most 65 yard rushing games in nfl history by a player

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 65+ rushing yards, with 144 games.

Interpreted as:

most 65 or more yard rushing regular-season games in NFL history by a player

	NAME	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	144	15,233	3,340	4.6	105.8	130	2,357	388	71	6.1	16.4	9
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	123	13,935	2,893	4.8	113.3	93	2,928	310		9.4	23.8	8
3	Curtis Martin C. Martin	112	11,781	2,661	4.4	105.2	74	2,147	312	265	6.9	19.2	9
4	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	111	13,470	2,438	5.5	121.4	86	1,927	232		8.3	17.4	7
5	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	110	12,488	2,402	5.2	113.5	94	1,792	211	293	8.5	16.3	6
6	Frank Gore F. Gore	109	10,827	2,130	5.1	99.3	61	2,178	241	352	9.0	20.0	6
7	Edgerrin James E. James	101	10,587	2,446	4.3	104.8	68	2,608	327	439	8.0	25.8	10
8	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	101	10,687	2,448	4.4	105.8	56	942	123	53	7.7	9.3	2
9	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	97	10,711	2,182	4.9	110.4	112	2,581	350	482	7.4	26.6	11
10	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	94	11,266	2,311	4.9	119.9	77	1,436	182		7.9	15.3	3
11	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	93	9,545	1,906	5.0	102.6	60	1,993	219		9.1	21.4	9
12	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	91	9,640	1,924	5.0	105.9	58	1,758	204	233	8.6	19.3	6
13	Derrick Henry D. Henry	90	10,739	1,969	5.5	119.3	98	1,113	121	152	9.2	12.4	3
14	Franco Harris F. Harris	87	8,720	1,857	4.7	100.2	75	1,185	155		7.6	13.6	3
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	86	8,898	1,880	4.7	103.5	51	2,295	223	1	10.3	26.7	13
16	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	85	9,155	1,718	5.3	107.7	77	3,975	423	335	9.4	46.8	26
17	Ricky Watters R. Watters	84	8,140	1,806	4.5	96.9	55	2,494	274	111	9.1	29.7	7
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	82	8,210	1,788	4.6	100.1	46	2,354	283	382	8.3	28.7	5
19	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	81	7,814	1,659	4.7	96.5	58	1,374	167	226	8.2	17.0	7
20	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	80	8,615	1,740	5.0	107.7	58	1,124	143	157	7.9	14.1	4
21	John Riggins J. Riggins	79	7,804	1,805	4.3	98.8	66	905	119		7.6	11.5	5
22	Eddie George E. George	78	8,031	1,971	4.1	103.0	50	1,335	155	147	8.6	17.1	6
23	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	78	7,832	1,691	4.6	100.4	46	1,678	199		8.4	21.5	4
24	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	77	8,242	1,529	5.4	107.0	55	1,562	223	286	7.0	20.3	6
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	77	8,348	1,771	4.7	108.4	48	1,066	125	173	8.5	13.8	2

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