how many carries a game did emmitt smith average

Emmitt Smith averaged 19.5 rush attempts per game in his career.

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  • Assumption:All-time
  • Data note: Rush Attempts Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEATT/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15.1
1990
16
937
241
3.9
58.6
11
228
24
9.5
14.3
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
22.8
1991
16
1,563
365
4.3
97.7
12
258
49
5.3
16.1
1
3Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
23.3
1992
16
1,713
373
4.6
107.1
18
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
4Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
20.2
1993
14
1,486
283
5.3
106.1
9
414
57
7.3
29.6
1
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
24.5
1994
15
1,484
368
4.0
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
6Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
23.6
1995
16
1,773
377
4.7
110.8
25
375
62
6.0
23.4
0
7Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21.8
1996
15
1,204
327
3.7
80.3
12
249
47
5.3
16.6
3
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
16.3
1997
16
1,074
261
4.1
67.1
4
234
40
5.9
14.6
0
9Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
19.9
1998
16
1,332
319
4.2
83.3
13
175
27
6.5
10.9
2
10Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
21.9
1999
15
1,397
329
4.2
93.1
11
119
27
32
4.4
7.9
2
11Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18.4
2000
16
1,203
294
4.1
75.2
9
79
11
14
7.2
4.9
0
12Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
18.6
2001
14
1,021
261
3.9
72.9
3
116
17
21
6.8
8.3
0
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15.9
2002
16
975
254
3.8
60.9
5
89
16
24
5.6
5.6
0
14Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
9.0
2003
10
256
90
2.8
25.6
2
107
14
19
7.6
10.7
0
15Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
17.8
2004
15
937
267
3.5
62.5
9
105
15
20
7.0
7.0
0
Total19.522618,3554,4094.281.21643,2245151306.314.311
Average19.515.11223.7293.94.281.210.9214.934.321.76.314.30.7

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5
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.688
4
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.444
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.313
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.222
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.556
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.750
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2
0
.750
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4
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.556
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5
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.444
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6
2
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.750
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5
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.375
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7
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.222
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