most 25 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 25+ rush attempts, with 56 games.

Interpreted as:
most 25 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
56
1,562
6,662
4.3
119.0
49
1,109
168
22
6.6
19.8
3
2Edgerrin James
E. James
51
1,440
5,661
3.9
111.0
38
1,363
177
240
7.7
26.7
2
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
50
1,448
6,521
4.5
130.4
48
748
92
8.1
15.0
2
4Eddie George
E. George
47
1,352
5,381
4.0
114.5
42
691
85
84
8.1
14.7
2
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
46
1,346
5,315
3.9
115.5
26
529
70
27
7.6
11.5
1
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
45
1,335
5,709
4.3
126.9
37
906
98
9.2
20.1
0
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
42
1,243
5,216
4.2
124.2
36
802
111
81
7.2
19.1
6
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
38
1,046
5,138
4.9
135.2
38
716
73
102
9.8
18.8
2
9Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
38
1,148
5,209
4.5
137.1
40
257
39
6.6
6.8
0
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
33
924
4,486
4.9
135.9
45
779
116
158
6.7
23.6
7
11Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
32
886
4,307
4.9
134.6
21
569
71
8.0
17.8
0
12Clinton Portis
C. Portis
30
857
3,612
4.2
120.4
25
370
54
77
6.9
12.3
1
13Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
29
830
3,772
4.5
130.1
40
315
47
72
6.7
10.9
4
14Ricky Williams
R. Williams
29
875
3,732
4.3
128.7
26
644
79
102
8.2
22.2
0
15John Riggins
J. Riggins
29
827
3,014
3.6
103.9
30
129
18
7.2
4.4
0
16Derrick Henry
D. Henry
28
811
3,845
4.7
137.3
36
429
45
54
9.5
15.3
1
17Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
28
823
3,488
4.2
124.6
27
318
49
6.5
11.4
0
18Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
27
766
3,612
4.7
133.8
20
357
47
62
7.6
13.2
0
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
27
759
3,165
4.2
117.2
16
684
75
9.1
25.3
5
20Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
26
709
2,889
4.1
111.1
22
565
60
9.4
21.7
2
21Franco Harris
F. Harris
25
686
2,825
4.1
113.0
25
375
53
7.1
15.0
1
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
24
663
2,885
4.4
120.2
20
757
82
21
9.2
31.5
1
23Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
23
686
3,294
4.8
143.2
36
511
59
83
8.7
22.2
2
24Stephen Davis
S. Davis
23
673
2,798
4.2
121.7
24
336
35
51
9.6
14.6
0
25O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
23
671
3,447
5.1
149.9
22
283
29
9.8
12.3
4
StatMuse has game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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