most rushing attempts from 1920 to 2006

Between the 1920 and 2006 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most rush attempts, with 4,409 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by a player from 1920 to 2006
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
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
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
5Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
6Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
7Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
8Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
9Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
10John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
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
14Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
15Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
16Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
182
10,273
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
17Edgerrin James
E. James
2,525
112
10,385
4.1
92.7
70
3,056
394
525
7.8
27.3
11
18O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,404
135
11,236
4.7
83.2
61
2,142
203
10.6
15.9
14
19Jim Brown
J. Brown
2,359
118
12,312
5.2
104.3
106
2,499
262
9.5
21.2
20
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,256
150
9,461
4.2
63.1
43
3,771
426
467
8.9
25.1
15
21Tiki Barber
T. Barber
2,217
154
10,449
4.7
67.9
55
5,183
586
707
8.8
33.7
12
22Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
2,187
115
9,407
4.3
81.8
74
806
121
6.7
7.0
0
23Terry Allen
T. Allen
2,152
130
8,614
4.0
66.3
73
1,601
204
40
7.8
12.3
6
24Earnest Byner
E. Byner
2,095
211
8,261
3.9
39.2
56
4,605
512
9.0
21.8
15
25Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,062
112
9,513
4.6
84.9
56
2,205
261
306
8.4
19.7
8
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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