most 70 yard rushing games by runningback nfl career

Emmitt Smith had the most games by a running back with 70+ rushing yards, with 130 games.

Interpreted as:
most 70 or more yard rushing regular-season games by runningback NFL career
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
130
14,292
3,073
4.7
109.9
117
2,223
363
64
6.1
17.1
9
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
114
13,332
2,698
4.9
116.9
90
2,748
286
9.6
24.1
8
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
104
12,998
2,305
5.6
125.0
84
1,817
218
8.3
17.5
7
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
103
12,018
2,266
5.3
116.7
90
1,636
196
274
8.3
15.9
6
5Curtis Martin
C. Martin
102
11,121
2,476
4.5
109.0
73
1,937
280
238
6.9
19.0
9
6Frank Gore
F. Gore
97
10,025
1,931
5.2
103.4
55
2,001
215
316
9.3
20.6
5
7Edgerrin James
E. James
94
10,116
2,315
4.4
107.6
65
2,467
311
408
7.9
26.2
9
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
93
10,159
2,288
4.4
109.2
54
924
114
49
8.1
9.9
2
9LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
89
10,174
2,029
5.0
114.3
108
2,325
324
440
7.2
26.1
10
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
89
10,926
2,218
4.9
122.8
74
1,373
171
8.0
15.4
3
11Derrick Henry
D. Henry
84
10,338
1,862
5.6
123.1
95
1,107
119
150
9.3
13.2
3
12Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
84
9,172
1,798
5.1
109.2
55
1,602
189
216
8.5
19.1
5
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
84
8,948
1,739
5.1
106.5
59
1,848
199
9.3
22.0
9
14Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
80
8,495
1,786
4.8
106.2
51
2,114
208
1
10.2
26.4
13
15Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
78
7,943
1,711
4.6
101.8
45
2,255
273
369
8.3
28.9
5
16Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
78
8,681
1,604
5.4
111.3
73
3,576
378
300
9.5
45.8
25
17Franco Harris
F. Harris
78
8,114
1,695
4.8
104.0
73
1,047
139
7.5
13.4
3
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
76
8,174
1,511
5.4
107.6
55
1,526
221
282
6.9
20.1
6
19Ricky Watters
R. Watters
76
7,602
1,661
4.6
100.0
50
2,340
252
99
9.3
30.8
7
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
76
7,602
1,757
4.3
100.0
65
871
114
7.6
11.5
5
21Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
74
7,344
1,529
4.8
99.2
54
1,154
148
203
7.8
15.6
7
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
74
8,218
1,635
5.0
111.1
53
1,006
129
144
7.8
13.6
4
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
72
7,924
1,475
5.4
110.1
41
2,604
292
380
8.9
36.2
6
24Eddie George
E. George
72
7,632
1,849
4.1
106.0
48
1,109
136
126
8.2
15.4
5
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
71
7,942
1,664
4.8
111.9
46
1,031
119
162
8.7
14.5
2
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