most rushing attempts by a player since 1980

Since 1980, Emmitt Smith has the most carries, with 4,409 carries.

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
2Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
3Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
4Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
5Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
6LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
7Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
8Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
9Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
10Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
11Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
12Eddie George
E. George
2,865
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
14Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
15Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
180
10,591
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
16Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
17Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
18Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
19Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,552
148
12,354
4.8
83.5
116
1,793
188
242
9.5
12.1
5
20Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
21Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,534
153
11,695
4.6
76.4
66
2,384
290
348
8.2
15.6
8
22LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
2,457
170
11,102
4.5
65.3
73
3,898
518
665
7.5
22.9
16
23Marshawn Lynch
M. Lynch
2,453
149
10,413
4.2
69.9
85
2,214
287
391
7.7
14.9
9
24Ricky Williams
R. Williams
2,431
147
10,009
4.1
68.1
66
2,606
342
466
7.6
17.7
8
25Matt Forte
M. Forte
2,356
146
9,796
4.2
67.1
54
4,672
554
724
8.4
32.0
21
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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