running back with the most rush attempts 1977

Walter Payton had the most rush attempts by a running back in 1977, with 339 carries.

	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	339	1977	CHI	14	1,852	5.5	132.3	14	269	27	10.0	19.2	2
2	Mark van Eeghen M. van Eeghen	324	1977	OAK	14	1,273	3.9	90.9	7	135	15	9.0	9.6	0
3	Lydell Mitchell L. Mitchell	301	1977	BAL	14	1,159	3.9	82.8	3	620	71	8.7	44.3	4
4	Franco Harris F. Harris	300	1977	PIT	14	1,162	3.9	83.0	11	62	11	5.6	4.4	0
5	Lawrence McCutcheon L. McCutcheon	294	1977	LA	14	1,238	4.2	88.4	7	274	25	11.0	19.6	2
6	Sam Cunningham S. Cunningham	270	1977	NE	14	1,015	3.8	72.5	4	370	42	8.8	26.4	1
7	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	270	1977	MIN	14	1,112	4.1	79.4	6	308	38	8.1	22.0	3
8	Delvin Williams D. Williams	268	1977	SF	14	931	3.5	66.5	7	179	20	9.0	12.8	2
9	Haskel Stanback H. Stanback	247	1977	ATL	14	873	3.5	62.4	6	261	30	8.7	18.6	0
10	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	236	1977	CLE	14	1,086	4.6	77.6	3	471	37	12.7	33.6	1
11	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	228	1977	WAS	13	806	3.5	62.0	3	245	28	8.8	18.8	2
12	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	208	1977	DAL	14	1,007	4.8	71.9	12	273	29	9.4	19.5	1
13	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	201	1977	NO	14	811	4.0	57.9	6	248	21	11.8	17.7	1
14	Don Calhoun D. Calhoun	198	1977	NE	14	727	3.7	51.9	4	152	13	11.7	10.9	0
15	Clarence Davis C. Davis	194	1977	OAK	14	787	4.1	56.2	5	124	16	7.8	8.9	0
16	Ronnie Coleman R. Coleman	185	1977	HOU	14	660	3.6	47.1	5	115	22	5.2	8.2	1
17	Robert Newhouse R. Newhouse	180	1977	DAL	14	721	4.0	51.5	3	106	16	6.6	7.6	1
18	Wilbur Jackson W. Jackson	179	1977	SF	14	780	4.4	55.7	7	169	22	7.7	12.1	0
19	John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	178	1977	LA	14	598	3.4	42.7	5	228	28	8.1	16.3	1
20	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	168	1977	NO	14	644	3.8	46.0	3	265	41	6.5	18.9	0
21	Barty Smith B. Smith	166	1977	GB	14	554	3.3	39.6	2	340	37	9.2	24.3	1
22	Wayne Morris W. Morris	165	1977	STL	12	661	4.0	55.1	8	222	24	9.3	18.5	1
23	Cleo Miller C. Miller	163	1977	CLE	14	756	4.6	54.0	4	291	41	7.1	20.8	1
24	Sherman Smith S. Smith	163	1977	SEA	14	763	4.7	54.5	4	419	30	14.0	29.9	2
25	Clark Gaines C. Gaines	158	1977	NYJ	14	595	3.8	42.5	3	469	55	8.5	33.5	1

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