most carries per game by a running back in 1980

Earl Campbell had the most rush attempts per game by a running back in 1980, with 24.9 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	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	24.9	1980	HOU	15	1,934	373	5.2	128.9	13	47	11	4.3	3.1	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	19.8	1980	CHI	16	1,460	317	4.6	91.3	6	367	46	8.0	22.9	1
3	Billy Sims B. Sims	19.6	1980	DET	16	1,303	313	4.2	81.4	13	621	51	12.2	38.8	3
4	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	19.1	1980	BUF	16	1,185	306	3.9	74.1	11	415	52	8.0	25.9	1
5	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	18.8	1980	STL	16	1,352	301	4.5	84.5	9	308	36	8.6	19.3	0
6	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	18.5	1980	DAL	15	1,185	278	4.3	79.0	11	263	34	7.7	17.5	0
7	William Andrews W. Andrews	16.6	1980	ATL	16	1,308	265	4.9	81.8	4	456	51	8.9	28.5	1
8	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	16.1	1980	PHI	12	778	193	4.0	64.8	8	407	50	8.1	33.9	2
9	Franco Harris F. Harris	16.0	1980	PIT	13	789	208	3.8	60.7	4	196	30	6.5	15.1	2
10	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	15.6	1980	CLE	16	1,034	249	4.2	64.6	6	471	63	7.5	29.4	0
11	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	15.5	1980	CIN	12	747	186	4.0	62.3	6	172	21	8.2	14.3	1
12	Lynn Cain L. Cain	14.7	1980	ATL	16	914	235	3.9	57.1	8	223	24	9.3	13.9	1
13	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	13.9	1980	OAK	16	838	222	3.8	52.4	5	259	29	8.9	16.2	0
14	Ted Brown T. Brown	13.7	1980	MIN	16	912	219	4.2	57.0	8	623	62	10.0	38.9	2
15	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	13.4	1980	NYG	11	580	147	3.9	52.7	4	253	33	7.7	23.0	0
16	Vagas Ferguson V. Ferguson	13.2	1980	NE	16	818	211	3.9	51.1	2	173	22	7.9	10.8	0
17	Ted McKnight T. McKnight	12.9	1980	KC	16	693	206	3.4	43.3	3	320	38	8.4	20.0	0
18	Eddie Lee Ivery E. Lee Ivery	12.6	1980	GB	16	831	202	4.1	51.9	3	481	50	9.6	30.1	1
19	Elvis Peacock E. Peacock	12.6	1980	LA	13	777	164	4.7	59.8	7	213	25	8.5	16.4	2
20	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	12.5	1980	NE	16	787	200	3.9	49.2	9	129	27	4.8	8.1	0
21	Delvin Williams D. Williams	12.5	1980	MIA	15	671	187	3.6	44.7	2	207	31	6.7	13.8	0
22	Ricky Bell R. Bell	12.4	1980	TB	14	599	174	3.4	42.8	2	292	38	7.7	20.9	1
23	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	11.8	1980	SD	10	484	118	4.1	48.4	3	218	29	7.5	21.8	0
24	Otis Armstrong O. Armstrong	11.8	1980	DEN	9	470	106	4.4	52.2	4	23	7	3.3	2.6	0
25	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	11.7	1980	BAL	15	800	176	4.5	53.3	11	204	25	8.2	13.6	2

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