most games with 15 or more carries

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 15+ rush attempts, with 172 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games by a player with 15 or more carries
NAMEGPATTRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
172
3,891
16,290
4.2
94.7
147
2,726
440
90
6.2
15.8
9
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
154
3,471
15,450
4.5
100.3
103
3,838
398
9.6
24.9
13
3Curtis Martin
C. Martin
142
3,248
13,166
4.1
92.7
84
2,848
410
338
6.9
20.1
10
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
130
2,804
14,294
5.1
110.0
93
2,301
277
8.3
17.7
9
5Frank Gore
F. Gore
129
2,588
11,205
4.3
86.9
65
2,629
313
452
8.4
20.4
10
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
128
2,768
12,222
4.4
95.5
134
3,718
487
666
7.6
29.0
15
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
125
2,892
11,938
4.1
95.5
67
1,140
149
73
7.7
9.1
3
8Edgerrin James
E. James
118
2,793
11,451
4.1
97.0
74
3,055
390
521
7.8
25.9
10
9Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
117
2,572
12,531
4.9
107.1
101
1,842
219
303
8.4
15.7
6
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
116
2,360
10,277
4.4
88.6
64
2,637
291
9.1
22.7
11
11Franco Harris
F. Harris
113
2,341
9,870
4.2
87.3
84
1,561
200
7.8
13.8
4
12Eddie George
E. George
111
2,585
9,604
3.7
86.5
62
1,870
223
220
8.4
16.8
9
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
111
2,251
10,284
4.6
92.6
83
4,412
480
336
9.2
39.7
25
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
111
2,656
12,120
4.6
109.2
83
1,769
224
7.9
15.9
5
15Ricky Watters
R. Watters
108
2,256
9,209
4.1
85.3
68
3,232
364
150
8.9
29.9
9
16Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
105
2,240
9,334
4.2
88.9
57
2,783
340
465
8.2
26.5
6
17Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
105
2,191
9,067
4.1
86.4
61
2,357
280
8.4
22.4
4
18Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
104
2,268
9,611
4.2
92.4
57
1,510
171
236
8.8
14.5
4
19Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
103
2,237
9,460
4.2
91.8
61
2,903
287
1
10.1
28.2
15
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
102
2,220
9,011
4.1
88.3
85
1,256
147
8.5
12.3
9
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
101
2,156
9,419
4.4
93.3
65
1,306
184
220
7.1
12.9
6
22Marcus Allen
M. Allen
101
1,998
8,226
4.1
81.4
84
3,117
325
9.6
30.9
13
23Derrick Henry
D. Henry
98
2,153
10,822
5.0
110.4
102
1,418
143
185
9.9
14.5
4
24Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
94
1,933
8,070
4.2
85.9
62
1,627
201
267
8.1
17.3
8
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
92
2,014
9,195
4.6
99.9
54
1,967
228
264
8.6
21.4
6
StatMuse has game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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