most rushing attempts per game nfl player 1971

Floyd Little had the most rush attempts per game played in 1971, with 20.29.

	NAME	ATT/GP	ATT	GP	SEASON	TM	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Floyd Little F. Little	20.29	284	14	1971	DEN	1,133	4.0	80.9	6	255	26	9.8	18.2	0
2	Larry Brown L. Brown	19.46	253	13	1971	WAS	948	3.7	72.9	4	176	16	11.0	13.5	2
3	Steve Owens S. Owens	17.57	246	14	1971	DET	1,035	4.2	73.9	8	350	32	10.9	25.0	2
4	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	16.71	234	14	1971	CLE	865	3.7	61.8	10	252	25	10.1	18.0	2
5	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	16	32	2	1971	NYG	156	4.9	78.0	1	47	6	7.8	23.5	0
6	Duane Thomas D. Thomas	15.91	175	11	1971	DAL	793	4.5	72.1	11	153	13	11.8	13.9	2
7	John Brockington J. Brockington	15.43	216	14	1971	GB	1,105	5.1	78.9	4	98	14	7.0	7.0	1
8	Ken Willard K. Willard	15.43	216	14	1971	SF	855	4.0	61.1	4	202	27	7.5	14.4	1
9	Willie Ellison W. Ellison	15.07	211	14	1971	LA	1,000	4.7	71.4	4	238	32	7.4	17.0	0
10	Cannonball Butler C. Butler	14.31	186	13	1971	ATL	594	3.2	45.7	2	143	15	9.5	11.0	2
11	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	14.15	184	13	1971	KC	708	3.8	54.5	9	252	36	7.0	19.4	0
12	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	13.93	195	14	1971	MIA	1,051	5.4	75.1	7	113	13	8.7	8.1	1
13	Vic Washington V. Washington	13.64	191	14	1971	SF	811	4.2	57.9	3	317	36	8.8	22.6	4
14	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	13.43	188	14	1971	NYJ	618	3.3	44.1	5	120	11	10.9	8.6	1
15	Donny Anderson D. Anderson	13.29	186	14	1971	GB	757	4.1	54.1	5	306	26	11.8	21.9	1
16	Calvin Hill C. Hill	13.25	106	8	1971	DAL	468	4.4	58.5	8	244	19	12.8	30.5	3
17	O.J. Simpson	13.07	183	14	1971	BUF	742	4.1	53.0	5	162	21	7.7	11.6	0
18	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	12.93	181	14	1971	NE	784	4.3	56.0	1	265	22	12.0	18.9	1
19	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	12.93	181	14	1971	OAK	867	4.8	61.9	5	167	22	7.6	11.9	1
20	John Fuqua J. Fuqua	12.92	155	12	1971	PIT	625	4.0	52.1	4	427	49	8.7	35.6	1
21	Clint Jones C. Jones	12.86	180	14	1971	MIN	675	3.8	48.2	4	98	9	10.9	7.0	0
22	John Riggins J. Riggins	12.86	180	14	1971	NYJ	769	4.3	54.9	1	231	36	6.4	16.5	2
23	Bo Scott B. Scott	12.79	179	14	1971	CLE	606	3.4	43.3	9	233	30	7.8	16.6	1
24	Jim Kiick J. Kiick	12.46	162	13	1971	MIA	738	4.6	56.8	3	338	40	8.5	26.0	0
25	Altie Taylor A. Taylor	12.43	174	14	1971	DET	736	4.2	52.6	4	270	26	10.4	19.3	1

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