most nfl carries by running backs since 2005

Since 2005, Frank Gore has the most rush attempts by a running back, with 3,735 carries.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
2Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
3Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,662
153
13,018
4.9
85.1
122
1,801
189
245
9.5
11.8
5
4Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,630
146
10,765
4.1
73.7
65
3,494
442
603
7.9
23.9
9
5LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,457
170
11,102
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
6Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
2,453
149
10,413
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
7Matt Forte
M. Forte
2,356
146
9,796
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
8Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,163
130
9,651
4.5
74.2
55
2,255
307
424
7.3
17.3
9
9Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
2,139
135
9,130
4.3
67.6
74
2,718
368
483
7.4
20.1
14
10Thomas Jones
T. Jones
1,939
111
7,752
4.0
69.8
49
944
155
207
6.1
8.5
3
11Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
1,847
126
8,167
4.4
64.8
68
2,944
346
464
8.5
23.4
11
12Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,840
105
7,803
4.2
74.3
74
2,072
269
341
7.7
19.7
2
13Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,826
106
8,356
4.6
78.8
55
2,651
358
489
7.4
25.0
16
14Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
1,817
156
8,111
4.5
52.0
65
2,125
303
376
7.0
13.6
10
15Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,816
111
7,428
4.1
66.9
60
2,448
319
399
7.7
22.1
14
16Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
1,811
126
7,346
4.1
58.3
52
1,170
188
249
6.2
9.3
5
17LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,811
107
7,785
4.3
72.8
91
2,750
333
490
8.3
25.7
11
18DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
1,730
142
8,096
4.7
57.0
61
2,106
236
318
8.9
14.8
9
19Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
1,705
134
7,335
4.3
54.7
51
1,295
162
236
8.0
9.7
7
20Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
1,674
126
7,250
4.3
57.5
61
4,948
606
767
8.2
39.3
25
21Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
1,658
112
7,589
4.6
67.8
62
5,390
626
778
8.6
48.1
36
22Michael Turner
M. Turner
1,619
120
7,234
4.5
60.3
66
520
66
103
7.9
4.3
1
23DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
1,604
99
7,174
4.5
72.5
49
2,165
307
376
7.1
21.9
6
24Cedric Benson
C. Benson
1,600
96
6,017
3.8
62.7
32
833
120
162
6.9
8.7
1
25Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
1,595
96
6,554
4.1
68.3
42
3,289
399
502
8.2
34.3
9
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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