most rushing attempts in the 70s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, O.J. Simpson had the most carries, with 2,223 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts by a player in the 70s
NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,223
122
10,539
4.7
86.4
59
1,799
173
10.4
14.7
11
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,012
111
8,563
4.3
77.1
72
1,311
174
7.5
11.8
4
3Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
1,668
109
6,518
3.9
59.8
30
3,182
374
8.5
29.2
17
4John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,666
111
6,822
4.1
61.5
42
1,891
216
8.8
17.0
12
5Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
1,622
124
6,975
4.3
56.3
56
519
74
7.0
4.2
2
6Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,548
73
6,926
4.5
94.9
59
1,424
156
9.1
19.5
4
7Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
1,533
93
5,887
3.8
63.3
52
3,057
336
9.1
32.9
23
8Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
1,435
89
6,186
4.3
69.5
23
1,683
184
9.1
18.9
12
9John Brockington
J. Brockington
1,347
95
5,185
3.8
54.6
30
1,297
157
8.3
13.7
4
10Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,328
88
4,987
3.8
56.7
31
2,183
204
10.7
24.8
20
11Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
1,290
90
5,163
4.0
57.4
39
1,813
198
9.2
20.1
6
12Calvin Hill
C. Hill
1,243
114
5,107
4.1
44.8
34
2,096
207
10.1
18.4
15
13Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,214
88
4,919
4.1
55.9
28
1,148
126
9.1
13.0
3
14Floyd Little
F. Little
1,207
84
4,629
3.8
55.1
33
1,858
170
10.9
22.1
7
15Jim Otis
J. Otis
1,160
116
4,350
3.8
37.5
19
549
90
6.1
4.7
3
16MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
1,158
110
4,489
3.9
40.8
29
2,725
278
9.8
24.8
7
17Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
1,157
100
4,451
3.8
44.5
34
2,456
288
8.5
24.6
6
18Delvin Williams
D. Williams
1,125
84
4,927
4.4
58.7
31
1,208
121
10.0
14.4
6
19Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
1,087
87
5,255
4.8
60.4
25
1,942
208
9.3
22.3
8
20Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
1,068
79
4,171
3.9
52.8
21
940
104
9.0
11.9
4
21Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
1,066
67
3,836
3.6
57.3
33
1,813
189
9.6
27.1
15
22Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
1,052
92
3,960
3.8
43.0
24
1,452
162
9.0
15.8
6
23Robert Newhouse
R. Newhouse
1,005
111
4,187
4.2
37.7
24
860
111
7.7
7.7
5
24Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
969
67
3,712
3.8
55.4
16
1,793
163
11.0
26.8
11
25Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
930
89
4,425
4.8
49.7
23
598
83
7.2
6.7
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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