most runs of 50 yards tds career

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries when rushing for 50+ yards, with 4,409 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
most runs of 50 or more rushing yards rushing tds by a player career
NAMEATTRUSH YDSRUSH TDGPYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
18,355
164
226
4.2
81.2
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
16,726
110
190
4.4
88.0
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
16,000
81
241
4.3
66.4
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
14,101
90
168
4.0
83.9
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
13,662
91
192
3.9
71.2
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
14,918
120
184
4.6
81.1
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
13,684
145
170
4.3
80.5
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
15,269
99
153
5.0
99.8
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
12,246
80
148
4.0
82.7
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
12,243
123
222
4.1
55.1
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
13,259
90
146
4.4
90.8
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
12,120
91
173
4.1
70.1
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
12,739
77
173
4.3
73.6
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
11,352
104
175
3.9
64.9
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
12,074
65
182
4.2
66.3
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16Eddie George
E. George
2,865
10,441
68
141
3.6
74.0
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
12,279
100
176
4.3
69.8
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
11,438
69
160
4.1
71.5
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
10,591
68
180
4.0
58.8
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
10,967
49
181
4.1
60.6
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,662
13,018
122
153
4.9
85.1
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
22Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
10,643
78
144
4.1
73.9
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
11,241
82
150
4.3
74.9
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
10,273
81
182
4.0
56.4
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
10,607
58
131
4.2
81.0
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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