most rushing attempts per game 1983

John Riggins had the most rush attempts per game played in 1983, with 25.

Interpreted as:
most rushing attempts per game by a player 1983
NAMEATT/GPATTGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1John Riggins
J. Riggins
25
375
15
1983
1,347
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
24.38
390
16
1983
1,808
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
3Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
23
322
14
1983
1,301
4.0
92.9
12
216
19
11.4
15.4
0
4Curt Warner
C. Warner
20.94
335
16
1983
1,449
4.3
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
5William Andrews
W. Andrews
20.69
331
16
1983
1,567
4.7
97.9
7
609
59
10.3
38.1
4
6Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
19.73
296
15
1983
1,270
4.3
84.7
5
459
54
8.5
30.6
1
7George Rogers
G. Rogers
19.69
256
13
1983
1,144
4.5
88.0
5
69
12
5.8
5.3
0
8Walter Payton
W. Payton
19.63
314
16
1983
1,421
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
9Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
19.53
293
15
1983
1,184
4.0
78.9
10
157
30
5.2
10.5
2
10Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
19.09
210
11
1983
763
3.6
69.4
14
129
15
8.6
11.7
0
11Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
18.06
289
16
1983
1,321
4.6
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
12Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
17.78
160
9
1983
654
4.1
72.7
1
172
21
8.2
19.1
3
13Franco Harris
F. Harris
17.44
279
16
1983
1,007
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
14Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
17
170
10
1983
624
3.7
62.4
4
258
26
9.9
25.8
2
15Billy Sims
B. Sims
16.92
220
13
1983
1,040
4.7
80.0
7
419
42
10.0
32.2
0
16Marcus Allen
M. Allen
16.63
266
16
1983
1,014
3.8
63.4
9
590
68
8.7
36.9
2
17Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
16.44
263
16
1983
1,131
4.3
70.7
3
524
57
9.2
32.8
7
18James Wilder
J. Wilder
16.1
161
10
1983
640
4.0
64.0
4
380
57
6.7
38.0
2
19Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
15.88
254
16
1983
1,122
4.4
70.1
4
483
24
20.1
30.2
3
20Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
15.67
235
15
1983
886
3.8
59.1
12
396
42
9.4
26.4
1
21Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
15.38
246
16
1983
857
3.5
53.6
4
368
28
13.1
23.0
0
22Andra Franklin
A. Franklin
14.93
224
15
1983
746
3.3
49.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
23Wayne Wilson
W. Wilson
14.21
199
14
1983
787
4.0
56.2
9
178
20
8.9
12.7
2
24Sammy Winder
S. Winder
14
196
14
1983
757
3.9
54.1
3
150
23
6.5
10.7
0
25Tony Collins
T. Collins
13.69
219
16
1983
1,049
4.8
65.6
10
257
27
9.5
16.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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