most rush attempts by a players in a season bears

Walter Payton has the most rush attempts for the Bears in a season, with 381 carries in 1984.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
381
1984
16
1,684
4.4
105.3
11
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
369
1979
16
1,610
4.4
100.6
14
313
31
10.1
19.6
2
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
339
1981
16
1,222
3.6
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
339
1977
14
1,852
5.5
132.3
14
269
27
10.0
19.2
2
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
333
1978
16
1,395
4.2
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
324
1985
16
1,551
4.8
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
321
1986
16
1,333
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
317
1980
16
1,460
4.6
91.3
6
367
46
8.0
22.9
1
9Matt Forte
M. Forte
316
2008
16
1,238
3.9
77.4
8
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
10Thomas Jones
T. Jones
314
2005
15
1,335
4.3
89.0
9
143
26
39
5.5
9.5
0
11Walter Payton
W. Payton
314
1983
16
1,421
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
311
1976
14
1,390
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
13Thomas Jones
T. Jones
296
2006
16
1,210
4.1
75.6
6
154
36
47
4.3
9.6
0
14Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
296
1995
16
1,074
3.6
67.1
10
56
7
8.0
3.5
0
15James Allen
J. Allen
290
2000
16
1,120
3.9
70.0
2
291
39
60
7.5
18.2
1
16Matt Forte
M. Forte
289
2013
16
1,339
4.6
83.7
9
594
74
94
8.0
37.1
3
17Curtis Enis
C. Enis
287
1999
15
916
3.2
61.1
3
340
45
68
7.6
22.7
2
18Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
278
2001
14
1,183
4.3
84.5
7
178
22
30
8.1
12.7
0
19Jordan Howard
J. Howard
276
2017
16
1,122
4.1
70.1
9
125
23
32
5.4
7.8
0
20Raymont Harris
R. Harris
275
1997
13
1,033
3.8
79.5
10
115
28
4.1
8.8
0
21Lewis Tillman
L. Tillman
275
1994
16
899
3.3
56.2
7
222
27
8.2
13.9
0
22Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
274
1989
16
1,275
4.7
79.7
11
434
50
8.7
27.1
4
23Matt Forte
M. Forte
266
2014
16
1,038
3.9
64.9
6
808
102
130
7.9
50.5
4
24Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
260
1990
15
1,078
4.1
71.9
10
484
42
11.5
32.3
3
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
258
2009
16
929
3.6
58.1
4
471
57
72
8.3
29.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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