nfl team with most rushing attempts by running backs from 2017 to 2020

Between the 2017 and 2020 seasons, Ezekiel Elliott had the most rush attempts by a running back, with 1,091 rush attempts.

	NAME	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Ezekiel Elliott E. Elliott	1,091	56	4,753	4.4	84.9	31	1,594	209	275	7.6	28.5	9
2	Derrick Henry D. Henry	1,072	63	5,370	5.0	85.2	50	555	63	90	8.8	8.8	3
3	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	953	59	4,091	4.3	69.3	51	1,739	179	252	9.7	29.5	12
4	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	836	55	3,588	4.3	65.2	35	1,420	182	248	7.8	25.8	10
5	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	812	50	3,359	4.1	67.2	20	1,008	129	160	7.8	20.2	5
6	Adrian Peterson A. Peterson	774	57	3,073	4.0	53.9	21	521	60	86	8.7	9.1	1
7	Frank Gore F. Gore	770	61	2,935	3.8	48.1	7	558	70	89	8.0	9.1	2
8	Dalvin Cook D. Cook	769	43	3,661	4.8	85.1	33	1,275	148	182	8.6	29.7	3
9	Leonard Fournette L. Fournette	763	49	2,998	3.9	61.2	23	1,242	170	221	7.3	25.3	2
10	Carlos Hyde C. Hyde	738	56	2,935	4.0	52.4	23	518	95	140	5.5	9.3	0
11	Chris Carson C. Carson	715	45	3,270	4.6	72.7	21	775	101	125	7.7	17.2	7
12	Kareem Hunt K. Hunt	694	51	3,171	4.6	62.2	23	1,422	154	193	9.2	27.9	16
13	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	682	51	3,145	4.6	61.7	29	2,672	320	398	8.4	52.4	16
14	Nick Chubb N. Chubb	680	44	3,557	5.2	80.8	28	577	72	96	8.0	13.1	2
15	Jordan Howard J. Howard	680	49	2,642	3.9	53.9	28	336	54	74	6.2	6.9	1
16	Alvin Kamara A. Kamara	672	60	3,340	5.0	55.7	43	2,824	326	409	8.7	47.1	15
17	Kenyan Drake K. Drake	662	61	2,951	4.5	48.4	25	1,198	160	220	7.5	19.6	6
18	Aaron Jones Sr. A. Jones Sr.	651	54	3,364	5.2	62.3	37	1,057	131	184	8.1	19.6	6
19	Le'Veon Bell L. Bell	648	41	2,408	3.7	58.7	14	1,254	167	204	7.5	30.6	3
20	Latavius Murray L. Murray	648	63	2,713	4.2	43.1	23	655	94	112	7.0	10.4	2
21	Mark Ingram M. Ingram	642	54	3,086	4.8	57.1	30	883	111	135	8.0	16.4	6
22	Peyton Barber P. Barber	590	64	2,022	3.4	31.6	18	333	56	79	5.9	5.2	2
23	LeSean McCoy L. McCoy	559	53	2,148	3.8	40.5	13	968	136	176	7.1	18.3	3
24	Marlon Mack M. Mack	539	41	2,383	4.4	58.1	20	440	55	79	8.0	10.7	2
25	Sony Michel S. Michel	535	38	2,292	4.3	60.3	14	258	26	40	9.9	6.8	1

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Bills - w	11	5	0	.688
Dolphins - e	7	9	0	.438
Jets - e	3	13	0	.188
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Steelers	9	7	0	.563
Ravens	8	8	0	.500
Bengals - e	6	10	0	.375
Browns - e	4	12	0	.250
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Jaguars - x	12	4	0	.750
Texans - x	11	5	0	.688
Colts - e	8	8	0	.500
Titans - e	3	13	0	.188
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Commanders - e	4	12	0	.250
Giants - e	3	13	0	.188
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Packers - w	9	6	1	.594
Vikings - e	8	8	0	.500
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Buccaneers	7	9	0	.438
Falcons - e	7	9	0	.438
Saints - e	6	10	0	.375
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Seahawks - x	13	3	0	.813
49ers - x	12	4	0	.750
Rams - w	11	5	0	.688
Cardinals - e	3	13	0	.188