most 24 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 24+ carries, with 73 games.

Interpreted as:
most 24 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
73
1,970
8,336
4.2
114.2
70
1,405
206
29
6.8
19.2
4
2Edgerrin James
E. James
61
1,680
6,598
3.9
108.2
44
1,604
209
285
7.7
26.3
2
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
57
1,616
7,283
4.5
127.8
52
910
105
8.7
16.0
3
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
56
1,579
6,486
4.1
115.8
45
996
138
106
7.2
17.8
6
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
54
1,538
6,239
4.1
115.5
28
584
76
32
7.7
10.8
1
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
51
1,479
6,332
4.3
124.2
41
998
112
8.9
19.6
0
7Eddie George
E. George
50
1,424
5,607
3.9
112.1
44
852
99
98
8.6
17.0
4
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
44
1,190
5,873
4.9
133.5
43
781
83
117
9.4
17.8
2
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
43
1,164
5,495
4.7
127.8
55
1,075
167
220
6.4
25.0
7
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
41
1,102
5,652
5.1
137.9
30
734
90
8.2
17.9
1
11Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
40
1,196
5,370
4.5
134.3
43
270
41
6.6
6.8
0
12Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
36
982
4,314
4.4
119.8
25
435
58
79
7.5
12.1
0
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
36
975
4,059
4.2
112.8
21
934
102
9.2
25.9
7
14Derrick Henry
D. Henry
34
955
4,747
5.0
139.6
40
479
53
63
9.0
14.1
2
15Clinton Portis
C. Portis
34
953
4,189
4.4
123.2
29
455
65
89
7.0
13.4
1
16Ricky Williams
R. Williams
34
995
4,297
4.3
126.4
27
799
91
121
8.8
23.5
2
17John Riggins
J. Riggins
33
923
3,429
3.7
103.9
33
185
24
7.7
5.6
0
18Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
32
902
4,134
4.6
129.2
47
430
53
82
8.1
13.4
6
19Stephen Davis
S. Davis
31
865
3,555
4.1
114.7
33
383
42
61
9.1
12.4
0
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
31
831
3,583
4.3
115.6
28
1,025
108
38
9.5
33.1
3
21Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
30
800
3,606
4.5
120.2
24
735
82
118
9.0
24.5
3
22Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
30
871
3,726
4.3
124.2
27
340
51
6.7
11.3
0
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
30
805
3,347
4.2
111.6
24
773
76
10.2
25.8
2
24O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
30
839
4,295
5.1
143.2
25
379
42
9.0
12.6
5
25Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
28
806
3,739
4.6
133.5
39
568
69
100
8.2
20.3
2
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