most 75 yard rushing games in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Eric Dickerson had the most games with 75+ rushing yards, with 78 games.

Interpreted as:
most 75 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
78
9,853
2,001
4.9
126.3
70
1,158
147
7.9
14.8
3
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
64
7,259
1,502
4.8
113.4
42
1,683
173
9.7
26.3
5
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
58
6,189
1,215
5.1
106.7
40
1,302
140
9.3
22.4
6
4George Rogers
G. Rogers
47
5,262
1,123
4.7
112.0
45
204
32
6.4
4.3
0
5Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
47
5,049
1,054
4.8
107.4
31
1,037
125
8.3
22.1
2
6Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
45
5,287
1,155
4.6
117.5
33
670
84
8.0
14.9
0
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
43
4,506
946
4.8
104.8
36
1,333
160
8.3
31.0
8
8Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
40
4,498
829
5.4
112.5
17
985
99
9.9
24.6
6
9Curt Warner
C. Warner
39
4,346
884
4.9
111.4
37
706
83
8.5
18.1
4
10William Andrews
W. Andrews
36
3,759
751
5.0
104.4
16
1,217
125
9.7
33.8
3
11James Wilder
J. Wilder
35
3,675
859
4.3
105.0
21
1,163
158
7.4
33.2
1
12John Riggins
J. Riggins
34
3,408
877
3.9
100.2
39
136
20
6.8
4.0
0
13Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
34
4,387
941
4.7
129.0
31
339
52
6.5
10.0
0
14James Brooks
J. Brooks
33
3,391
536
6.3
102.8
26
897
90
10.0
27.2
7
15Billy Sims
B. Sims
33
3,845
739
5.2
116.5
30
1,137
88
12.9
34.5
2
16Joe Morris
J. Morris
31
3,558
743
4.8
114.8
33
365
35
10.4
11.8
0
17Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
31
3,104
563
5.5
100.1
20
504
64
7.9
16.3
7
18Roger Craig
R. Craig
30
3,068
568
5.4
102.3
21
1,087
129
8.4
36.2
3
19Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
29
3,110
656
4.7
107.2
15
877
84
10.4
30.2
8
20Sammy Winder
S. Winder
27
2,620
566
4.6
97.0
11
342
51
6.7
12.7
3
21Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
27
2,742
596
4.6
101.6
21
472
76
6.2
17.5
3
22Herschel Walker
H. Walker
25
2,629
553
4.8
105.2
13
1,111
97
11.5
44.4
5
23Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
25
2,604
576
4.5
104.2
15
180
30
6.0
7.2
2
24Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
25
2,690
446
6.0
107.6
20
703
75
9.4
28.1
3
25Greg Bell
G. Bell
24
2,789
558
5.0
116.2
26
464
62
7.5
19.3
2
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