most 5 rushing attemps games by player nfl career

Frank Gore had the most games with 5+ carries, with 233 games.

Interpreted as:
most 5 or more rushing attemps regular-season games by player NFL career
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
233
3,717
15,947
4.3
68.4
81
3,970
479
687
8.3
17.0
18
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
218
4,391
18,305
4.2
84.0
164
3,183
506
124
6.3
14.6
11
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
196
2,958
11,982
4.1
61.1
118
5,142
558
9.2
26.2
20
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
188
3,831
16,720
4.4
88.9
110
4,538
492
9.2
24.1
15
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
180
3,448
13,587
3.9
75.5
90
1,452
199
99
7.3
8.1
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
178
3,206
14,870
4.6
83.5
120
2,406
301
418
8.0
13.5
6
7Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
177
2,658
10,927
4.1
61.7
48
4,215
496
579
8.5
23.8
15
8John Riggins
J. Riggins
170
2,907
11,321
3.9
66.6
103
2,079
247
8.4
12.2
12
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
168
2,925
12,693
4.3
75.6
76
3,535
396
8.9
21.0
13
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
167
2,935
12,077
4.1
72.3
91
2,268
304
7.5
13.6
9
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
166
2,838
11,881
4.2
71.6
65
4,344
455
7
9.5
26.2
22
12LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
165
3,163
13,659
4.3
82.8
145
4,721
615
857
7.7
28.6
17
13Curtis Martin
C. Martin
165
3,506
14,083
4.0
85.4
90
3,275
475
399
6.9
19.8
10
14Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
165
2,815
12,197
4.3
73.9
100
6,680
736
566
9.1
40.5
36
15Thomas Jones
T. Jones
158
2,627
10,461
4.0
66.2
67
1,854
286
381
6.5
11.7
3
16LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
154
2,436
11,051
4.5
71.8
73
3,751
495
637
7.6
24.4
16
17Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
153
2,743
11,324
4.1
74.0
68
3,661
459
623
8.0
23.9
8
18Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
153
3,062
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
19Derrick Henry
D. Henry
147
2,648
12,977
4.9
88.3
122
1,759
185
240
9.5
12.0
5
20Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
145
2,514
11,598
4.6
80.0
66
2,357
286
341
8.2
16.3
8
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
145
2,611
11,216
4.3
77.4
82
1,886
243
277
7.8
13.0
7
22Earnest Byner
E. Byner
145
2,001
7,897
3.9
54.5
52
3,705
404
9.2
25.6
12
23Roger Craig
R. Craig
144
1,953
8,006
4.1
55.6
54
4,510
527
8.6
31.3
16
24Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
143
1,782
7,994
4.5
55.9
65
2,064
295
366
7.0
14.4
10
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
143
2,345
9,760
4.2
68.3
54
4,620
547
716
8.4
32.3
21
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