who has the most career rush attempts for negative yards

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries when rushing for >0 yards, with 4,409 carries.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most career rush attempts for negative rushing yards?
NAMEATTRUSH YDSGPYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
18,355
226
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
16,726
190
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
16,000
241
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
14,101
168
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
13,662
192
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
14,918
184
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
13,684
170
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
15,269
153
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
12,246
148
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
12,243
222
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
13,259
146
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
12,120
173
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
12,739
173
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
11,352
175
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
12,074
182
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16Eddie George
E. George
2,865
10,441
141
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
12,279
176
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
11,438
160
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
10,591
180
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
10,967
181
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
10,643
144
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
11,241
150
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
23Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,577
12,448
149
4.8
83.5
116
1,801
189
244
9.5
12.1
5
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
10,273
182
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
10,607
131
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
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