most 26 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Edgerrin James had the most games with 26+ carries, with 49 games.

Interpreted as:
most 26 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Edgerrin James
E. James
49
1,390
5,485
3.9
111.9
38
1,284
165
226
7.8
26.2
2
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
47
1,337
5,756
4.3
122.5
45
916
142
15
6.5
19.5
3
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
44
1,298
5,896
4.5
134.0
45
660
78
8.5
15.0
0
4Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
43
1,271
5,003
3.9
116.3
25
509
68
26
7.5
11.8
1
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
40
1,210
5,123
4.2
128.1
33
769
85
9.0
19.2
0
6Eddie George
E. George
38
1,127
4,581
4.1
120.6
38
617
75
81
8.2
16.2
2
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
37
1,118
4,724
4.2
127.7
31
694
98
73
7.1
18.8
5
8Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
33
1,023
4,772
4.7
144.6
36
247
36
6.9
7.5
0
9Ricky Williams
R. Williams
27
825
3,567
4.3
132.1
26
617
77
98
8.0
22.9
0
10Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
27
761
3,658
4.8
135.5
17
452
54
8.4
16.7
0
11John Riggins
J. Riggins
27
777
2,841
3.7
105.2
27
120
17
7.1
4.4
0
12Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
25
721
3,757
5.2
150.3
25
433
45
66
9.6
17.3
2
13Derrick Henry
D. Henry
24
711
3,436
4.8
143.2
33
383
40
45
9.6
16.0
1
14Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
24
705
3,260
4.6
135.8
35
246
33
53
7.5
10.3
4
15Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
24
723
3,084
4.3
128.5
23
256
41
6.2
10.7
0
16LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
23
674
3,225
4.8
140.2
31
406
81
114
5.0
17.7
3
17Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
23
666
3,248
4.9
141.2
17
296
39
49
7.6
12.9
0
18Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
23
659
2,719
4.1
118.2
14
506
56
9.0
22.0
3
19Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
21
636
3,092
4.9
147.2
34
443
52
74
8.5
21.1
2
20Clinton Portis
C. Portis
21
632
2,791
4.4
132.9
20
244
36
52
6.8
11.6
1
21Terrell Davis
T. Davis
21
628
3,102
4.9
147.7
22
429
51
8
8.4
20.4
2
22O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
21
621
3,219
5.2
153.3
20
254
26
9.8
12.1
4
23Stephen Davis
S. Davis
20
598
2,508
4.2
125.4
17
274
29
43
9.4
13.7
0
24Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
20
598
2,320
3.9
116.0
7
451
56
8.1
22.6
2
25Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
19
542
2,116
3.9
111.4
16
198
30
53
6.6
10.4
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