running back carry per game leaders 2021

Derrick Henry averaged the most rush attempts per game by a running back in 2021, with 27.4 per game.

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  • Data note: Rush Attempts Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEATT/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Derrick Henry
D. Henry
27.4
2021
8
937
219
4.3
117.1
10
154
18
20
8.6
19.3
0
2Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
19.5
2021
17
1,811
332
5.5
106.5
18
360
40
51
9.0
21.2
2
3Dalvin Cook
D. Cook
19.2
2021
13
1,159
249
4.7
89.2
6
224
34
49
6.6
17.2
0
4Elijah Mitchell
E. Mitchell
18.8
2021
11
963
207
4.7
87.5
5
137
19
20
7.2
12.5
1
5Alvin Kamara
A. Kamara
18.5
2021
13
898
240
3.7
69.1
4
439
47
67
9.3
33.8
5
6Joe Mixon
J. Mixon
18.3
2021
16
1,205
292
4.1
75.3
13
314
42
48
7.5
19.6
3
7Najee Harris
N. Harris
18.1
2021
17
1,200
307
3.9
70.6
7
467
74
94
6.3
27.5
3
8David Montgomery
D. Montgomery
17.3
2021
13
849
225
3.8
65.3
7
301
42
51
7.2
23.2
0
9Nick Chubb
N. Chubb
16.3
2021
14
1,259
228
5.5
89.9
8
174
20
25
8.7
12.4
1
10Antonio Gibson
A. Gibson
16.1
2021
16
1,037
258
4.0
64.8
7
294
42
52
7.0
18.4
3
11D'Onta Foreman
D. Foreman
14.8
2021
9
566
133
4.3
62.9
3
123
9
11
13.7
13.7
0
12Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
14.5
2021
15
872
217
4.0
58.1
9
348
54
64
6.4
23.2
0
13Duke Johnson
D. Johnson
14.2
2021
5
330
71
4.6
66.0
3
41
4
5
10.3
8.2
0
14Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
14.1
2021
7
442
99
4.5
63.1
1
343
37
41
9.3
49.0
1
15Ezekiel Elliott
E. Elliott
13.9
2021
17
1,002
237
4.2
58.9
10
287
47
65
6.1
16.9
2
16Damien Harris
D. Harris
13.5
2021
15
929
203
4.6
61.9
15
132
18
21
7.3
8.8
0
17Chris Carson
C. Carson
13.5
2021
4
232
54
4.3
58.0
3
29
6
6
4.8
7.3
0
18James Conner
J. Conner
13.5
2021
15
752
202
3.7
50.1
15
375
37
39
10.1
25.0
3
19Jason Huntley
J. Huntley
13.0
2021
1
51
13
3.9
51.0
0
0
0
1
0.0
0
20Austin Ekeler
A. Ekeler
12.9
2021
16
911
206
4.4
56.9
12
647
70
94
9.2
40.4
8
21Leonard Fournette
L. Fournette
12.9
2021
14
812
180
4.5
58.0
8
454
69
84
6.6
32.4
2
22Melvin Gordon
M. Gordon
12.7
2021
16
918
203
4.5
57.4
8
213
28
38
7.6
13.3
2
23Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
12.5
2021
13
593
162
3.7
45.6
2
263
41
57
6.4
20.2
2
24Darrell Henderson
D. Henderson
12.4
2021
12
688
149
4.6
57.3
5
176
29
40
6.1
14.7
3
25Jordan Howard
J. Howard
12.3
2021
7
406
86
4.7
58.0
3
19
2
5
9.5
2.7
0

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