Emmitt Smith had the most games with 40+ rushing yards, with 189 games.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most 40 or more yard rushing regular-season games?

	NAME	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	189	17,632	4,058	4.3	93.3	155	2,938	470	100	6.3	15.5	11
2	Frank Gore F. Gore	181	14,621	3,172	4.6	80.8	79	3,372	402	574	8.4	18.6	15
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	166	16,184	3,605	4.5	97.5	107	4,128	433		9.5	24.9	13
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	147	13,639	3,287	4.1	92.8	86	2,916	415	351	7.0	19.8	10
5	Marcus Allen M. Allen	145	10,674	2,479	4.3	73.6	101	4,043	441		9.2	27.9	17
6	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	138	12,921	2,878	4.5	93.6	136	3,807	505	701	7.5	27.6	15
7	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	137	14,848	2,870	5.2	108.4	97	2,492	303		8.2	18.2	9
8	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	137	11,848	2,581	4.6	86.5	74	3,016	332		9.1	22.0	11
9	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	136	12,563	3,013	4.2	92.4	72	1,137	153	75	7.4	8.4	3
10	Franco Harris F. Harris	134	11,227	2,588	4.3	83.8	86	1,812	236		7.7	13.5	7
11	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	133	13,723	2,725	5.0	103.2	110	1,970	241	333	8.2	14.8	6
12	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	132	10,840	2,516	4.3	82.1	61	3,312	403	549	8.2	25.1	7
13	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	128	11,026	2,511	4.4	86.1	60	3,489	353	2	9.9	27.3	20
14	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	127	11,326	2,422	4.7	89.2	93	5,567	582	432	9.6	43.8	34
15	Edgerrin James E. James	126	11,891	2,888	4.1	94.4	76	3,169	406	543	7.8	25.2	10
16	John Riggins J. Riggins	124	10,164	2,466	4.1	82.0	93	1,469	172		8.5	11.8	10
17	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	123	9,686	2,126	4.6	78.7	44	2,405	291	346	8.3	19.6	7
18	Derrick Henry D. Henry	119	12,187	2,353	5.2	102.4	114	1,497	153	199	9.8	12.6	5
19	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	119	9,789	2,212	4.4	82.3	80	1,822	238	326	7.7	15.3	8
20	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	119	12,613	2,744	4.6	106.0	86	1,861	239		7.8	15.6	5
21	Ricky Watters R. Watters	118	9,964	2,354	4.2	84.4	70	3,712	406	159	9.1	31.5	13
22	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	117	11,019	2,292	4.8	94.2	63	2,113	254	298	8.3	18.1	6
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	115	10,186	2,056	5.0	88.6	63	2,891	384	483	7.5	25.1	13
24	Thomas Jones T. Jones	112	9,290	2,173	4.3	82.9	59	1,380	215	282	6.4	12.3	3
25	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	112	10,318	2,241	4.6	92.1	74	1,565	204	223	7.7	14.0	7

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