most rushing attempts before age 25

Emmitt Smith has the most career carries by a player younger than 25, with 1,262 rush attempts.

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  • Data note: Rush Attempts: player game data complete from 1960
NAMEATTAgeGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,262
24
62
5,699
4.5
91.9
50
1,235
189
6.5
19.9
3
2Clinton Portis
C. Portis
1,258
24
60
5,930
4.7
98.8
45
1,129
141
197
8.0
18.8
4
3Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,189
24
62
5,674
4.8
91.5
52
1,294
130
10.0
20.9
5
4Edgerrin James
E. James
1,184
24
52
4,913
4.1
94.5
31
1,727
210
283
8.2
33.2
10
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,179
24
57
5,316
4.5
93.3
45
1,111
125
8.9
19.5
2
6Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
1,169
24
56
5,405
4.6
96.5
40
1,619
189
244
8.6
28.9
8
7Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,116
24
63
4,522
4.1
71.8
24
765
97
7.9
12.1
1
8Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,072
24
60
4,740
4.4
79.0
40
1,152
160
200
7.2
19.2
0
9Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,065
24
61
4,001
3.8
65.6
36
1,896
211
9.0
31.1
5
10Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
1,042
24
58
4,547
4.4
78.4
46
1,883
187
252
10.1
32.5
10
11LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
1,024
24
48
4,564
4.5
95.1
37
1,581
238
312
6.6
32.9
5
12Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
1,004
24
48
4,757
4.7
99.1
26
943
100
134
9.4
19.6
1
13Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
971
24
57
4,249
4.4
74.5
30
1,586
190
241
8.3
27.8
6
14Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
960
24
48
4,333
4.5
90.3
26
1,003
128
7.8
20.9
2
15Ray Rice
R. Rice
959
24
61
4,377
4.6
71.8
24
2,235
250
331
8.9
36.6
5
16Curtis Martin
C. Martin
958
24
45
3,799
4.0
84.4
32
890
117
7.6
19.8
5
17Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
955
24
59
4,690
4.9
79.5
29
1,941
223
294
8.7
32.9
10
18Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
925
24
53
4,582
5.0
86.5
40
955
123
153
7.8
18.0
4
19Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
915
24
46
4,484
4.9
97.5
40
829
83
124
10.0
18.0
1
20Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
914
24
57
3,732
4.1
65.5
31
982
121
8.1
17.2
2
21Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
908
24
47
4,045
4.5
86.1
26
2,005
227
291
8.8
42.7
5
22Jordan Howard
J. Howard
878
25
55
3,813
4.3
69.3
29
636
81
122
7.9
11.6
2
23Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
860
24
47
2,968
3.5
63.1
32
502
73
6.9
10.7
1
24Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
852
24
57
3,338
3.9
58.6
23
808
115
156
7.0
14.2
1
25Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
842
24
63
3,924
4.7
62.3
49
1,782
201
263
8.9
28.3
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