most rushing attempts by a player in a nfl playoff game

Lamar Smith has the most carries in a playoff game, with 40 rush attempts in the 2000 AFC Wild Card game against the Colts on December 30, 2000.

NAME ATT DATE ROUND TM OPP RUSH YDS YPC RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC TD
1 Lamar Smith
L. Smith
40
12/30/2000
AFC Wild Card
MIA MIA
vs
IND IND
209
5.2
2
18
3
3
6.0
0
2 John Riggins
J. Riggins
38
1/30/1983
Super Bowl
WAS WAS
vs
MIA MIA
166
4.4
1
15
1
15.0
0
3 Ricky Bell
R. Bell
38
12/29/1979
NFC Divisional
TB TB
vs
PHI PHI
142
3.7
2
0
0
0
4 John Riggins
J. Riggins
37
1/15/1983
NFC Divisional
WAS WAS
vs
MIN MIN
185
5.0
1
0
0
0
5 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
37
12/27/1975
NFC Divisional
LA LA
vs
STL STL
202
5.5
0
8
3
2.7
0
6 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
36
1/10/1999
AFC Divisional
NYJ NYJ
vs
JAX JAX
124
3.4
2
58
6
9.7
0
7 John Riggins
J. Riggins
36
1/8/1984
NFC Championship
WAS WAS
vs
SF SF
123
3.4
2
0
0
0
8 John Riggins
J. Riggins
36
1/22/1983
NFC Championship
WAS WAS
vs
DAL DAL
140
3.9
2
0
0
0
9 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
35
1/14/1996
NFC Championship
DAL DAL
vs
GB GB
150
4.3
3
17
2
8.5
0
10 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
34
1/4/2020
AFC Wild Card
TEN TEN
@
NE NE
182
5.4
1
22
1
1
22.0
0
11 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
34
1/22/2006
NFC Championship
SEA SEA
vs
CAR CAR
132
3.9
2
0
1
2
0.0
0
12 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
34
1/4/1986
NFC Divisional
RAM RAM
vs
DAL DAL
248
7.3
2
-4
1
-4.0
0
13 Franco Harris
F. Harris
34
1/12/1975
Super Bowl
PIT PIT
@
MIN MIN
158
4.6
1
0
0
0
14 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
33
1/3/1999
AFC Wild Card
JAX JAX
vs
NE NE
162
4.9
1
0
0
0
15 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
33
1/23/1994
AFC Championship
BUF BUF
vs
KC KC
186
5.6
3
22
2
11.0
0
16 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
33
1/9/1994
NFC Wild Card
NYG NYG
vs
MIN MIN
161
4.9
2
24
6
4.0
0
17 Barry Word
B. Word
33
12/28/1991
AFC Wild Card
KC KC
vs
RAI RAI
130
3.9
0
8
1
8.0
0
18 Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
33
12/27/1981
NFC Wild Card
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
161
4.9
0
32
4
8.0
0
19 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
33
1/13/1974
Super Bowl
MIA MIA
vs
MIN MIN
145
4.4
2
0
0
0
20 Arian Foster
A. Foster
32
1/5/2013
AFC Wild Card
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
140
4.4
1
34
8
8
4.3
0
21 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
32
1/17/1999
AFC Championship
DEN DEN
vs
NYJ NYJ
167
5.2
1
12
1
12.0
0
22 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
32
1/12/1991
AFC Divisional
BUF BUF
vs
MIA MIA
117
3.7
2
38
3
12.7
0
23 Lamar Miller
L. Miller
31
1/7/2017
AFC Wild Card
HOU HOU
vs
OAK OAK
73
2.4
1
0
0
1
0
24 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
31
1/27/2002
NFC Championship
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
159
5.1
2
13
4
7
3.3
0
25 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
31
12/27/1997
AFC Wild Card
DEN DEN
vs
JAX JAX
184
5.9
2
11
4
2.8
0

More Dolphins Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

21.4

21st

OPP PPG

29.0

27th

RUSH YDS/G

82.2

30th

PASS YDS/G

208.0

22nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
Dolphins Dolphins
1
4
0
.200
Jets Jets
0
5
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
LAC LAC
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
MIA MIA
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/9
BUF BUF
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Last Game
CAR Panthers

2 - 3 - 0

27

Final

24

MIA Dolphins

1 - 4 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
1
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
KC KC
@
JAX JAX
8:15 PM
Thu
10/9
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
8:15 PM
Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
9:30 AM
Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM