which nfl player has played in the most playoff games rb

Robert Newhouse has the most career games by a running back in the playoffs, with 23 games.

NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
23
651
174
3.7
28.3
3
80
14
5.7
3.5
0
2Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
21
1,442
339
4.3
68.7
16
672
76
0
8.8
32.0
5
3Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
19
425
88
4.8
22.4
0
412
51
65
8.1
21.7
1
4Dorsey Levens
D. Levens
19
702
165
4.3
36.9
5
411
45
14
9.1
21.6
2
5Franco Harris
F. Harris
19
1,556
400
3.9
81.9
16
504
51
9.9
26.5
1
6Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
19
149
47
3.2
7.8
0
528
44
12.0
27.8
3
7Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
19
427
115
3.7
22.5
5
133
15
8.9
7.0
1
8Roger Craig
R. Craig
18
841
208
4.0
46.7
7
606
63
9.6
33.7
2
9Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
18
480
141
3.4
26.7
4
202
19
10.6
11.2
2
10Brandon Bolden
B. Bolden
17
46
12
3.8
2.7
1
64
8
11
8.0
3.8
0
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
17
1,586
349
4.5
93.3
19
342
46
2
7.4
20.1
2
12Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
17
1,383
302
4.6
81.4
9
403
46
8.8
23.7
1
13Kyle Juszczyk
K. Juszczyk
16
24
7
3.4
1.5
0
229
21
26
10.9
14.3
1
14William Henderson
W. Henderson
16
21
11
1.9
1.3
0
198
24
14
8.3
12.4
0
15Daryl Johnston
D. Johnston
16
70
23
3.0
4.4
2
247
37
6.7
15.4
1
16Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
16
232
38
6.1
14.5
1
145
19
11
7.6
9.1
0
17Marcus Allen
M. Allen
16
1,347
267
5.0
84.2
11
530
53
10.0
33.1
2
18Cullen Bryant
C. Bryant
16
447
113
4.0
27.9
2
151
19
7.9
9.4
1
19John Kuhn
J. Kuhn
15
28
19
1.5
1.9
4
115
17
22
6.8
7.7
3
20Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
15
493
126
3.9
32.9
0
159
21
7.6
10.6
2
21James Develin
J. Develin
14
5
3
1.7
0.4
0
29
5
7
5.8
2.1
1
22Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
14
122
26
4.7
8.7
0
7
3
0
2.3
0.5
0
23Carwell Gardner
C. Gardner
14
52
13
4.0
3.7
1
-5
2
-2.5
-0.4
0
24Kenneth Davis
K. Davis
14
549
128
4.3
39.2
7
181
22
8.2
12.9
0
25Tom Rathman
T. Rathman
14
287
64
4.5
20.5
4
327
38
8.6
23.4
1

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PASS

4,552

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

1,429

Pickens

George Pickens
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PPG

27.7

7th

OPP PPG

30.1

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

9th

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278.5

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11
6
0
.647
Cowboys Cowboys
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 9 - 1

17

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34

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14
3
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.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
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10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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14
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11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
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.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
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.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176