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

Matt Forte has the most rush attempts by a rookie for the Bears, with 316 rush attempts in 2008.

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

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407

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RUSH

253

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REC

214

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PPG

29.7

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OPP PPG

17.7

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RUSH YDS/G

184.3

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PASS YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	3	0	1.000
Bears	2	1	.667
Lions	2	1	.667
Packers	1	2	.333

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	NYJ	@	CHI	1:00 PM
Sun 10/11	CHI	@	GB	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	SEA	8:15 PM

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2 - 1

Final

Bears

2 - 1

Mon 28 Sep 2026

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Young

917

Shough

872

Stafford

Rush Yards Leaders

360

Walker

349

Robinson

346

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

405

Smith-Njigba

375

Olave

358

Adams

Pass TD Leaders

9

Purdy

9

Cousins

8

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

6

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6

Henry

4

Gibbs

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

Watson

QB Rating Leaders

133.1

Purdy

127.3

Lock

116.1

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Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

4.0

Anderson

4.0

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NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.7

32.7

31.0

30.7

29.7

Opp PPG Rankings

12.0

13.7

16.7

17.0

Total Yards Rankings

417.7

416.3

408.0

401.7

399.3

398.7

Rush Yards Rankings

184.3

173.0

167.3

155.0

153.3

136.3

Pass Yards Rankings

313.0

305.7

295.0

281.3

276.0

270.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

80.3

Gibbs

69.9

Henry

68.2

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

77.1

Smith-Njigba

52.8

St. Brown

52.4

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

35.4

Kittle

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Kelce

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Fantasy K Rankings

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	2	1	0	.667
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Browns	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000