most 60 yard rushing games in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Eric Dickerson and Walter Payton were tied for the most games with 60+ rushing yards, with 87 games.

Interpreted as:
most 60 or more yard rushing regular-season games by a player in 1980s
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
87
10,454
2,175
4.8
120.2
75
1,345
170
7.9
15.5
3
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
87
8,756
1,915
4.6
100.6
46
2,349
251
9.4
27.0
7
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
77
7,463
1,558
4.8
96.9
43
1,736
194
8.9
22.5
6
4Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
64
6,179
1,381
4.5
96.5
38
1,460
169
8.6
22.8
2
5George Rogers
G. Rogers
58
5,984
1,325
4.5
103.2
49
265
42
6.3
4.6
0
6Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
57
6,072
1,358
4.5
106.5
37
825
110
7.5
14.5
0
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
56
5,374
1,171
4.6
96.0
46
1,768
208
8.5
31.6
9
8Curt Warner
C. Warner
55
5,450
1,190
4.6
99.1
49
952
118
8.1
17.3
5
9Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
54
5,447
1,101
4.9
100.9
19
1,385
140
9.9
25.6
6
10Roger Craig
R. Craig
45
4,068
814
5.0
90.4
31
1,758
199
8.8
39.1
5
11James Wilder
J. Wilder
44
4,272
1,024
4.2
97.1
25
1,461
196
7.5
33.2
1
12William Andrews
W. Andrews
44
4,289
880
4.9
97.5
24
1,504
152
9.9
34.2
5
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
42
4,927
1,079
4.6
117.3
32
450
63
7.1
10.7
0
14Billy Sims
B. Sims
42
4,445
896
5.0
105.8
34
1,399
112
12.5
33.3
3
15Sammy Winder
S. Winder
41
3,564
815
4.4
86.9
20
556
78
7.1
13.6
4
16Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
40
3,813
833
4.6
95.3
20
1,223
116
10.5
30.6
11
17Joe Morris
J. Morris
39
4,099
890
4.6
105.1
39
459
47
9.8
11.8
1
18James Brooks
J. Brooks
38
3,736
611
6.1
98.3
28
1,050
105
10.0
27.6
8
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
38
3,666
959
3.8
96.5
43
142
25
5.7
3.7
0
20Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
38
3,578
661
5.4
94.2
25
627
77
8.1
16.5
7
21Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
36
3,333
757
4.4
92.6
28
639
102
6.3
17.8
3
22Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
33
3,141
710
4.4
95.2
18
329
50
6.6
10.0
2
23Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
33
2,763
536
5.2
83.7
20
797
61
13.1
24.2
3
24Herschel Walker
H. Walker
32
3,094
673
4.6
96.7
17
1,419
132
10.8
44.3
7
25Greg Bell
G. Bell
32
3,317
693
4.8
103.7
31
513
76
6.8
16.0
2
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