most career nfl games by a running back before 2012

Before 2012, Lorenzo Neal had the most games by a running back, with 239 games.

Interpreted as:

most career NFL regular-season games by a running back before 2012

	NAME	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Lorenzo Neal L. Neal	239	807	226	3.6	3.4	6	1,086	199	205	5.5	4.5	12
2	Tony Richardson T. Richardson	234	1,727	429	4.0	7.4	15	1,543	210	271	7.3	6.6	9
3	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	226	18,355	4,409	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
4	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	223	1,967	388	5.1	8.8	12	2,336	255	74	9.2	10.5	4
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	222	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
6	Earnest Byner E. Byner	211	8,261	2,095	3.9	39.2	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15
7	Mack Strong M. Strong	201	909	230	4.0	4.5	5	1,456	218	241	6.7	7.2	10
8	Mosi Tatupu M. Tatupu	199	2,415	612	3.9	12.1	18	843	96		8.8	4.2	2
9	Fred McAfee F. McAfee	194	1,273	304	4.2	6.6	8	211	35	0	6.0	1.1	0
10	Bill Brown B. Brown	194	5,838	1,649	3.5	30.1	52	3,183	286		11.1	16.4	23
11	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	192	13,662	3,479	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
12	Walter Payton W. Payton	190	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
13	Keith Byars K. Byars	189	3,109	865	3.6	16.4	23	5,661	610		9.3	30.0	31
14	William Henderson W. Henderson	188	426	123	3.5	2.3	5	2,409	320	271	7.5	12.8	14
15	Herschel Walker H. Walker	187	8,225	1,954	4.2	44.0	61	4,859	512		9.5	26.0	21
16	Larry Centers L. Centers	182	2,036	590	3.5	11.2	14	6,194	761	386	8.1	34.0	25
17	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	182	12,074	2,877	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
18	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	182	10,273	2,562	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
19	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	181	10,967	2,669	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
20	Cory Schlesinger C. Schlesinger	181	473	167	2.8	2.6	5	1,445	197	281	7.3	8.0	9
21	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	181	2,774	615	4.5	15.3	10	6,076	582		10.4	33.6	24
22	Thomas Jones T. Jones	180	10,591	2,678	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
23	Sam Gash S. Gash	177	327	121	2.7	1.8	2	1,347	169	67	8.0	7.6	13
24	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	176	12,279	2,836	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
25	Zack Crockett Z. Crockett	175	1,701	510	3.3	9.7	36	680	96	97	7.1	3.9	2

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
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Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176