Barry Sanders had his most rush attempts in a game against the Cowboys on September 19, 1994, with 40 carries.
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most rushing attempts single regular-season game Barry Sanders| NAME | ATT | DATE | TM | OPP | RUSH YDS | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Sanders | 40 | 9/19/1994 |  DET | @ |  DAL | 194 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | B. Sanders | 32 | 9/12/1993 | DET | @ |  NE | 148 | 4.6 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 3 | | B. Sanders | 32 | 9/15/1991 | DET | vs |  MIA | 143 | 4.5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 12/7/1997 | DET | @ | MIA | 137 | 4.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 12/13/1992 | DET | vs |  CLE | 87 | 2.9 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 9/22/1991 | DET | @ |  IND | 179 | 6.0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| 7 | | B. Sanders | 30 | 10/29/1989 | DET | @ |  GB | 184 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | B. Sanders | 29 | 11/7/1993 | DET | vs |  TB | 187 | 6.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | B. Sanders | 29 | 11/22/1992 | DET | @ |  CIN | 151 | 5.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | B. Sanders | 28 | 9/28/1997 | DET | vs | GB | 139 | 5.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Sanders | 28 | 12/23/1996 | DET | @ |  SF | 175 | 6.3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | B. Sanders | 28 | 11/23/1989 | DET | vs | CLE | 145 | 5.2 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Sanders | 27 | 11/1/1998 | DET | vs |  ARI | 107 | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| 14 | | B. Sanders | 27 | 9/28/1998 | DET | vs | TB | 131 | 4.9 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Sanders | 27 | 9/4/1994 | DET | vs |  ATL | 120 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| 16 | | B. Sanders | 27 | 12/15/1991 | DET | @ | GB | 85 | 3.1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 17 | | B. Sanders | 27 | 9/29/1991 | DET | vs | TB | 160 | 5.9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 18 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 9/13/1998 | DET | vs | CIN | 185 | 7.1 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| 19 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 10/6/1996 | DET | vs | ATL | 86 | 3.3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| 20 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 11/13/1994 | DET | vs | TB | 237 | 9.1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 10/30/1994 | DET | @ |  NYG | 146 | 5.6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 10/24/1993 | DET | @ |  RAM | 91 | 3.5 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| 23 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 9/5/1993 | DET | vs | ATL | 90 | 3.5 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| 24 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 9/13/1992 | DET | vs |  MIN | 66 | 2.5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | B. Sanders | 26 | 12/22/1991 | DET | @ |  BUF | 108 | 4.2 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 17.7 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1960 season.
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