most rushing attempts per game nfl player 1972

Larry Brown had the most rush attempts per game played in 1972, with 23.75.

	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	Larry Brown L. Brown	23.75	285	12	1972	WAS	1,216	4.3	101.3	8	473	32	14.8	39.4	4
2	Ron Johnson R. Johnson	21.29	298	14	1972	NYG	1,182	4.0	84.4	9	451	45	10.0	32.2	5
3	O.J. Simpson	20.86	292	14	1972	BUF	1,251	4.3	89.4	6	198	27	7.3	14.1	0
4	John Brockington J. Brockington	19.57	274	14	1972	GB	1,027	3.7	73.4	8	243	19	12.8	17.4	1
5	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	19.43	272	14	1972	SD	1,031	3.8	73.6	6	245	31	7.9	17.5	1
6	Dave Hampton D. Hampton	17.69	230	13	1972	ATL	995	4.3	76.5	6	244	23	10.6	18.8	1
7	Calvin Hill C. Hill	17.5	245	14	1972	DAL	1,036	4.2	74.0	6	364	43	8.5	26.0	3
8	John Riggins J. Riggins	17.25	207	12	1972	NYJ	944	4.6	78.7	7	230	21	11.0	19.2	1
9	Herb Mul-Key H. Mul-Key	16.5	33	2	1972	WAS	155	4.7	77.5	1	66	4	16.5	33.0	0
10	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	16	224	14	1972	CLE	811	3.6	57.9	4	204	23	8.9	14.6	1
11	Marv Hubbard M. Hubbard	15.64	219	14	1972	OAK	1,100	5.0	78.6	4	103	22	4.7	7.4	0
12	Floyd Little F. Little	15.43	216	14	1972	DEN	859	4.0	61.4	9	367	28	13.1	26.2	4
13	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	15.21	213	14	1972	MIA	1,117	5.2	79.8	6	48	5	9.6	3.4	0
14	Essex Johnson E. Johnson	15.14	212	14	1972	CIN	825	3.9	58.9	4	420	29	14.5	30.0	2
15	Steve Owens S. Owens	14.3	143	10	1972	DET	519	3.6	51.9	4	100	15	6.7	10.0	0
16	Mercury Morris M. Morris	13.57	190	14	1972	MIA	1,000	5.3	71.4	12	168	15	11.2	12.0	0
17	Franco Harris F. Harris	13.43	188	14	1972	PIT	1,055	5.6	75.4	10	180	21	8.6	12.9	1
18	Ed Podolak E. Podolak	13.15	171	13	1972	KC	615	3.6	47.3	4	345	46	7.5	26.5	2
19	Carl Garrett C. Garrett	13.1	131	10	1972	NE	488	3.7	48.8	5	410	30	13.7	41.0	0
20	Cid Edwards C. Edwards	13.08	157	12	1972	SD	679	4.3	56.6	5	557	40	13.9	46.4	2
21	Willie Ellison W. Ellison	13.08	170	13	1972	LA	764	4.5	58.8	5	141	23	6.1	10.8	1
22	Po James P. James	13	182	14	1972	PHI	565	3.1	40.4	0	156	20	7.8	11.1	1
23	Art Malone A. Malone	12.86	180	14	1972	ATL	798	4.4	57.0	8	585	50	11.7	41.8	2
24	Don McCauley D. McCauley	12.71	178	14	1972	BAL	675	3.8	48.2	2	256	30	8.5	18.3	2
25	MacArthur Lane M. Lane	12.64	177	14	1972	GB	821	4.6	58.6	3	285	26	11.0	20.4	0

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