most career games 97 yards rushing

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 97+ rushing yards, with 81 games.

Interpreted as:
most career regular-season games by a player 97 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
81
10,272
2,025
5.1
126.8
85
1,376
231
46
6.0
17.0
6
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
80
10,544
2,021
5.2
131.8
75
1,798
192
9.4
22.5
6
3 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
77
10,753
1,756
6.1
139.6
67
1,314
163
8.1
17.1
4
4 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
68
9,204
1,759
5.2
135.4
62
1,029
131
7.9
15.1
2
5 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
64
8,811
1,501
5.9
137.7
66
892
103
149
8.7
13.9
3
6 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
64
7,775
1,673
4.6
121.5
41
537
69
29
7.8
8.4
1
7 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
60
7,679
1,560
4.9
128.0
49
1,152
161
127
7.2
19.2
6
8 Edgerrin James
E. James
59
7,172
1,535
4.7
121.6
51
1,511
189
243
8.0
25.6
6
9 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
50
6,455
1,151
5.6
129.1
40
960
108
119
8.9
19.2
2
10 Frank Gore
F. Gore
49
6,089
1,078
5.6
124.3
29
882
109
158
8.1
18.0
3
11 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
49
6,901
1,204
5.7
140.8
80
1,140
177
243
6.4
23.3
7
12 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
49
5,957
1,186
5.0
121.6
33
1,249
128
9.8
25.5
10
13 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
48
6,046
1,074
5.6
126.0
42
1,065
104
10.2
22.2
6
14 Franco Harris
F. Harris
48
5,726
1,092
5.2
119.3
50
704
89
7.9
14.7
2
15 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
46
6,576
1,099
6.0
143.0
64
618
71
86
8.7
13.4
2
16 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
46
6,073
1,151
5.3
132.0
46
797
88
119
9.1
17.3
3
17 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
46
6,643
1,142
5.8
144.4
37
562
53
10.6
12.2
5
18 Jim Brown
J. Brown
44
6,169
992
6.2
140.2
45
1,184
99
12.0
26.9
12
19 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
43
5,664
1,027
5.5
131.7
36
616
81
92
7.6
14.3
3
20 Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
42
5,591
946
5.9
133.1
42
835
98
135
8.5
19.9
2
21 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
42
5,693
925
6.2
135.5
51
1,807
189
164
9.6
43.0
8
22 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
41
5,802
1,148
5.1
141.5
45
271
47
5.8
6.6
0
23 LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
40
5,249
859
6.1
131.2
37
563
97
116
5.8
14.1
3
24 Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
39
4,524
819
5.5
116.0
33
637
72
101
8.8
16.3
4
25 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
39
4,688
919
5.1
120.2
30
407
70
86
5.8
10.4
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11
2
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.846
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5
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.615
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12
1
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.769
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.615
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8
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.615
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6
7
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.462
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12
1
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.923
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8
5
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.615

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