most rushing attempts per game among rookies from the first 1 round since 2015

Since 2015, Ezekiel Elliott has the most rush attempts per game played by a rookie, with 21.47 in 2016.

NAME ATT/GP ATT GP SEASON TM RUSH YDS YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
21.47
322
15
2016
DAL DAL
1,631
5.1
108.7
15
363
32
40
11.3
24.2
1
2 Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
20.62
268
13
2017
JAX JAX
1,040
3.9
80.0
9
302
36
48
8.4
23.2
1
3 Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
18.82
207
11
2021
SF SF
963
4.7
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
4 Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
18.62
242
13
2019
OAK OAK
1,150
4.8
88.5
7
166
20
27
8.3
12.8
0
5 Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
18.5
74
4
2017
MIN MIN
354
4.8
88.5
2
90
11
16
8.2
22.5
0
6 Najee Harris
N. Harris
18.06
307
17
2021
PIT PIT
1,200
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
7 Todd Gurley
T. Gurley
17.62
229
13
2015
STL STL
1,106
4.8
85.1
10
188
21
26
9.0
14.5
0
8 James Robinson
J. Robinson
17.14
240
14
2020
JAX JAX
1,070
4.5
76.4
7
344
49
60
7.0
24.6
3
9 Brian Robinson Jr.
B. Robinson Jr.
17.08
205
12
2022
WAS WAS
797
3.9
66.4
2
60
9
12
6.7
5.0
1
10 Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
17
68
4
2025
LV LV
282
4.1
70.5
2
20
7
8
2.9
5.0
2
11 Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
17
272
16
2017
KC KC
1,327
4.9
82.9
8
455
53
63
8.6
28.4
3
12 Dameon Pierce
D. Pierce
16.92
220
13
2022
HOU HOU
939
4.3
72.2
4
165
30
39
5.5
12.7
1
13 Jordan Howard
J. Howard
16.8
252
15
2016
CHI CHI
1,313
5.2
87.5
6
298
29
50
10.3
19.9
1
14 Quinshon Judkins
Q. Judkins
16.33
49
3
2025
CLE CLE
237
4.8
79.0
2
44
8
9
5.5
14.7
0
15 Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
16.31
261
16
2018
NYG NYG
1,307
5.0
81.7
11
721
91
121
7.9
45.1
4
16 Sony Michel
S. Michel
16.08
209
13
2018
NE NE
931
4.5
71.6
6
50
7
11
7.1
3.8
0
17 Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
15.47
232
15
2020
IND IND
1,169
5.0
77.9
11
299
36
39
8.3
19.9
1
18 Kenneth Walker III
K. Walker III
15.2
228
15
2022
SEA SEA
1,050
4.6
70.0
9
165
27
35
6.1
11.0
0
19 T.J. Yeldon
T.J. Yeldon
15.17
182
12
2015
JAX JAX
740
4.1
61.7
2
279
36
46
7.8
23.3
1
20 David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
15.13
242
16
2019
CHI CHI
889
3.7
55.6
6
185
25
35
7.4
11.6
1
21 Bo Scarbrough
B. Scarbrough
14.83
89
6
2019
DET DET
377
4.2
62.8
1
5
1
4
5.0
0.8
0
22 Clyde Edwards-Helaire
C. Edwards-Helaire
13.92
181
13
2020
KC KC
803
4.4
61.8
4
297
36
54
8.3
22.8
1
23 Omarion Hampton
O. Hampton
13.5
54
4
2025
LAC LAC
270
5.0
67.5
2
110
14
16
7.9
27.5
0
24 Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
13.14
184
14
2015
SD SD
641
3.5
45.8
0
192
33
37
5.8
13.7
0
25 Tyler Allgeier
T. Allgeier
13.13
210
16
2022
ATL ATL
1,035
4.9
64.7
3
139
16
17
8.7
8.7
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
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1
2
1
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ARI ARI
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40

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40

GB Packers

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Sun 28 Sep 2025

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1.000
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2
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.500
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1
0
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2
0
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AFC South W L T PCT
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1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
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1
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1
0
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2
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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NYJ NYJ
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9/6
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Sun
10/5
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Sun
10/5
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Sun
10/5
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Sun
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10/5
DAL DAL
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NYJ NYJ
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