Emmitt Smith has the most games when rushing for 79+ yards, with 111 games.

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Most regular-season games by a player with 79+ rushing yards

	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	111	12,880	2,692	4.8	116.0	105	2,009	322	56	6.2	18.1	7
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	103	12,518	2,483	5.0	121.5	84	2,473	266		9.3	24.0	7
3	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	93	12,184	2,108	5.8	131.0	79	1,744	202		8.6	18.8	7
4	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	90	11,039	2,022	5.5	122.7	83	1,513	179	247	8.5	16.8	6
5	Curtis Martin C. Martin	85	9,869	2,111	4.7	116.1	63	1,650	241	194	6.8	19.4	9
6	Edgerrin James E. James	84	9,373	2,096	4.5	111.6	62	2,186	275	356	7.9	26.0	9
7	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	84	9,492	2,111	4.5	113.0	49	861	103	44	8.4	10.3	2
8	Frank Gore F. Gore	82	8,920	1,665	5.4	108.8	48	1,734	187	276	9.3	21.1	5
9	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	81	10,322	2,056	5.0	127.4	71	1,191	152		7.8	14.7	3
10	Derrick Henry D. Henry	77	9,884	1,743	5.7	128.4	90	1,081	109	137	9.9	14.0	3
11	Fred Taylor F. Taylor	70	8,142	1,531	5.3	116.3	51	1,346	148	172	9.1	19.2	4
12	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	69	8,695	1,637	5.3	126.0	95	1,776	246	338	7.2	25.7	10
13	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	67	7,525	1,558	4.8	112.3	43	1,713	175	1	9.8	25.6	12
14	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	66	7,797	1,399	5.6	118.1	67	2,941	313	237	9.4	44.6	20
15	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	66	7,620	1,423	5.4	115.5	53	1,506	156		9.7	22.8	9
16	John Riggins J. Riggins	66	6,855	1,545	4.4	103.9	58	772	99		7.8	11.7	5
17	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	65	6,988	1,475	4.7	107.5	42	1,809	221	302	8.2	27.8	5
18	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	64	7,299	1,297	5.6	114.0	52	1,079	174	222	6.2	16.9	4
19	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	63	7,397	1,438	5.1	117.4	47	819	107	124	7.7	13.0	4
20	Ricky Watters R. Watters	62	6,551	1,395	4.7	105.7	43	1,849	199	76	9.3	29.8	5
21	Franco Harris F. Harris	62	6,936	1,386	5.0	111.9	63	816	110		7.4	13.2	2
22	Marshawn Lynch M. Lynch	60	6,318	1,266	5.0	105.3	47	869	113	156	7.7	14.5	6
23	Clinton Portis C. Portis	60	7,280	1,461	5.0	121.3	56	1,051	116	161	9.1	17.5	3
24	O.J. Simpson	60	7,883	1,403	5.6	131.4	44	918	80		11.5	15.3	8
25	Tiki Barber T. Barber	59	6,972	1,226	5.7	118.2	34	2,040	229	292	8.9	34.6	5

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