most rushing attempts 1975 to 1989

Between the 1975 and 1989 seasons, Walter Payton had the most carries, with 3,838 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by a player 1975 to 1989
NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
3Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,450
105
11,226
4.6
106.9
82
1,633
202
8.1
15.6
4
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,365
135
9,361
4.0
69.3
73
1,838
253
7.3
13.6
7
5Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,274
143
9,317
4.1
65.2
69
2,882
347
8.3
20.2
5
6John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,226
128
8,477
3.8
66.2
87
1,291
151
8.5
10.1
7
7Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
2,187
115
9,407
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
8Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,844
152
7,378
4.0
48.5
51
1,860
270
6.9
12.2
5
9Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
1,788
103
7,465
4.2
72.5
52
1,451
193
7.5
14.1
0
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,781
105
7,275
4.1
69.3
63
3,661
388
9.4
34.9
16
11George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,692
92
7,176
4.2
78.0
54
368
55
6.7
4.0
0
12Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,649
93
6,705
4.1
72.1
55
1,467
193
7.6
15.8
7
13Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,624
122
6,512
4.0
53.4
37
1,550
170
9.1
12.7
4
14Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
1,605
103
7,146
4.5
69.4
30
2,521
256
9.8
24.5
12
15James Wilder
J. Wilder
1,575
113
5,957
3.8
52.7
37
3,492
430
8.1
30.9
9
16Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
1,561
110
6,702
4.3
60.9
71
2,323
263
8.8
21.1
3
17Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,545
110
6,625
4.3
60.2
49
4,241
483
8.8
38.6
16
18Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
1,540
107
6,789
4.4
63.4
45
2,502
273
9.2
23.4
12
19Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
1,489
110
5,626
3.8
51.1
76
1,334
175
7.6
12.1
6
20Sammy Winder
S. Winder
1,453
112
5,307
3.7
47.4
37
1,157
180
6.4
10.3
9
21Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,344
108
6,378
4.7
59.1
50
1,816
202
9.0
16.8
16
22James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,320
125
6,343
4.8
50.7
42
3,005
315
9.5
24.0
24
23Joe Morris
J. Morris
1,318
94
5,296
4.0
56.3
48
884
98
9.0
9.4
2
24William Andrews
W. Andrews
1,315
87
5,986
4.6
68.8
30
2,647
277
9.6
30.4
11
25Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,309
102
5,356
4.1
52.5
27
2,199
224
9.8
21.6
15
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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