most games with 159+ rushing yards

Barry Sanders had the most games with 159+ rushing yards, with 20 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games by a player with 159+ rushing yards
NAME GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
20
3,691
502
7.4
184.6
24
253
36
7.0
12.7
1
2 Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
16
3,099
430
7.2
193.7
20
178
30
45
5.9
11.1
1
3 Derrick Henry
D. Henry
15
2,921
381
7.7
194.7
30
212
24
29
8.8
14.1
2
4 LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
15
2,876
391
7.4
191.7
33
376
68
94
5.5
25.1
1
5 Walter Payton
W. Payton
15
2,768
425
6.5
184.5
21
171
23
7.4
11.4
0
6 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
15
2,949
396
7.4
196.6
19
138
15
9.2
9.2
0
7 Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
14
2,609
403
6.5
186.4
21
208
21
9.9
14.9
0
8 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
12
2,083
336
6.2
173.6
15
198
38
5.2
16.5
1
9 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
12
2,261
398
5.7
188.4
18
28
8
3.5
2.3
0
10 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
11
2,048
318
6.4
186.2
15
167
23
7.3
15.2
1
11 Jim Brown
J. Brown
11
2,081
276
7.5
189.2
16
264
19
13.9
24.0
3
12 Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
10
1,956
278
7.0
195.6
12
124
14
19
8.9
12.4
0
13 Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
10
1,892
235
8.1
189.2
17
503
53
52
9.5
50.3
3
14 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
9
1,689
259
6.5
187.7
15
123
15
20
8.2
13.7
2
15 Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
9
1,684
268
6.3
187.1
14
47
8
13
5.9
5.2
1
16 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
8
1,482
216
6.9
185.3
13
137
13
20
10.5
17.1
0
17 Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
8
1,449
223
6.5
181.1
11
297
26
28
11.4
37.1
3
18 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
7
1,280
155
8.3
182.9
7
247
25
29
9.9
35.3
2
19 Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
7
1,392
162
8.6
198.9
8
145
16
23
9.1
20.7
0
20 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
7
1,433
185
7.7
204.7
8
247
30
38
8.2
35.3
0
21 Ahman Green
A. Green
7
1,239
155
8.0
177.0
9
129
21
27
6.1
18.4
2
22 Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
7
1,285
194
6.6
183.6
12
73
11
13
6.6
10.4
1
23 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
7
1,448
202
7.2
206.9
14
90
14
20
6.4
12.9
1
24 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
7
1,261
208
6.1
180.1
7
140
22
20
6.4
20.0
1
25 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
6
1,044
146
7.2
174.0
6
79
10
7.9
13.2
0
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149.0

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