most career rushing attempts first 8 seasons in nfl

Eddie George had the most carries by a player in his first 8 seasons, with 2,733 carries.

Interpreted as:
most career rushing attempts by a player first 8 seasons in NFL
NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eddie George
E. George
2,733
128
10,009
3.7
78.2
64
2,144
259
256
8.3
16.8
10
2LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,657
127
11,760
4.4
92.6
126
3,801
510
698
7.5
29.9
15
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,616
116
11,903
4.6
102.6
86
1,725
220
7.8
14.9
4
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
2,604
124
10,361
4.0
83.6
71
2,704
377
277
7.2
21.8
8
5Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2,595
124
11,234
4.3
90.6
112
2,434
388
6.3
19.6
7
6Edgerrin James
E. James
2,525
112
10,385
4.1
92.7
70
3,056
394
525
7.8
27.3
11
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
2,461
125
9,804
4.0
78.4
49
1,172
162
47
7.2
9.4
3
8Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,399
122
10,107
4.2
82.8
58
1,791
213
287
8.4
14.7
4
9Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,384
121
11,725
4.9
96.9
84
2,327
282
8.3
19.2
7
10Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,352
114
10,204
4.3
89.5
72
2,481
275
9.0
21.8
7
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,285
123
9,729
4.3
79.1
54
3,622
371
9.8
29.4
20
12Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,272
123
9,083
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
13Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,210
122
9,696
4.4
79.5
57
1,585
207
236
7.7
13.0
6
14Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
2,187
115
9,407
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
15Clinton Portis
C. Portis
2,176
108
9,696
4.5
89.8
73
1,963
242
329
8.1
18.2
5
16Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
2,176
119
9,429
4.3
79.2
100
1,511
214
315
7.1
12.7
12
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,155
121
9,442
4.4
78.0
79
5,447
548
320
9.9
45.0
31
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,138
115
9,093
4.3
79.1
52
3,003
369
497
8.1
26.1
8
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,136
116
9,525
4.5
82.1
59
2,539
292
8.7
21.9
8
20Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,093
122
9,442
4.5
77.4
54
2,212
302
417
7.3
18.1
9
21Jim Brown
J. Brown
2,070
104
10,768
5.2
103.5
89
2,171
228
9.5
20.9
16
22Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
2,065
120
8,904
4.3
74.2
71
2,649
356
468
7.4
22.1
14
23Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,054
104
10,190
5.0
98.0
86
1,715
208
291
8.2
16.5
5
24Matt Forte
M. Forte
2,035
120
8,602
4.2
71.7
45
4,116
487
636
8.5
34.3
19
25Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
2,033
120
8,695
4.3
72.5
71
1,899
239
319
7.9
15.8
9
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