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.

More Cowboys Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,552

Prescott

Dak Prescott

RUSH

1,201

Williams

Javonte Williams

REC

1,429

Pickens

George Pickens
Team Rankings

PPG

27.7

7th

OPP PPG

30.1

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

125.6

9th

PASS YDS/G

278.5

1st

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
Cowboys Cowboys
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
Last Game
DAL Cowboys

7 - 9 - 1

17

Final

34

NYG Giants

4 - 13

Sun 4 Jan 2026

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176