most 55 yard rushing games

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 55+ rushing yards, with 165 games.

Interpreted as:
most 55 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a player
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
165
16,504
3,703
4.5
100.0
143
2,570
426
89
6.0
15.6
9
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
142
12,794
2,634
4.9
90.1
73
2,553
297
429
8.6
18.0
8
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
141
15,026
3,205
4.7
106.6
99
3,422
371
9.2
24.3
10
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
127
12,680
2,958
4.3
99.8
77
2,496
359
306
7.0
19.7
9
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
122
13,209
2,584
5.1
108.3
104
1,871
225
311
8.3
15.3
6
6Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
122
14,128
2,626
5.4
115.8
88
2,176
260
8.4
17.8
8
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
120
12,066
2,585
4.7
100.6
129
3,313
430
592
7.7
27.6
13
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
117
11,640
2,692
4.3
99.5
64
1,039
138
64
7.5
8.9
2
9Edgerrin James
E. James
113
11,297
2,680
4.2
100.0
72
2,897
369
488
7.9
25.6
10
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
110
10,090
2,223
4.5
91.7
81
1,521
197
7.7
13.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
108
10,453
2,159
4.8
96.8
66
2,353
260
9.1
21.8
10
12Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
107
12,039
2,546
4.7
112.5
81
1,672
219
7.6
15.6
3
13Derrick Henry
D. Henry
103
11,443
2,150
5.3
111.1
110
1,344
138
174
9.7
13.0
4
14Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
103
9,465
2,128
4.4
91.9
54
2,660
323
443
8.2
25.8
6
15Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
102
10,287
2,082
4.9
100.9
58
1,934
226
268
8.6
19.0
6
16Marcus Allen
M. Allen
101
8,604
1,918
4.5
85.2
79
2,765
313
8.8
27.4
13
17Ricky Watters
R. Watters
100
9,090
2,075
4.4
90.9
63
2,930
333
148
8.8
29.3
7
18Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
99
9,979
1,974
5.1
100.8
80
4,492
471
362
9.5
45.4
29
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
98
9,615
2,075
4.6
98.1
56
2,873
286
1
10.0
29.3
18
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
98
8,959
2,117
4.2
91.4
83
1,180
146
8.1
12.0
8
21Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
97
8,789
1,892
4.6
90.6
68
1,587
196
266
8.1
16.4
7
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
97
9,634
2,055
4.7
99.3
68
1,386
180
197
7.7
14.3
6
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
94
8,771
1,969
4.5
93.3
54
2,102
245
8.6
22.4
4
24Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
93
9,306
2,043
4.6
100.1
52
1,334
152
205
8.8
14.3
3
25Tiki Barber
T. Barber
91
9,074
1,760
5.2
99.7
50
3,081
358
467
8.6
33.9
7
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