Emmitt Smith has the most career rush attempts by a running back when rushing for >50 yards, with 4,409 rush attempts.

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	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	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,751	13,392	157	4.9	85.3	129	1,845	196	252	9.4	11.8	5
20	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,678	10,591	180	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
21	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	2,669	10,967	181	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,622	10,643	144	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
23	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,618	11,241	150	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,562	10,273	182	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,542	10,607	131	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
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Falcons	2	2	0	.500
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