nfl player with most 100 yard rushing games per career games started

Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton were tied for the most games by a player as a starter with 100+ rushing yards, with 75 games.

Interpreted as:
NFL player with most 100 or more yard rushing regular-season games per career games started
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
75
9,621
1,892
5.1
128.3
78
1,305
214
46
6.1
17.4
6
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
75
10,014
1,892
5.3
133.5
69
1,697
177
9.6
22.6
6
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
69
9,703
1,572
6.2
140.6
59
1,174
152
7.7
17.0
4
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
57
7,382
1,494
4.9
129.5
48
1,144
156
123
7.3
20.1
6
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
57
7,028
1,511
4.7
123.3
34
457
61
27
7.5
8.0
0
6Edgerrin James
E. James
56
6,876
1,467
4.7
122.8
49
1,481
184
231
8.0
26.4
6
7Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
54
7,813
1,321
5.9
144.7
61
716
91
128
7.9
13.3
2
8Derrick Henry
D. Henry
52
7,433
1,252
5.9
142.9
69
698
79
97
8.8
13.4
2
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
48
6,689
1,244
5.4
139.4
48
736
88
8.4
15.3
2
10LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
47
6,706
1,157
5.8
142.7
80
1,118
173
237
6.5
23.8
7
11Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
47
6,124
1,070
5.7
130.3
37
871
98
117
8.9
18.5
2
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
46
5,666
1,112
5.1
123.2
32
1,205
121
10.0
26.2
10
13Frank Gore
F. Gore
43
5,463
951
5.7
127.0
25
827
100
143
8.3
19.2
3
14Clinton Portis
C. Portis
43
5,774
1,091
5.3
134.3
44
793
87
118
9.1
18.4
3
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
41
5,595
908
6.2
136.5
50
1,786
186
164
9.6
43.6
8
16Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
39
5,290
886
6.0
135.6
42
809
95
128
8.5
20.7
2
17Jim Brown
J. Brown
39
5,675
893
6.4
145.5
43
1,076
87
12.4
27.6
11
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
38
5,051
822
6.1
132.9
36
548
96
114
5.7
14.4
3
19Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
37
5,208
952
5.5
140.8
60
459
66
99
7.0
12.4
6
20Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
37
5,041
908
5.6
136.2
32
577
76
88
7.6
15.6
3
21Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
36
5,041
924
5.5
140.0
26
507
60
79
8.5
14.1
1
22Eddie George
E. George
36
4,670
1,019
4.6
129.7
32
553
63
58
8.8
15.4
3
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
35
4,733
789
6.0
135.2
22
1,104
128
174
8.6
31.5
2
24Ricky Williams
R. Williams
34
4,462
963
4.6
131.2
33
779
96
126
8.1
22.9
2
25Terrell Davis
T. Davis
34
4,788
880
5.4
140.8
34
523
73
9
7.2
15.4
2
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.235
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14
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11
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.647
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11
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14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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.647
7
9
1
.441
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12
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.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
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12
5
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.706
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12
5
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.706
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