most rushes in a game 1920 to 1987

Between the 1920 and 1987 seasons, James Wilder and Butch Woolfolk were tied for the most carries in a game, with 43 carries.

Interpreted as:
most rushes by a player in a regular-season game 1920 to 1987
NAMEATTDATETMOPPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1James Wilder
J. Wilder
43
9/30/1984
vs
172
4.0
1
44
4
11.0
0
2Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
43
11/20/1983
@
159
3.7
1
0
0
0
3James Wilder
J. Wilder
42
10/30/1983
@
126
3.0
0
48
6
8.0
0
4Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
41
11/17/1985
vs
123
3.0
3
16
5
3.2
0
5Franco Harris
F. Harris
41
10/17/1976
vs
143
3.5
2
0
0
0
6Johnny Hector
J. Hector
40
10/12/1986
@
143
3.6
3
8
2
4.0
0
7Walter Payton
W. Payton
40
11/20/1977
vs
275
6.9
1
6
1
6.0
0
8Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
40
10/20/1974
@
156
3.9
1
6
2
3.0
0
9Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
39
12/22/1985
@
158
4.1
1
25
4
6.3
0
10Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
39
10/11/1981
vs
186
4.8
2
16
3
5.3
0
11Ricky Bell
R. Bell
39
12/16/1979
vs
137
3.5
0
0
0
0
12Walter Payton
W. Payton
39
10/7/1979
@
155
4.0
1
9
2
4.5
0
13Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
39
11/26/1978
vs
110
2.8
1
20
2
10.0
0
14O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
39
10/29/1973
vs
157
4.0
2
0
0
0
15Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
38
9/7/1986
@
193
5.1
2
0
0
0
16Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
38
12/4/1983
@
126
3.3
2
26
3
8.7
0
17Walter Payton
W. Payton
38
11/26/1981
@
179
4.7
0
4
2
2.0
0
18Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
38
10/12/1980
@
178
4.7
1
0
0
0
19Jim Nance
J. Nance
38
10/30/1966
vs
208
5.5
2
0
0
0
20Harry Newman
H. Newman
38
11/11/1934
vs
114
3.0
2
21Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
37
10/4/1981
vs
182
4.9
1
3
1
3.0
0
22Jim Brown
J. Brown
37
10/4/1959
@
147
4.0
2
22
2
11.0
0
23James Jones
J. Jones
36
9/7/1986
@
174
4.8
1
0
0
0
24Joe Morris
J. Morris
36
12/21/1985
vs
202
5.6
3
15
1
15.0
0
25George Rogers
G. Rogers
36
12/8/1985
@
150
4.2
1
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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