most rushes longer than 80 yards in nfl history by player

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries when rushing for 80+ yards, with 4,409 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
most rushes longer than 80 or more rushing yards in NFL history by player
NAME ATT RUSH YDS GP YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
18,355
226
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2 Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
16,726
190
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3 Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
16,000
241
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
14,101
168
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
13,662
192
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
14,918
184
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
13,684
170
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
15,269
153
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9 Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
12,246
148
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
12,243
222
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
11 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
13,259
146
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12 Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
12,120
173
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
12,739
173
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14 John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
11,352
175
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
12,074
182
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16 Eddie George
E. George
2,865
10,441
141
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
12,279
176
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18 Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
11,438
160
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19 Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
10,591
180
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20 Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
10,967
181
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
10,643
144
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
22 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
11,241
150
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
23 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
10,273
182
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
24 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
10,607
131
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
25 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,534
11,695
153
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts and rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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