
133
9.1
17.1
2
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
47
1,256
5,912
4.7
125.8
59
1,164
184
242
6.3
24.8
7
11Clinton Portis
C. Portis
43
1,160
5,223
4.5
121.5
36
701
86
118
8.2
16.3
1
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
42
1,113
4,688
4.2
111.6
24
1,090
122
8.9
26.0
8
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
42
1,242
5,492
4.4
130.8
43
290
47
6.2
6.9
0
14Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
41
1,097
4,816
4.4
117.5
29
493
66
90
7.5
12.0
0
15Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
40
1,030
4,518
4.4
113.0
29
959
117
161
8.2
24.0
3
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
39
1,063
4,879
4.6
125.1
55
505
65
98
7.8
12.9
6
17John Riggins
J. Riggins
39
1,061
3,992
3.8
102.4
41
275
37
7.4
7.1
1
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
38
1,047
5,265
5.0
138.6
45
509
58
68
8.8
13.4
2
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
38
958
4,053
4.2
106.7
26
375
58
75
6.5
9.9
2
20Ricky Williams
R. Williams
38
1,087
4,641
4.3
122.1
29
901
106
138
8.5
23.7
2
21Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
38
989
4,113
4.2
108.2
30
887
92
9.6
23.3
2
22Stephen Davis
S. Davis
36
980
4,112
4.2
114.2
38
462
50
73
9.2
12.8
0
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
35
933
4,290
4.6
122.6
34
511
71
81
7.2
14.6
4
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
34
900
3,837
4.3
112.9
28
1,077
115
41
9.4
31.7
3
25Franco Harris
F. Harris
34
894
3,768
4.2
110.8
31
491
66
7.4
14.4
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