most carries by a running back in career

Emmitt Smith has the most career rush attempts by a running back, with 4,409 carries.

	NAME	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,409	226	18,355	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,838	190	16,726	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,735	241	16,000	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,518	168	14,101	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,479	192	13,662	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,230	184	14,918	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,174	170	13,684	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,062	153	15,269	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
9	Edgerrin James E. James	3,028	148	12,246	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,022	222	12,243	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
11	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,996	146	13,259	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,949	173	12,120	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,936	173	12,739	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	2,916	175	11,352	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,877	182	12,074	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
16	Eddie George E. George	2,865	141	10,441	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,836	176	12,279	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	2,764	160	11,438	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,678	180	10,591	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
20	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	2,669	181	10,967	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
21	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,642	152	12,892	4.9	84.8	122	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.8	5
22	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,622	144	10,643	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
23	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,618	150	11,241	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,562	182	10,273	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,542	131	10,607	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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