most 3 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Frank Gore had the most games with 3+ carries, with 236 games.

Interpreted as:
most 3 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
236
3,729
15,985
4.3
67.7
81
3,991
481
690
8.3
16.9
18
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
221
4,402
18,350
4.2
83.0
164
3,210
510
129
6.3
14.5
11
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
211
3,011
12,185
4.0
57.7
123
5,343
580
9.2
25.3
20
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
190
3,838
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
188
3,476
13,659
3.9
72.7
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.7
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
184
3,230
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
180
2,668
10,967
4.1
60.9
49
4,331
508
591
8.5
24.1
15
8Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
177
2,874
12,057
4.2
68.1
65
4,452
470
25
9.5
25.2
22
9John Riggins
J. Riggins
172
2,914
11,347
3.9
66.0
104
2,090
250
8.4
12.2
12
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
171
2,948
12,114
4.1
70.8
91
2,285
306
7.5
13.4
9
11Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
170
2,831
12,262
4.3
72.1
100
6,781
755
590
9.0
39.9
36
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
170
2,933
12,731
4.3
74.9
77
3,535
396
8.9
20.8
13
13Thomas Jones
T. Jones
168
2,662
10,566
4.0
62.9
67
1,910
295
393
6.5
11.4
3
14Curtis Martin
C. Martin
168
3,518
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
15LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
167
3,169
13,665
4.3
81.8
145
4,737
620
864
7.6
28.4
17
16Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
163
979
5,212
5.3
32.0
29
22
4
4
5.5
0.1
1
17Earnest Byner
E. Byner
163
2,063
8,150
4.0
50.0
54
4,208
461
9.1
25.8
14
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
158
2,450
11,098
4.5
70.2
73
3,778
501
643
7.5
23.9
16
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
158
2,760
11,367
4.1
71.9
68
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.3
9
20Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
153
3,062
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
21Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
152
1,814
8,104
4.5
53.3
65
2,084
300
373
6.9
13.7
10
22Roger Craig
R. Craig
152
1,980
8,143
4.1
53.6
56
4,780
550
8.7
31.4
17
23James Brooks
J. Brooks
152
1,678
7,940
4.7
52.2
49
3,560
377
9.4
23.4
29
24Derrick Henry
D. Henry
150
2,659
13,008
4.9
86.7
122
1,781
187
242
9.5
11.9
5
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
150
2,530
11,659
4.6
77.7
66
2,384
290
347
8.2
15.9
8
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