who has the most 50 rushing yard games

Emmitt Smith had the most games with 50+ rushing yards, with 173 games.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most 50 or more rushing yard regular-season games?
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
173
16,920
3,832
4.4
97.8
147
2,784
446
95
6.2
16.1
10
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
155
13,473
2,827
4.8
86.9
75
2,840
338
485
8.4
18.3
11
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
148
15,392
3,333
4.6
104.0
100
3,537
384
9.2
23.9
11
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
135
13,102
3,099
4.2
97.1
83
2,705
386
323
7.0
20.0
10
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
128
14,443
2,726
5.3
112.8
93
2,328
276
8.4
18.2
9
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
127
13,467
2,659
5.1
106.0
108
1,916
232
323
8.3
15.1
6
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
127
12,166
2,889
4.2
95.8
69
1,087
146
71
7.4
8.6
3
8LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
125
12,324
2,680
4.6
98.6
132
3,516
451
622
7.8
28.1
15
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
119
11,025
2,327
4.7
92.6
70
2,657
291
9.1
22.3
11
10Franco Harris
F. Harris
119
10,562
2,353
4.5
88.8
83
1,569
203
7.7
13.2
5
11Edgerrin James
E. James
116
11,451
2,746
4.2
98.7
75
2,972
375
499
7.9
25.6
10
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
115
9,334
2,102
4.4
81.2
84
3,159
367
8.6
27.5
14
13Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
114
10,038
2,277
4.4
88.1
57
2,908
358
484
8.1
25.5
6
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
113
12,352
2,653
4.7
109.3
82
1,738
227
7.7
15.4
4
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
111
10,610
2,176
4.9
95.6
82
5,019
520
405
9.7
45.2
33
16Derrick Henry
D. Henry
110
11,883
2,260
5.3
108.0
111
1,441
143
185
10.1
13.1
5
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
110
10,240
2,284
4.5
93.1
58
3,223
323
2
10.0
29.3
20
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
108
10,605
2,170
4.9
98.2
60
2,007
237
284
8.5
18.6
6
19Ricky Watters
R. Watters
108
9,513
2,201
4.3
88.1
67
3,241
369
159
8.8
30.0
10
20John Riggins
J. Riggins
106
9,373
2,228
4.2
88.4
88
1,206
150
8.0
11.4
8
21Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
101
9,003
1,958
4.6
89.1
71
1,614
201
274
8.0
16.0
8
22Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
101
8,701
1,843
4.7
86.1
40
1,834
227
266
8.1
18.2
6
23Eddie George
E. George
100
9,268
2,396
3.9
92.7
59
1,648
197
195
8.4
16.5
7
24Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
99
9,737
2,076
4.7
98.4
68
1,406
183
201
7.7
14.2
6
25Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
98
8,976
2,036
4.4
91.6
57
2,246
263
8.5
22.9
4
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