most rushing attempts per game in a season by an nfl running back

Derrick Henry has the most rush attempts per game played by a running back in a season, with 27.38 in 2021.

NAMEATT/GPATTGPSEASONTMRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Derrick Henry
D. Henry
27.38
219
8
2021
TEN TEN
937
4.3
117.1
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
2Lionel Vital
L. Vital
26.67
80
3
1987
WAS WAS
346
4.3
115.3
2
13
1
13.0
4.3
0
3Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
26
416
16
2006
KC KC
1,789
4.3
111.8
17
410
41
67
10.0
25.6
2
4Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
25.63
410
16
1998
ATL ATL
1,846
4.5
115.4
14
319
27
11.8
19.9
2
5James Wilder
J. Wilder
25.44
407
16
1984
TB TB
1,544
3.8
96.5
13
685
85
8.1
42.8
0
6Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
25.25
404
16
1986
RAM RAM
1,821
4.5
113.8
11
205
26
7.9
12.8
0
7Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
25.2
252
10
2006
SEA SEA
896
3.6
89.6
7
48
12
16
4.0
4.8
0
8Eddie George
E. George
25.19
403
16
2000
TEN TEN
1,509
3.7
94.3
14
453
50
65
9.1
28.3
2
9Edgerrin James
E. James
25.17
151
6
2001
IND IND
662
4.4
110.3
3
193
24
29
8.0
32.2
0
10Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
25
375
15
1997
PIT PIT
1,665
4.4
111.0
7
110
15
7.3
7.3
2
11John Riggins
J. Riggins
25
375
15
1983
WAS WAS
1,347
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
12Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24.87
373
15
1980
HOU HOU
1,934
5.2
128.9
13
47
11
4.3
3.1
0
13Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
24.81
397
16
1985
ATL ATL
1,719
4.3
107.4
10
267
33
8.1
16.7
0
14Ricky Williams
R. Williams
24.8
248
10
2000
NO NO
1,000
4.0
100.0
8
409
44
55
9.3
40.9
1
15Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
24.67
370
15
1989
KC KC
1,480
4.0
98.7
12
12
2
6.0
0.8
0
16Julius Jones
J. Jones
24.63
197
8
2004
DAL DAL
819
4.2
102.4
7
109
17
26
6.4
13.6
0
17Curtis Martin
C. Martin
24.6
369
15
1998
NYJ NYJ
1,287
3.5
85.8
8
365
43
8.5
24.3
1
18Terrell Davis
T. Davis
24.6
369
15
1997
DEN DEN
1,750
4.7
116.7
15
287
42
6.8
19.1
0
19Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
24.53
368
15
1994
DAL DAL
1,484
4.0
98.9
21
341
50
6.8
22.7
1
20DeMarco Murray
D. Murray
24.5
392
16
2014
DAL DAL
1,845
4.7
115.3
13
416
57
64
7.3
26.0
0
21Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
24.5
196
8
2004
KC KC
892
4.6
111.5
14
187
19
25
9.8
23.4
1
22Ricky Williams
R. Williams
24.5
392
16
2003
MIA MIA
1,372
3.5
85.8
9
351
50
62
7.0
21.9
1
23Terrell Davis
T. Davis
24.5
392
16
1998
DEN DEN
2,008
5.1
125.5
21
217
25
8.7
13.6
2
24Barry Foster
B. Foster
24.38
390
16
1992
PIT PIT
1,690
4.3
105.6
11
344
36
9.6
21.5
0
25Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
24.38
390
16
1983
RAM RAM
1,808
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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