best run defense since week 11

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries in Week 11, with 261 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
best run by a player defense since week 11
NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
261
14
904
3.5
64.6
9
413
38
6
10.9
29.5
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
242
13
1,089
4.5
83.8
6
411
36
11.4
31.6
1
3Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
219
13
854
3.9
65.7
6
81
13
8
6.2
6.2
0
4John Riggins
J. Riggins
210
11
689
3.3
62.6
7
63
10
6.3
5.7
1
5Franco Harris
F. Harris
209
12
807
3.9
67.3
2
108
15
7.2
9.0
1
6Frank Gore
F. Gore
207
13
913
4.4
70.2
3
289
36
49
8.0
22.2
1
7Edgerrin James
E. James
205
9
958
4.7
106.4
10
164
27
33
6.1
18.2
1
8Curtis Martin
C. Martin
199
10
881
4.4
88.1
5
269
27
18
10.0
26.9
0
9Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
198
12
882
4.5
73.5
2
331
37
50
8.9
27.6
1
10Thomas Jones
T. Jones
196
12
899
4.6
74.9
3
85
16
22
5.3
7.1
0
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
195
10
756
3.9
75.6
8
459
47
61
9.8
45.9
1
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
190
14
851
4.5
60.8
8
301
33
9.1
21.5
1
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
187
11
799
4.3
72.6
4
213
26
8.2
19.4
0
14Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
186
9
836
4.5
92.9
7
101
13
7.8
11.2
0
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
185
11
838
4.5
76.2
5
257
22
1
11.7
23.4
1
16Ricky Watters
R. Watters
183
9
690
3.8
76.7
6
299
34
12
8.8
33.2
2
17Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
182
13
812
4.5
62.5
5
209
28
7.5
16.1
1
18Eddie George
E. George
181
9
618
3.4
68.7
4
79
11
14
7.2
8.8
0
19Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
173
9
994
5.7
110.4
8
127
17
7.5
14.1
0
20Ricky Williams
R. Williams
168
10
705
4.2
70.5
7
188
21
35
9.0
18.8
1
21Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
166
9
593
3.6
65.9
5
104
11
16
9.5
11.6
0
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
161
9
636
4.0
70.7
4
93
11
12
8.5
10.3
0
23LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
160
10
791
4.9
79.1
8
282
32
42
8.8
28.2
1
24Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
155
7
664
4.3
94.9
2
56
9
6.2
8.0
0
25Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
152
11
535
3.5
48.6
4
67
13
23
5.2
6.1
0
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