most rushing attempts per game 1976

Walter Payton had the most rush attempts per game played in 1976, with 22.21.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts per game by a player 1976
NAMEATT/GPATTGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
22.21
311
14
1976
1,390
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
2Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
20.79
291
14
1976
1,168
4.0
83.4
9
305
28
10.9
21.8
2
3O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
20.71
290
14
1976
1,503
5.2
107.4
8
259
22
11.8
18.5
1
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
20.64
289
14
1976
1,128
3.9
80.6
14
151
23
6.6
10.8
0
5Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
20.64
289
14
1976
1,200
4.2
85.7
5
555
60
9.3
39.6
3
6Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
19.86
278
14
1976
1,155
4.2
82.5
13
567
55
10.3
40.5
1
7Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
19.54
254
13
1976
1,101
4.3
84.7
5
290
28
10.4
22.3
4
8Delvin Williams
D. Williams
19.08
248
13
1976
1,203
4.9
92.5
7
283
27
10.5
21.8
2
9Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
17.64
247
14
1976
1,008
4.1
72.0
5
457
39
11.7
32.6
1
10Jim Otis
J. Otis
16.64
233
14
1976
891
3.8
63.6
2
15
2
7.5
1.1
0
11Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
16.64
233
14
1976
1,012
4.3
72.3
3
173
17
10.2
12.4
0
12Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
15.71
220
14
1976
1,036
4.7
74.0
5
294
24
12.3
21.0
0
13Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
15.64
172
11
1976
824
4.8
74.9
3
299
27
11.1
27.2
0
14Mike Hogan
M. Hogan
15.38
123
8
1976
561
4.6
70.1
0
89
15
5.9
11.1
0
15Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
14.93
209
14
1976
1,000
4.8
71.4
4
341
45
7.6
24.4
1
16Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
14.29
200
14
1976
792
4.0
56.6
1
324
33
9.8
23.1
1
17Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
14
196
14
1976
858
4.4
61.3
3
218
28
7.8
15.6
0
18Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
13.33
160
12
1976
569
3.6
47.4
4
39
6
6.5
3.3
0
19Horace King
H. King
13.29
93
7
1976
325
3.5
46.4
0
163
21
7.8
23.3
0
20Benny Malone
B. Malone
13.29
186
14
1976
797
4.3
56.9
4
103
9
11.4
7.4
0
21Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
13.21
185
14
1976
731
4.0
52.2
3
319
36
8.9
22.8
0
22Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
13.15
171
13
1976
684
4.0
52.6
2
247
40
6.2
19.0
3
23Ed Marinaro
E. Marinaro
12.83
77
6
1976
312
4.1
52.0
2
168
21
8.0
28.0
0
24Cleo Miller
C. Miller
12.75
153
12
1976
613
4.0
51.1
4
145
16
9.1
12.1
0
25John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
12.64
177
14
1976
688
3.9
49.1
1
302
30
10.1
21.6
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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