most rushing attempts by a player chicago bears in a rookie season

Matt Forte has the most carries by a Bears rookie, with 316 carries in 2008.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Matt Forte
M. Forte
316
2008
16
1,238
3.9
77.4
8
477
63
76
7.6
29.8
4
2Rashaan Salaam
R. Salaam
296
1995
16
1,074
3.6
67.1
10
56
7
8.0
3.5
0
3Anthony Thomas
A. Thomas
278
2001
14
1,183
4.3
84.5
7
178
22
30
8.1
12.7
0
4Jordan Howard
J. Howard
252
2016
15
1,313
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
5David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
242
2019
16
889
3.7
55.6
6
185
25
35
7.4
11.6
1
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
196
1975
13
679
3.5
52.2
7
213
33
6.5
16.4
0
7Kyle Monangai
K. Monangai
169
2025
17
783
4.6
46.1
5
164
18
30
9.1
9.6
0
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
166
1965
14
867
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6
9Jeremy Langford
J. Langford
148
2015
16
537
3.6
33.6
6
279
22
42
12.7
17.4
1
10Ken Grandberry
K. Grandberry
144
1974
14
475
3.3
33.9
2
212
30
7.1
15.1
0
11Curtis Enis
C. Enis
133
1998
9
497
3.7
55.2
0
20
6
3.3
2.2
0
12Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
127
1957
12
538
4.2
44.8
5
201
15
13.4
16.8
2
13John Dottley
J. Dottley
127
1951
12
670
5.3
55.8
3
225
14
16.1
18.8
1
14Rick Casares
R. Casares
125
1955
12
672
5.4
56.0
4
136
16
8.5
11.3
1
15Raymont Harris
R. Harris
123
1994
16
464
3.8
29.0
1
236
39
6.1
14.8
0
16Bill Osmanski
B. Osmanski
121
1939
10
699
5.8
69.9
7
65
3
21.7
6.5
1
17Beattie Feathers
B. Feathers
119
1934
11
1,004
8.4
91.3
8
174
6
29.0
15.8
1
18Ronnie Bull
R. Bull
113
1962
14
363
3.2
25.9
1
331
31
10.7
23.6
0
19Darnell Autry
D. Autry
112
1997
13
319
2.8
24.5
1
59
9
6.6
4.5
0
20Bobby Watkins
B. Watkins
110
1955
12
553
5.0
46.1
8
79
6
13.2
6.6
0
21Khalil Herbert
K. Herbert
103
2021
17
433
4.2
25.5
2
96
14
16
6.9
5.6
0
22Roland Harper
R. Harper
100
1975
13
453
4.5
34.8
1
191
27
7.1
14.7
0
23Bob Margarita
B. Margarita
88
1944
10
463
5.3
46.3
4
130
15
8.7
13.0
0
24Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
87
2017
16
370
4.3
23.1
2
353
53
71
6.7
22.1
1
25Caleb Williams
C. Williams
81
2024
17
489
6.0
28.8
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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25.9

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24.4

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144.5

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.647
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