Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Tony Dorsett had the most games with 40+ rushing yards, with 101 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a player in 1980s

	NAME	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	101	8,655	1,927	4.5	85.7	50	2,149	242	8.9	21.3	7
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	100	9,390	2,132	4.4	93.9	50	2,846	295	9.6	28.5	9
3	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	97	10,965	2,360	4.6	113.0	81	1,530	191	8.0	15.8	4
4	Marcus Allen M. Allen	86	6,893	1,622	4.2	80.2	60	3,158	335	9.4	36.7	14
5	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	81	7,060	1,669	4.2	87.2	47	1,968	223	8.8	24.3	2
6	Roger Craig R. Craig	80	5,809	1,278	4.5	72.6	42	2,938	352	8.3	36.7	10
7	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	77	6,517	1,398	4.7	84.6	27	2,025	200	10.1	26.3	11
8	George Rogers G. Rogers	75	6,842	1,550	4.4	91.2	51	305	48	6.4	4.1	0
9	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	71	6,752	1,534	4.4	95.1	44	1,051	146	7.2	14.8	0
10	James Brooks J. Brooks	70	5,255	998	5.3	75.1	38	1,942	199	9.8	27.7	14
11	Curt Warner C. Warner	69	6,139	1,403	4.4	89.0	53	1,197	151	7.9	17.3	7
12	James Wilder J. Wilder	61	5,092	1,245	4.1	83.5	29	2,058	271	7.6	33.7	3
13	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	59	5,729	1,316	4.4	97.1	38	585	80	7.3	9.9	0
14	Sammy Winder S. Winder	57	4,329	1,038	4.2	75.9	27	658	98	6.7	11.5	6
15	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	56	4,584	1,046	4.4	81.9	22	1,472	152	9.7	26.3	13
16	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	56	4,324	1,039	4.2	77.2	32	1,117	165	6.8	19.9	3
17	Greg Bell G. Bell	54	4,403	996	4.4	81.5	44	1,039	123	8.4	19.2	5
18	Joe Morris J. Morris	53	4,806	1,119	4.3	90.7	42	629	65	9.7	11.9	1
19	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	53	4,370	856	5.1	82.5	32	966	115	8.4	18.2	12
20	William Andrews W. Andrews	50	4,589	964	4.8	91.8	25	1,756	181	9.7	35.1	7
21	Billy Sims B. Sims	50	4,858	1,022	4.8	97.2	38	1,845	151	12.2	36.9	4
22	John Riggins J. Riggins	48	4,162	1,106	3.8	86.7	54	158	27	5.9	3.3	0
23	Tony Collins T. Collins	47	3,537	763	4.6	75.3	20	1,113	111	10.0	23.7	7
24	Darrin Nelson D. Nelson	46	3,136	595	5.3	68.2	12	1,101	123	9.0	23.9	2
25	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	45	3,484	747	4.7	77.4	22	1,441	154	9.4	32.0	6

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Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
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Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
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