most 85 yard rushing games in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Eric Dickerson had the most games with 85+ rushing yards, with 69 games.

Interpreted as:
most 85 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
69
9,146
1,810
5.1
132.6
66
1,048
128
8.2
15.2
2
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
53
6,380
1,283
5.0
120.4
36
1,370
147
9.3
25.8
4
3Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
46
5,246
992
5.3
114.0
33
1,060
107
9.9
23.0
6
4Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
40
4,885
1,053
4.6
122.1
31
586
73
8.0
14.7
0
5Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
40
4,501
924
4.9
112.5
29
819
96
8.5
20.5
0
6George Rogers
G. Rogers
38
4,557
952
4.8
119.9
38
189
30
6.3
5.0
0
7Marcus Allen
M. Allen
33
3,716
768
4.8
112.6
30
1,076
125
8.6
32.6
7
8Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
33
3,941
717
5.5
119.4
14
902
90
10.0
27.3
6
9Curt Warner
C. Warner
32
3,793
750
5.1
118.5
32
602
70
8.6
18.8
3
10Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
30
4,065
862
4.7
135.5
30
286
41
7.0
9.5
0
11Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
29
2,943
523
5.6
101.5
17
480
59
8.1
16.6
7
12Billy Sims
B. Sims
28
3,462
646
5.4
123.6
28
1,041
76
13.7
37.2
2
13Joe Morris
J. Morris
27
3,236
648
5.0
119.9
30
274
28
9.8
10.1
0
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
27
2,844
715
4.0
105.3
31
99
15
6.6
3.7
0
15William Andrews
W. Andrews
27
3,046
582
5.2
112.8
11
913
91
10.0
33.8
3
16James Wilder
J. Wilder
26
2,976
698
4.3
114.5
19
886
121
7.3
34.1
1
17James Brooks
J. Brooks
26
2,840
451
6.3
109.2
26
734
77
9.5
28.2
5
18Roger Craig
R. Craig
25
2,677
477
5.6
107.1
19
815
101
8.1
32.6
1
19Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
22
2,551
507
5.0
116.0
13
704
63
11.2
32.0
6
20Sammy Winder
S. Winder
21
2,144
463
4.6
102.1
10
262
39
6.7
12.5
1
21Herschel Walker
H. Walker
19
2,156
432
5.0
113.5
13
701
66
10.6
36.9
2
22Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
19
2,218
362
6.1
116.7
13
483
53
9.1
25.4
3
23Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
17
1,972
432
4.6
116.0
13
135
22
6.1
7.9
1
24Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
17
1,936
388
5.0
113.9
14
310
43
7.2
18.2
3
25Greg Bell
G. Bell
16
2,144
391
5.5
134.0
16
217
29
7.5
13.6
2
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