most career 61 rushing games

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 61+ rushing yards, with 156 games.

Interpreted as:
most career 61 or more rushing regular-season games by a player
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
156
15,982
3,562
4.5
102.4
140
2,532
414
80
6.1
16.2
9
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
133
14,555
3,074
4.7
109.4
95
3,100
339
9.1
23.3
10
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
123
11,698
2,338
5.0
95.1
67
2,335
264
381
8.8
19.0
7
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
118
12,159
2,781
4.4
103.0
74
2,254
326
278
6.9
19.1
9
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
117
13,845
2,534
5.5
118.3
86
2,045
250
8.2
17.5
7
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
115
12,802
2,463
5.2
111.3
98
1,831
217
301
8.4
15.9
6
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
109
11,185
2,580
4.3
102.6
60
986
130
60
7.6
9.0
2
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
105
11,210
2,332
4.8
106.8
118
2,929
387
528
7.6
27.9
12
9Edgerrin James
E. James
105
10,838
2,519
4.3
103.2
70
2,750
348
463
7.9
26.2
10
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
101
10,047
2,033
4.9
99.5
64
2,217
242
9.2
22.0
10
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
98
11,518
2,384
4.8
117.5
79
1,578
200
7.9
16.1
3
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
98
9,405
2,048
4.6
96.0
79
1,350
172
7.8
13.8
4
13Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
95
9,889
1,981
5.0
104.1
58
1,886
218
256
8.7
19.9
6
14Derrick Henry
D. Henry
93
10,929
2,018
5.4
117.5
101
1,229
128
160
9.6
13.2
4
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
92
9,588
1,856
5.2
104.2
78
4,258
447
344
9.5
46.3
27
16John Riggins
J. Riggins
92
8,612
2,018
4.3
93.6
76
1,094
136
8.0
11.9
8
17Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
91
8,436
1,808
4.7
92.7
62
1,492
184
254
8.1
16.4
7
18Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
91
9,210
1,958
4.7
101.2
52
2,526
252
1
10.0
27.8
15
19Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
90
8,716
1,927
4.5
96.8
49
2,526
302
410
8.4
28.1
6
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
90
8,518
1,903
4.5
94.6
57
2,644
294
122
9.0
29.4
7
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
87
9,052
1,882
4.8
104.0
64
1,248
157
179
7.9
14.3
4
22Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
85
8,845
1,915
4.6
104.1
51
1,163
136
186
8.6
13.7
3
23Eddie George
E. George
84
8,404
2,094
4.0
100.0
53
1,405
167
159
8.4
16.7
6
24LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
83
8,625
1,623
5.3
103.9
55
1,745
252
324
6.9
21.0
6
25Marcus Allen
M. Allen
83
7,574
1,643
4.6
91.3
69
2,102
251
8.4
25.3
11
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