From 1990 through 1999, Emmitt Smith had the most carries, with 3,243 rush attempts.

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	NAME	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	3,243	155	13,963	4.3	90.1	136	2,728	442	32	6.2	17.6	11
2	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	2,782	138	13,799	5.0	100.0	85	2,639	328		8.0	19.1	10
3	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	2,344	142	9,813	4.2	69.1	57	3,464	378	5	9.2	24.4	16
4	Ricky Watters R. Watters	2,272	123	9,083	4.0	73.8	70	3,528	393	62	9.0	28.7	11
5	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	2,106	109	8,463	4.0	77.6	41	1,075	149	28	7.2	9.9	3
6	Terry Allen T. Allen	1,938	115	7,777	4.0	67.6	68	1,526	186	19	8.2	13.3	6
7	Rodney Hampton R. Hampton	1,824	104	6,897	3.8	66.3	49	1,309	174		7.5	12.6	2
8	Chris Warren C. Warren	1,717	148	7,400	4.3	50.0	50	1,632	241	46	6.8	11.0	4
9	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,694	76	6,550	3.9	86.2	45	1,514	205	61	7.4	19.9	6
10	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,642	93	6,701	4.1	72.1	49	3,852	384	103	10.0	41.4	14
11	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,410	65	6,624	4.7	101.9	58	1,207	155	3	7.8	18.6	5
12	Natrone Means N. Means	1,409	87	5,215	3.7	59.9	45	631	103	13	6.1	7.3	2
13	Eddie George E. George	1,360	64	5,365	3.9	83.8	28	994	114	64	8.7	15.5	6
14	Adrian Murrell A. Murrell	1,327	104	5,042	3.8	48.5	23	1,244	194	71	6.4	12.0	5
15	Earnest Byner E. Byner	1,289	128	4,968	3.9	38.8	26	2,113	254		8.3	16.5	5
16	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1,241	117	4,968	4.0	42.5	60	1,750	199		8.8	15.0	5
17	Marion Butts M. Butts	1,175	89	4,502	3.8	50.6	34	450	61		7.4	5.1	1
18	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	1,166	75	4,939	4.2	65.9	14	1,170	113		10.4	15.6	6
19	Leonard Russell L. Russell	1,164	85	3,973	3.4	46.7	29	846	122		6.9	10.0	0
20	Harold Green H. Green	1,151	124	4,365	3.8	35.2	13	1,644	213		7.7	13.3	4
21	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,116	82	5,297	4.7	64.6	25	944	142	30	6.6	11.5	3
22	Edgar Bennett E. Bennett	1,115	112	3,992	3.6	35.6	21	2,245	284	21	7.9	20.0	10
23	Errict Rhett E. Rhett	1,103	81	3,885	3.5	48.0	29	474	75	32	6.3	5.9	3
24	Reggie Cobb R. Cobb	1,065	92	3,743	3.5	40.7	25	949	123		7.7	10.3	2
25	Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	1,046	72	4,078	3.9	56.6	21	1,513	177		8.5	21.0	5

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