Before 2006, Emmitt Smith had the most rush attempts, with 4,409 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:

most rush attempts by a player through 2005

	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	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,518	168	14,101	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
4	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,479	192	13,662	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
5	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,062	153	15,269	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
6	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,022	222	12,243	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
7	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,996	146	13,259	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
8	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,949	173	12,120	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
9	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,936	173	12,739	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
10	John Riggins J. Riggins	2,916	175	11,352	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
11	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,877	182	12,074	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
12	Eddie George E. George	2,865	141	10,441	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,836	176	12,279	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
14	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,622	144	10,643	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
15	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,562	182	10,273	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
16	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,419	134	10,429	4.3	77.8	69	1,766	229	262	7.7	13.2	7
17	O.J. Simpson	2,404	135	11,236	4.7	83.2	61	2,142	203		10.6	15.9	14
18	Jim Brown J. Brown	2,359	118	12,312	5.2	104.3	106	2,499	262		9.5	21.2	20
19	Edgerrin James E. James	2,188	96	9,226	4.2	96.1	64	2,839	356	464	8.0	29.6	11
20	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	2,187	115	9,407	4.3	81.8	74	806	121		6.7	7.0	0
21	Terry Allen T. Allen	2,152	130	8,614	4.0	66.3	73	1,601	204	40	7.8	12.3	6
22	Earnest Byner E. Byner	2,095	211	8,261	3.9	39.2	56	4,605	512		9.0	21.8	15
23	Roger Craig R. Craig	1,991	165	8,189	4.1	49.6	56	4,911	566		8.7	29.8	17
24	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	1,989	129	8,188	4.1	63.5	69	1,516	201		7.5	11.8	0
25	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	1,970	134	8,321	4.2	62.1	39	3,601	404	440	8.9	26.9	14

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