Gerald Riggs averaged the most rush attempts per game in 1985, with 24.8 per game.

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Data note: Rush Attempts Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	ATT/G	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	24.8	1985	ATL	16	1,719	397	4.3	107.4	10	267	33	8.1	16.7	0
2	Marcus Allen M. Allen	23.8	1985	RAI	16	1,759	380	4.6	109.9	11	555	67	8.3	34.7	3
3	James Wilder J. Wilder	22.8	1985	TB	16	1,300	365	3.6	81.3	10	341	53	6.4	21.3	0
4	Freeman McNeil F. McNeil	21.0	1985	NYJ	14	1,331	294	4.5	95.1	3	427	38	11.2	30.5	2
5	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	20.9	1985	RAM	14	1,234	292	4.2	88.1	12	126	20	6.3	9.0	0
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	20.3	1985	CHI	16	1,551	324	4.8	96.9	9	483	49	9.9	30.2	2
7	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	19.1	1985	DAL	16	1,307	305	4.3	81.7	7	449	46	9.8	28.1	3
8	Joe Morris J. Morris	18.4	1985	NYG	16	1,336	294	4.5	83.5	21	212	22	9.6	13.3	0
9	Curt Warner C. Warner	18.2	1985	SEA	16	1,094	291	3.8	68.4	8	307	47	6.5	19.2	1
10	Earnest Jackson E. Jackson	17.6	1985	PHI	16	1,028	282	3.6	64.3	5	126	10	12.6	7.9	1
11	James Jones J. Jones	17.4	1985	DET	14	886	244	3.6	63.3	6	334	45	7.4	23.9	3
12	Craig James C. James	16.4	1985	NE	16	1,227	263	4.7	76.7	5	360	27	13.3	22.5	2
13	Curtis Adams C. Adams	16.0	1985	SD	1	49	16	3.1	49.0	1	12	1	12.0	12.0	0
14	George Rogers G. Rogers	15.4	1985	WAS	15	1,093	231	4.7	72.9	7	29	4	7.3	1.9	0
15	Earnest Byner E. Byner	15.3	1985	CLE	16	1,002	244	4.1	62.6	8	460	45	10.2	28.8	2
16	John Riggins J. Riggins	14.7	1985	WAS	12	677	176	3.8	56.4	8	18	6	3.0	1.5	0
17	Frank Pollard F. Pollard	14.6	1985	PIT	16	991	233	4.3	61.9	3	250	24	10.4	15.6	0
18	Sammy Winder S. Winder	14.2	1985	DEN	14	714	199	3.6	51.0	8	197	31	6.4	14.1	0
19	Walter Abercrombie W. Abercrombie	14.2	1985	PIT	16	851	227	3.7	53.2	7	209	24	8.7	13.1	2
20	Larry Kinnebrew L. Kinnebrew	14.2	1985	CIN	12	714	170	4.2	59.5	9	187	22	8.5	15.6	1
21	Greg Bell G. Bell	13.9	1985	BUF	16	883	223	4.0	55.2	8	576	58	9.9	36.0	1
22	Kevin Mack K. Mack	13.9	1985	CLE	16	1,104	222	5.0	69.0	7	297	29	10.2	18.6	3
23	Roger Craig R. Craig	13.4	1985	SF	16	1,050	214	4.9	65.6	9	1,016	92	11.0	63.5	6
24	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	13.2	1985	SF	13	867	171	5.1	66.7	6	154	20	7.7	11.8	2
25	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	13.0	1985	STL	9	479	117	4.1	53.2	4	225	23	9.8	25.0	0

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