who has the most 40 yard rushing games

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?
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
189
17,632
4,058
4.3
93.3
155
2,938
470
100
6.3
15.5
11
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
181
14,621
3,172
4.6
80.8
79
3,372
402
574
8.4
18.6
15
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
166
16,184
3,605
4.5
97.5
107
4,128
433
9.5
24.9
13
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
147
13,639
3,287
4.1
92.8
86
2,916
415
351
7.0
19.8
10
5Marcus Allen
M. Allen
145
10,674
2,479
4.3
73.6
101
4,043
441
9.2
27.9
17
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
138
12,921
2,878
4.5
93.6
136
3,807
505
701
7.5
27.6
15
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
137
14,848
2,870
5.2
108.4
97
2,492
303
8.2
18.2
9
8Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
137
11,848
2,581
4.6
86.5
74
3,016
332
9.1
22.0
11
9Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
136
12,563
3,013
4.2
92.4
72
1,137
153
75
7.4
8.4
3
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
134
11,227
2,588
4.3
83.8
86
1,812
236
7.7
13.5
7
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
133
13,723
2,725
5.0
103.2
110
1,970
241
333
8.2
14.8
6
12Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
132
10,840
2,516
4.3
82.1
61
3,312
403
549
8.2
25.1
7
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
128
11,026
2,511
4.4
86.1
60
3,489
353
2
9.9
27.3
20
14Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
127
11,326
2,422
4.7
89.2
93
5,567
582
432
9.6
43.8
34
15Edgerrin James
E. James
126
11,891
2,888
4.1
94.4
76
3,169
406
543
7.8
25.2
10
16John Riggins
J. Riggins
124
10,164
2,466
4.1
82.0
93
1,469
172
8.5
11.8
10
17Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
123
9,686
2,126
4.6
78.7
44
2,405
291
346
8.3
19.6
7
18Derrick Henry
D. Henry
120
12,313
2,373
5.2
102.6
114
1,497
153
200
9.8
12.5
5
19Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
119
9,789
2,212
4.4
82.3
80
1,822
238
326
7.7
15.3
8
20Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
119
12,613
2,744
4.6
106.0
86
1,861
239
7.8
15.6
5
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
118
9,964
2,354
4.2
84.4
70
3,712
406
159
9.1
31.5
13
22Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
117
11,019
2,292
4.8
94.2
63
2,113
254
298
8.3
18.1
6
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
115
10,186
2,056
5.0
88.6
63
2,891
384
483
7.5
25.1
13
24Thomas Jones
T. Jones
112
9,290
2,173
4.3
82.9
59
1,380
215
282
6.4
12.3
3
25Corey 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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