most rushing attempts before the age of 29

Emmitt Smith has the most career rush attempts by a player younger than 29, with 2,595 carries.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by a player before the age of 29
NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
2,595
124
11,234
4.3
90.6
112
2,434
388
6.3
19.6
7
2Edgerrin James
E. James
2,525
112
10,385
4.1
92.7
70
3,056
394
525
7.8
27.3
11
3Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
2,461
125
9,804
4.0
78.4
49
1,172
162
47
7.2
9.4
3
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,384
121
11,725
4.9
96.9
84
2,327
282
8.3
19.2
7
5LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,365
111
10,650
4.5
95.9
115
3,375
458
621
7.4
30.4
14
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,352
114
10,204
4.3
89.5
72
2,481
275
9.0
21.8
7
7Curtis Martin
C. Martin
2,343
108
9,267
4.0
85.8
64
2,342
328
221
7.1
21.7
8
8Clinton Portis
C. Portis
2,176
108
9,696
4.5
89.8
73
1,963
242
329
8.1
18.2
5
9Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,155
121
9,442
4.4
78.0
79
5,447
548
320
9.9
45.0
31
10Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,138
115
9,093
4.3
79.1
52
3,003
369
497
8.1
26.1
8
11Eddie George
E. George
2,138
99
7,979
3.7
80.6
49
1,820
213
194
8.5
18.4
9
12Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,136
90
9,915
4.6
110.2
75
1,422
172
8.3
15.8
3
13Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,120
106
9,105
4.3
85.9
54
1,613
190
255
8.5
15.2
4
14Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
2,065
120
8,904
4.3
74.2
71
2,649
356
468
7.4
22.1
14
15Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
2,033
120
8,695
4.3
72.5
71
1,899
239
319
7.9
15.8
9
16Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
2,033
103
10,115
5.0
98.2
86
1,697
206
288
8.2
16.5
5
17Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,018
109
8,724
4.3
80.0
48
3,402
345
9.9
31.2
18
18LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
1,898
117
8,954
4.7
76.5
60
2,930
382
489
7.7
25.0
13
19Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,883
85
8,296
4.4
97.6
69
691
112
6.2
8.1
0
20Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
1,840
105
7,803
4.2
74.3
74
2,072
269
341
7.7
19.7
2
21Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
1,826
106
8,356
4.6
78.8
55
2,651
358
489
7.4
25.0
16
22Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
1,824
104
6,897
3.8
66.3
49
1,309
174
7.5
12.6
2
23Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
1,816
111
7,428
4.1
66.9
60
2,448
319
399
7.7
22.1
14
24Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,807
95
7,843
4.3
82.6
44
2,404
289
8.3
25.3
5
25Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
1,804
114
8,071
4.5
70.8
68
2,873
335
448
8.6
25.2
11
StatMuse has game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.

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