nfl leaders 1978-1982 100 yard rushing games leaders

Emmitt Smith played in 224 games in his career.

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NFL leaders 1978-1982 100 yard rushing regular-season games leaders
NAMEGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
224
18,359
4,402
4.2
82.0
164
3,217
512
127
6.3
14.4
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
188
16,726
3,820
4.4
89.0
110
4,539
487
9.3
24.1
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
239
16,000
3,729
4.3
66.9
81
3,977
483
695
8.2
16.6
18
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
153
15,269
3,062
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
183
14,918
3,226
4.6
81.5
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.5
6
6Curtis Martin
C. Martin
168
14,101
3,518
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
169
13,687
3,171
4.3
81.0
145
4,768
623
865
7.7
28.2
17
8Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
189
13,662
3,477
3.9
72.3
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.7
3
9Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
144
13,262
2,994
4.4
92.1
90
2,128
280
7.6
14.8
6
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
152
13,018
2,662
4.9
85.6
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
172
12,739
2,936
4.3
74.1
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.7
13
12Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
173
12,279
2,835
4.3
71.0
100
6,818
761
598
9.0
39.4
36
13Edgerrin James
E. James
146
12,249
3,026
4.0
83.9
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
23.0
11
14Marcus Allen
M. Allen
217
12,248
3,005
4.1
56.4
123
5,347
580
9.2
24.6
21
15Franco Harris
F. Harris
172
12,120
2,949
4.1
70.5
91
2,285
306
7.5
13.3
9
16Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
178
12,074
2,872
4.2
67.8
65
4,434
469
27
9.5
24.9
22
17Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
151
11,706
2,527
4.6
77.5
66
2,384
290
346
8.2
15.8
8
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
159
11,438
2,761
4.1
71.9
69
3,675
460
625
8.0
23.1
8
19John Riggins
J. Riggins
173
11,352
2,916
3.9
65.6
104
2,090
250
8.4
12.1
12
20O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
134
11,246
2,397
4.7
83.9
61
2,128
201
10.6
15.9
14
21Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
147
11,241
2,618
4.3
76.5
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
13.0
7
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
162
11,107
2,456
4.5
68.6
73
3,786
504
647
7.5
23.4
16
23Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
180
10,967
2,668
4.1
60.9
49
4,331
508
591
8.5
24.1
15
24Ricky Watters
R. Watters
144
10,643
2,622
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
131
10,607
2,542
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
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