who has the most 101 rushing yard games

Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders and Walter Payton are tied for the most games when rushing for 101+ yards, with 76 games.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player game data complete from 1960
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
76
9,777
1,932
5.1
128.6
84
1,255
212
45
5.9
16.5
6
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
76
10,654
1,733
6.1
140.2
67
1,284
161
8.0
16.9
4
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
76
10,153
1,917
5.3
133.6
69
1,770
185
9.6
23.3
6
4Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
64
8,813
1,665
5.3
137.7
61
1,012
127
8.0
15.8
2
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
59
7,280
1,526
4.8
123.4
38
449
63
26
7.1
7.6
0
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
57
7,382
1,494
4.9
129.5
48
1,144
156
123
7.3
20.1
6
7Derrick Henry
D. Henry
55
7,957
1,309
6.1
144.7
78
741
81
100
9.1
13.5
3
8Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
55
7,928
1,326
6.0
144.1
61
775
92
130
8.4
14.1
3
9Edgerrin James
E. James
55
6,776
1,441
4.7
123.2
49
1,481
184
230
8.0
26.9
6
10Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
48
6,257
1,094
5.7
130.4
39
931
105
115
8.9
19.4
2
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
47
6,706
1,157
5.8
142.7
80
1,118
173
237
6.5
23.8
7
12Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
45
5,566
1,086
5.1
123.7
32
1,175
118
10.0
26.1
10
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
45
5,427
1,016
5.3
120.6
45
676
84
8.0
15.0
2
14Frank Gore
F. Gore
44
5,598
967
5.8
127.2
26
841
101
144
8.3
19.1
3
15Clinton Portis
C. Portis
44
5,877
1,109
5.3
133.6
45
797
88
119
9.1
18.1
3
16Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
43
5,552
966
5.7
129.1
39
958
88
10.9
22.3
4
17O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
42
6,248
1,065
5.9
148.8
35
499
50
10.0
11.9
5
18Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
40
5,395
903
6.0
134.9
42
809
95
128
8.5
20.2
2
19Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
40
5,495
884
6.2
137.4
49
1,753
181
159
9.7
43.8
8
20Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
40
5,703
1,127
5.1
142.6
45
267
46
5.8
6.7
0
21LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
38
5,051
822
6.1
132.9
36
548
96
114
5.7
14.4
3
22Tiki Barber
T. Barber
38
5,154
842
6.1
135.6
24
1,221
141
184
8.7
32.1
3
23Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
38
5,172
927
5.6
136.1
31
586
78
89
7.5
15.4
3
24Jim Brown
J. Brown
38
5,575
871
6.4
146.7
42
1,073
86
12.5
28.2
11
25Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
36
5,108
931
5.5
141.9
60
451
64
95
7.0
12.5
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