most rushing yards in a game 201

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards when playing 201+ games, with 18,355 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in a game 201 or more
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18,355
226
4,409
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
16,000
241
3,735
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
3Marcus Allen
M. Allen
12,243
222
3,022
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
4Earnest Byner
E. Byner
8,261
211
2,095
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
5Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
5,568
205
1,042
5.3
27.2
31
21
5
5
4.2
0.1
1
6Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3,674
246
675
5.4
14.9
32
-12
0
0.0
0
7Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
3,634
264
762
4.8
13.8
36
-20
4
4
-5.0
-0.1
0
8John Elway
J. Elway
3,407
234
774
4.4
14.6
33
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
9Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,967
223
388
5.1
8.8
12
2,336
255
74
9.2
10.5
4
10Brett Favre
B. Favre
1,844
302
602
3.1
6.1
14
-7
2
1
-3.5
0.0
0
11Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1,777
211
450
3.9
8.4
13
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
12Warren Moon
W. Moon
1,736
208
543
3.2
8.3
22
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Tony Richardson
T. Richardson
1,727
234
429
4.0
7.4
15
1,543
210
271
7.3
6.6
9
14Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
1,661
233
430
3.9
7.1
15
6
3
0
2.0
0.0
0
15Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
1,539
234
514
3.0
6.6
13
5
1
1
5.0
0.0
1
16Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
1,373
249
514
2.7
5.5
20
-12
2
2
-6.0
0.0
0
17Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1,357
239
470
2.9
5.7
15
-3
2
3
-1.5
0.0
0
18Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,293
211
294
4.4
6.1
9
0
0
0.0
0
19Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1,261
213
417
3.0
5.9
13
10
3
3.3
0.0
0
20Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
1,231
209
365
3.4
5.9
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
21John Brodie
J. Brodie
1,167
201
235
5.0
5.8
22
0
0
0.0
0
22Tom Brady
T. Brady
1,123
335
693
1.6
3.4
28
65
3
4
21.7
0.2
0
23John Hadl
J. Hadl
1,112
224
351
3.2
5.0
16
-9
3
-3.0
0.0
0
24Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
925
209
407
2.3
4.4
17
32
2
2
16.0
0.2
0
25Mack Strong
M. Strong
909
201
230
4.0
4.5
5
1,456
218
241
6.7
7.2
10
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