most career games 40 yards rushing

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 40+ rushing yards, with 189 games.

Interpreted as:
most career regular-season games by a player 40 or more yards rushing
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
189
17,632
4,058
4.3
93.3
155
2,938
470
100
6.3
15.5
11
2 Frank Gore
F. Gore
181
14,621
3,172
4.6
80.8
79
3,372
402
574
8.4
18.6
15
3 Walter Payton
W. Payton
166
16,184
3,605
4.5
97.5
107
4,128
433
9.5
24.9
13
4 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
147
13,639
3,287
4.1
92.8
86
2,916
415
351
7.0
19.8
10
5 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
145
10,674
2,479
4.3
73.6
101
4,043
441
9.2
27.9
17
6 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
138
12,921
2,878
4.5
93.6
136
3,807
505
701
7.5
27.6
15
7 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
137
14,848
2,870
5.2
108.4
97
2,492
303
8.2
18.2
9
8 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
137
11,848
2,581
4.6
86.5
74
3,016
332
9.1
22.0
11
9 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
136
12,563
3,013
4.2
92.4
72
1,137
153
75
7.4
8.4
3
10 Franco Harris
F. Harris
134
11,227
2,588
4.3
83.8
86
1,812
236
7.7
13.5
7
11 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
133
13,723
2,725
5.0
103.2
110
1,970
241
333
8.2
14.8
6
12 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
132
10,840
2,516
4.3
82.1
61
3,312
403
549
8.2
25.1
7
13 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
128
11,026
2,511
4.4
86.1
60
3,489
353
2
9.9
27.3
20
14 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
127
11,326
2,422
4.7
89.2
93
5,567
582
432
9.6
43.8
34
15 Edgerrin James
E. James
126
11,891
2,888
4.1
94.4
76
3,169
406
543
7.8
25.2
10
16 John Riggins
J. Riggins
124
10,164
2,466
4.1
82.0
93
1,469
172
8.5
11.8
10
17 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
123
9,686
2,126
4.6
78.7
44
2,405
291
346
8.3
19.6
7
18 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
119
9,789
2,212
4.4
82.3
80
1,822
238
326
7.7
15.3
8
19 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
119
12,613
2,744
4.6
106.0
86
1,861
239
7.8
15.6
5
20 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
118
9,964
2,354
4.2
84.4
70
3,712
406
159
9.1
31.5
13
21 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
117
11,019
2,292
4.8
94.2
63
2,113
254
298
8.3
18.1
6
22 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
115
10,186
2,056
5.0
88.6
63
2,891
384
483
7.5
25.1
13
23 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
112
9,290
2,173
4.3
82.9
59
1,380
215
282
6.4
12.3
3
24 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
112
10,318
2,241
4.6
92.1
74
1,565
204
223
7.7
14.0
7
25 Eddie George
E. George
112
9,800
2,573
3.8
87.5
63
1,859
220
212
8.5
16.6
9
StatMuse has game-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1960 season.

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11
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.615
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.462
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12
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.923
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