Walter Payton had the most rush attempts in 1979, with 369 carries.

Interpreted as:

most rushing attempts by a player in 1979

	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	369	1979	CHI	16	1,610	4.4	100.6	14	313	31	10.1	19.6	2
2	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	368	1979	HOU	16	1,697	4.6	106.1	19	94	16	5.9	5.9	0
3	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	338	1979	PHI	16	1,512	4.5	94.5	9	494	41	12.0	30.9	5
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	331	1979	STL	16	1,605	4.8	100.3	8	308	41	7.5	19.3	2
5	Ricky Bell R. Bell	283	1979	TB	16	1,263	4.5	78.9	7	248	25	9.9	15.5	2
6	Franco Harris F. Harris	267	1979	PIT	15	1,186	4.4	79.1	11	291	36	8.1	19.4	1
7	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	264	1979	CLE	16	1,294	4.9	80.9	9	372	41	9.1	23.3	2
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	260	1979	WAS	16	1,153	4.4	72.1	9	163	28	5.8	10.2	3
9	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	250	1979	DAL	14	1,107	4.4	79.1	6	375	45	8.3	26.8	1
10	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	243	1979	CIN	16	865	3.6	54.1	14	154	24	6.4	9.6	1
11	Joe Washington J. Washington	242	1979	BAL	15	884	3.7	58.9	4	750	82	9.1	50.0	3
12	William Andrews W. Andrews	239	1979	ATL	15	1,023	4.3	68.2	3	309	39	7.9	20.6	2
13	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	238	1979	NO	16	1,198	5.0	74.9	11	308	40	7.7	19.3	0
14	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	223	1979	OAK	16	818	3.7	51.1	7	474	51	9.3	29.6	2
15	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	220	1979	MIA	16	837	3.8	52.3	12	75	16	4.7	4.7	1
16	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	218	1979	LA	16	1,109	5.1	69.3	9	308	32	9.6	19.3	1
17	Clarence Williams C. Williams	200	1979	SD	16	752	3.8	47.0	12	352	51	6.9	22.0	0
18	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	198	1979	NYG	16	700	3.5	43.8	7	253	28	9.0	15.8	4
19	Jerry Eckwood J. Eckwood	194	1979	TB	16	690	3.6	43.1	2	268	22	12.2	16.8	0
20	Sherman Smith S. Smith	194	1979	SEA	16	775	4.0	48.4	11	499	48	10.4	31.2	4
21	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	189	1979	NO	15	708	3.7	47.2	9	484	58	8.3	32.3	1
22	Rickey Young R. Young	188	1979	MIN	16	708	3.8	44.3	3	519	72	7.2	32.4	4
23	Scott Dierking S. Dierking	186	1979	NYJ	16	767	4.1	47.9	3	121	10	12.1	7.6	0
24	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	186	1979	NYJ	16	905	4.9	56.6	0	219	29	7.6	13.7	0
25	Delvin Williams D. Williams	184	1979	MIA	14	703	3.8	50.2	3	175	21	8.3	12.5	1

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