most playoff games for running backs in nfl

Robert Newhouse has the most career games by a running back in the playoffs, with 23 games.

NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
23
651
174
3.7
28.3
3
80
14
5.7
3.5
0
2Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
21
1,442
339
4.3
68.7
16
672
76
0
8.8
32.0
5
3Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
19
425
88
4.8
22.4
0
412
51
65
8.1
21.7
1
4Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
19
702
165
4.3
36.9
5
411
45
14
9.1
21.6
2
5Franco Harris
F. Harris
19
1,556
400
3.9
81.9
16
504
51
9.9
26.5
1
6Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
19
149
47
3.2
7.8
0
528
44
12.0
27.8
3
7Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
19
427
115
3.7
22.5
5
133
15
8.9
7.0
1
8Roger Craig
R. Craig
18
841
208
4.0
46.7
7
606
63
9.6
33.7
2
9Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
18
480
141
3.4
26.7
4
202
19
10.6
11.2
2
10Brandon Bolden
B. Bolden
17
46
12
3.8
2.7
1
64
8
11
8.0
3.8
0
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
17
1,586
349
4.5
93.3
19
342
46
2
7.4
20.1
2
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
17
1,383
302
4.6
81.4
9
403
46
8.8
23.7
1
13William Henderson
W. Henderson
16
21
11
1.9
1.3
0
198
24
14
8.3
12.4
0
14Daryl Johnston
D. Johnston
16
70
23
3.0
4.4
2
247
37
6.7
15.4
1
15Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
16
232
38
6.1
14.5
1
145
19
11
7.6
9.1
0
16Marcus Allen
M. Allen
16
1,347
267
5.0
84.2
11
530
53
10.0
33.1
2
17Cullen Bryant
C. Bryant
16
447
113
4.0
27.9
2
151
19
7.9
9.4
1
18John Kuhn
J. Kuhn
15
28
19
1.5
1.9
4
115
17
22
6.8
7.7
3
19Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
15
493
126
3.9
32.9
0
159
21
7.6
10.6
2
20Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
14
27
6
4.5
1.9
0
169
16
21
10.6
12.1
1
21James Develin
J. Develin
14
5
3
1.7
0.4
0
29
5
7
5.8
2.1
1
22Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
14
122
26
4.7
8.7
0
7
3
0
2.3
0.5
0
23Carwell Gardner
C. Gardner
14
52
13
4.0
3.7
1
-5
2
-2.5
-0.4
0
24Kenneth Davis
K. Davis
14
549
128
4.3
39.2
7
181
22
8.2
12.9
0
25Tom Rathman
T. Rathman
14
287
64
4.5
20.5
4
327
38
8.6
23.4
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Team Rankings

PPG

29.3

3rd

OPP PPG

29.7

31st

RUSH YDS/G

119.5

16th

PASS YDS/G

287.4

1st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
10
0
.231
Giants Giants
2
11
0
.154
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
DAL DAL
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

6 - 6 - 1

30

Final

44

DET Lions

8 - 5

Thu 4 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
9
4
0
.692
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
5
0
.615
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13
Sat
9/6
HOU HOU
@
LAR LAR
9-14
Sat
9/6
DET DET
@
GB GB
13-27

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
ARI ARI
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BUF BUF
@
NE NE
1:00 PM