highest rushing attempts per game 1978

Walter Payton had the most rush attempts per game played in 1978, with 20.81.

Interpreted as:
highest rushing attempts per game by a player 1978
NAME ATT/GP ATT GP SEASON TM RUSH YDS YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Walter Payton
W. Payton
20.81
333
16
1978
CHI CHI
1,395
4.2
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
2 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
20.13
302
15
1978
HOU HOU
1,450
4.8
96.7
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
3 Franco Harris
F. Harris
19.38
310
16
1978
PIT PIT
1,082
3.5
67.6
8
144
22
6.5
9.0
0
4 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
18.5
259
14
1978
PHI PHI
1,220
4.7
87.1
9
195
34
5.7
13.9
1
5 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
18.13
290
16
1978
DAL DAL
1,325
4.6
82.8
7
378
37
10.2
23.6
2
6 Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
17.75
284
16
1978
GB GB
1,116
3.9
69.8
11
332
34
9.8
20.8
1
7 Delvin Williams
D. Williams
17
272
16
1978
MIA MIA
1,258
4.6
78.6
8
192
18
10.7
12.0
0
8 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
16.93
237
14
1978
MIN MIN
749
3.2
53.5
5
396
61
6.5
28.3
2
9 Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
16.88
270
16
1978
OAK OAK
1,080
4.0
67.5
9
291
27
10.8
18.2
0
10 John Riggins
J. Riggins
16.53
248
15
1978
WAS WAS
1,014
4.1
67.6
5
299
31
9.6
19.9
0
11 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
16.1
161
10
1978
SF SF
593
3.7
59.3
1
172
21
8.2
17.2
2
12 Jimmy DuBose
J. DuBose
15.5
93
6
1978
TB TB
358
3.8
59.7
4
3
1
3.0
0.5
0
13 Ricky Bell
R. Bell
15.42
185
12
1978
TB TB
679
3.7
56.6
6
122
15
8.1
10.2
0
14 Roland Harper
R. Harper
15
240
16
1978
CHI CHI
992
4.1
62.0
6
340
43
7.9
21.3
2
15 Joe Washington
J. Washington
15
240
16
1978
BAL BAL
956
4.0
59.8
0
377
45
8.4
23.6
1
16 Terry Miller
T. Miller
14.88
238
16
1978
BUF BUF
1,060
4.5
66.3
7
246
22
11.2
15.4
0
17 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
14.75
118
8
1978
LA LA
420
3.6
52.5
0
76
12
6.3
9.5
2
18 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
14.67
176
12
1978
CLE CLE
960
5.5
80.0
3
292
38
7.7
24.3
2
19 David Sims
D. Sims
14.5
174
12
1978
SEA SEA
752
4.3
62.7
14
195
30
6.5
16.3
1
20 Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
14.06
225
16
1978
DET DET
924
4.1
57.8
5
275
31
8.9
17.2
1
21 Sherman Smith
S. Smith
13.75
165
12
1978
SEA SEA
805
4.9
67.1
6
366
28
13.1
30.5
1
22 Wayne Morris
W. Morris
13.38
174
13
1978
STL STL
631
3.6
48.5
1
298
33
9.0
22.9
1
23 Kevin Long
K. Long
13.38
214
16
1978
NYJ NYJ
954
4.5
59.6
10
204
26
7.8
12.8
0
24 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
13.38
214
16
1978
SD SD
820
3.8
51.3
3
500
57
8.8
31.3
2
25 Jim Otis
J. Otis
13.13
197
15
1978
STL STL
664
3.4
44.3
8
38
8
4.8
2.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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