most rushing attempts in back to back seasons

Emmitt Smith had the most carries when playing >0 seasons, with 4,409 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:

most rushing attempts in back to back seasons by a player

	NAME	ATT	SEAS	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	4,409	15	226	18,355	4.2	81.2	164	3,224	515	130	6.3	14.3	11
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	3,838	13	190	16,726	4.4	88.0	110	4,538	492		9.2	23.9	15
3	Frank Gore F. Gore	3,735	16	241	16,000	4.3	66.4	81	3,985	484	696	8.2	16.5	18
4	Curtis Martin C. Martin	3,518	11	168	14,101	4.0	83.9	90	3,329	484	409	6.9	19.8	10
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	3,479	13	192	13,662	3.9	71.2	91	1,449	200	100	7.2	7.5	3
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	3,230	15	184	14,918	4.6	81.1	120	2,474	305	423	8.1	13.4	6
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	3,174	11	170	13,684	4.3	80.5	145	4,772	624	868	7.6	28.1	17
8	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	3,062	10	153	15,269	5.0	99.8	99	2,921	352		8.3	19.1	10
9	Edgerrin James E. James	3,028	11	148	12,246	4.0	82.7	80	3,364	433	584	7.8	22.7	11
10	Marcus Allen M. Allen	3,022	16	222	12,243	4.1	55.1	123	5,411	587		9.2	24.4	21
11	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	2,996	11	146	13,259	4.4	90.8	90	2,137	281		7.6	14.6	6
12	Franco Harris F. Harris	2,949	13	173	12,120	4.1	70.1	91	2,287	307		7.4	13.2	9
13	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	2,936	12	173	12,739	4.3	73.6	77	3,554	398		8.9	20.5	13
14	John Riggins J. Riggins	2,916	14	175	11,352	3.9	64.9	104	2,090	250		8.4	11.9	12
15	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,877	13	182	12,074	4.2	66.3	65	4,458	472	29	9.4	24.5	23
16	Eddie George E. George	2,865	9	141	10,441	3.6	74.0	68	2,227	268	269	8.3	15.8	10
17	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	2,836	12	176	12,279	4.3	69.8	100	6,875	767	606	9.0	39.1	36
18	Steven Jackson S. Jackson	2,764	12	160	11,438	4.1	71.5	69	3,683	461	627	8.0	23.0	9
19	Thomas Jones T. Jones	2,678	12	180	10,591	4.0	58.8	68	2,023	308	410	6.6	11.2	3
20	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	2,669	12	181	10,967	4.1	60.6	49	4,339	510	594	8.5	24.0	15
21	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,622	10	144	10,643	4.1	73.9	78	4,248	467	176	9.1	29.5	13
22	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	2,618	10	150	11,241	4.3	74.9	82	1,913	244	278	7.8	12.8	7
23	Derrick Henry D. Henry	2,606	10	151	12,676	4.9	83.9	118	1,801	189	244	9.5	11.9	5
24	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	2,562	14	182	10,273	4.0	56.4	81	3,062	376		8.1	16.8	5
25	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	2,542	9	131	10,607	4.2	81.0	58	1,879	221	298	8.5	14.3	4

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