most rushing attempts 1990 to 2004

Between the 1990 and 2004 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most rush attempts, with 4,409 carries.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by a player 1990 to 2004
NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,369
180
13,294
3.9
73.9
82
1,409
196
96
7.2
7.8
3
3Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,298
156
13,366
4.1
85.7
85
3,211
460
379
7.0
20.6
10
4Eddie George
E. George
2,865
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,782
138
13,799
5.0
100.0
85
2,639
328
8.0
19.1
10
6Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,771
160
11,987
4.3
74.9
100
6,584
723
548
9.1
41.2
35
7Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
8Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,372
151
9,949
4.2
65.9
57
3,581
394
29
9.1
23.7
17
9Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,210
122
9,696
4.4
79.5
57
1,585
207
236
7.7
13.0
6
10Terry Allen
T. Allen
2,152
130
8,614
4.0
66.3
73
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
11Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1,831
126
7,966
4.4
63.2
30
2,065
229
165
9.0
16.4
9
12Edgerrin James
E. James
1,828
81
7,720
4.2
95.3
51
2,502
312
414
8.0
30.9
10
13Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
1,824
104
6,897
3.8
66.3
49
1,309
174
7.5
12.6
2
14Chris Warren
C. Warren
1,791
162
7,696
4.3
47.5
52
1,935
273
89
7.1
11.9
5
15Stephen Davis
S. Davis
1,725
115
7,326
4.2
63.7
53
1,359
162
166
8.4
11.8
3
16Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
1,690
118
6,905
4.1
58.5
36
3,381
375
403
9.0
28.7
13
17Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,655
78
7,607
4.6
97.5
60
1,280
169
26
7.6
16.4
5
18Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
1,637
86
7,580
4.6
88.1
48
1,880
225
260
8.4
21.9
7
19Antowain Smith
A. Smith
1,618
115
6,222
3.8
54.1
51
936
124
119
7.5
8.1
3
20Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
1,615
102
7,584
4.7
74.4
80
2,748
313
334
8.8
26.9
7
21Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,589
70
6,354
4.0
90.8
41
1,806
229
304
7.9
25.8
4
22Charlie Garner
C. Garner
1,537
147
7,097
4.6
48.3
39
3,711
419
456
8.9
25.2
12
23Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,533
122
6,927
4.5
56.8
41
4,188
474
556
8.8
34.3
10
24Ahman Green
A. Green
1,528
107
7,177
4.7
67.1
49
2,190
285
368
7.7
20.5
13
25James Stewart
J. Stewart
1,478
101
5,841
4.0
57.8
48
1,715
220
171
7.8
17.0
9
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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