who has the most 80 yard rushing games

Emmitt Smith has the most games when rushing for 80+ yards, with 111 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
111
12,880
2,692
4.8
116.0
105
2,009
322
56
6.2
18.1
7
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
100
12,281
2,431
5.1
122.8
82
2,430
260
9.3
24.3
7
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
92
12,105
2,094
5.8
131.6
78
1,744
202
8.6
19.0
7
4Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
88
10,881
1,985
5.5
123.6
83
1,443
168
234
8.6
16.4
6
5Edgerrin James
E. James
84
9,373
2,096
4.5
111.6
62
2,186
275
356
7.9
26.0
9
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
83
9,711
2,077
4.7
117.0
61
1,592
232
186
6.9
19.2
9
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
83
9,413
2,089
4.5
113.4
47
834
101
42
8.3
10.0
2
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
80
10,243
2,037
5.0
128.0
71
1,183
150
7.9
14.8
3
9Frank Gore
F. Gore
79
8,683
1,610
5.4
109.9
48
1,635
181
266
9.0
20.7
5
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
78
9,996
1,780
5.6
128.2
92
1,089
110
138
9.9
14.0
4
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
69
8,695
1,637
5.3
126.0
95
1,776
246
338
7.2
25.7
10
12Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
67
7,905
1,473
5.4
118.0
50
1,307
141
161
9.3
19.5
4
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
66
7,446
1,537
4.8
112.8
43
1,715
174
1
9.9
26.0
12
14Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
66
7,620
1,423
5.4
115.5
53
1,506
156
9.7
22.8
9
15Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
64
7,639
1,371
5.6
119.4
63
2,861
306
227
9.3
44.7
18
16John Riggins
J. Riggins
64
6,697
1,502
4.5
104.6
56
698
89
7.8
10.9
4
17Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
63
6,830
1,430
4.8
108.4
42
1,771
215
293
8.2
28.1
5
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
62
7,141
1,259
5.7
115.2
51
1,020
165
211
6.2
16.5
4
19Franco Harris
F. Harris
61
6,857
1,369
5.0
112.4
63
816
110
7.4
13.4
2
20Ricky Watters
R. Watters
60
6,393
1,348
4.7
106.6
42
1,754
189
66
9.3
29.2
5
21Clinton Portis
C. Portis
59
7,201
1,442
5.0
122.1
56
1,042
114
158
9.1
17.7
3
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
59
7,081
1,352
5.2
120.0
46
769
99
114
7.8
13.0
3
23O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
59
7,804
1,383
5.6
132.3
44
918
80
11.5
15.6
8
24Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
57
6,081
1,210
5.0
106.7
45
837
107
150
7.8
14.7
6
25Tiki Barber
T. Barber
57
6,814
1,192
5.7
119.5
34
1,914
219
279
8.7
33.6
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