most rushing attempts by player 2016

Ezekiel Elliott had the most carries in 2016, with 322 carries in his rookie season.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
322
2016
15
1,631
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2LeGarrette Blount
L. Blount
299
2016
16
1,161
3.9
72.6
18
38
7
8
5.4
2.4
0
3DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
293
2016
16
1,287
4.4
80.4
9
377
53
67
7.1
23.6
3
4David Johnson
D. Johnson
293
2016
16
1,239
4.2
77.4
16
879
80
120
11.0
54.9
4
5Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
278
2016
16
885
3.2
55.3
6
327
43
58
7.6
20.4
0
6Lamar Miller
L. Miller
268
2016
14
1,073
4.0
76.6
5
188
31
39
6.1
13.4
1
7Frank Gore
F. Gore
263
2016
16
1,025
3.9
64.1
4
277
38
47
7.3
17.3
4
8Le'Veon Bell
L. Bell
261
2016
12
1,268
4.9
105.7
7
616
75
94
8.2
51.3
2
9Jay Ajayi
J. Ajayi
260
2016
15
1,272
4.9
84.8
8
151
27
35
5.6
10.1
0
10Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
254
2016
13
997
3.9
76.7
10
419
41
57
10.2
32.2
2
11Jordan Howard
J. Howard
252
2016
15
1,313
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
12LeSean McCoy
L. McCoy
234
2016
15
1,267
5.4
84.5
13
356
50
57
7.1
23.7
1
13Devonta Freeman
D. Freeman
227
2016
16
1,079
4.8
67.4
11
462
54
65
8.6
28.9
2
14Jeremy Hill
J. Hill
222
2016
15
839
3.8
55.9
9
174
21
27
8.3
11.6
0
15Matt Forte
M. Forte
218
2016
14
813
3.7
58.1
7
263
30
43
8.8
18.8
1
16Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
218
2016
13
824
3.8
63.4
9
60
8
21
7.5
4.6
0
17Carlos Hyde
C. Hyde
217
2016
13
988
4.6
76.0
6
163
27
33
6.0
12.5
3
18Spencer Ware
S. Ware
214
2016
14
921
4.3
65.8
3
447
33
42
13.5
31.9
2
19Mark Ingram
M. Ingram
205
2016
16
1,043
5.1
65.2
6
319
46
58
6.9
19.9
4
20Isaiah Crowell
I. Crowell
198
2016
16
952
4.8
59.5
7
319
40
53
8.0
19.9
0
21Latavius Murray
L. Murray
195
2016
14
788
4.0
56.3
12
264
33
43
8.0
18.9
0
22Terrance West
T. West
193
2016
16
774
4.0
48.4
5
236
34
45
6.9
14.8
1
23Rashad Jennings
R. Jennings
181
2016
13
593
3.3
45.6
3
201
35
42
5.7
15.5
1
24Devontae Booker
D. Booker
174
2016
16
612
3.5
38.3
4
265
31
45
8.5
16.6
1
25Rob Kelley
R. Kelley
168
2016
15
704
4.2
46.9
6
82
12
18
6.8
5.5
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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