rush attempts leader single season 1976

Walter Payton had the most carries in 1976, with 311 carries.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
311
1976
14
1,390
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
2Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
291
1976
14
1,168
4.0
83.4
9
305
28
10.9
21.8
2
3O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
290
1976
14
1,503
5.2
107.4
8
259
22
11.8
18.5
1
4Franco Harris
F. Harris
289
1976
14
1,128
3.9
80.6
14
151
23
6.6
10.8
0
5Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
289
1976
14
1,200
4.2
85.7
5
555
60
9.3
39.6
3
6Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
278
1976
14
1,155
4.2
82.5
13
567
55
10.3
40.5
1
7Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
254
1976
13
1,101
4.3
84.7
5
290
28
10.4
22.3
4
8Delvin Williams
D. Williams
248
1976
13
1,203
4.9
92.5
7
283
27
10.5
21.8
2
9Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
247
1976
14
1,008
4.1
72.0
5
457
39
11.7
32.6
1
10Jim Otis
J. Otis
233
1976
14
891
3.8
63.6
2
15
2
7.5
1.1
0
11Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
233
1976
14
1,012
4.3
72.3
3
173
17
10.2
12.4
0
12Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
220
1976
14
1,036
4.7
74.0
5
294
24
12.3
21.0
0
13Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
209
1976
14
1,000
4.8
71.4
4
341
45
7.6
24.4
1
14Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
200
1976
14
792
4.0
56.6
1
324
33
9.8
23.1
1
15Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
196
1976
14
858
4.4
61.3
3
218
28
7.8
15.6
0
16Benny Malone
B. Malone
186
1976
14
797
4.3
56.9
4
103
9
11.4
7.4
0
17Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
185
1976
14
731
4.0
52.2
3
319
36
8.9
22.8
0
18John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
177
1976
14
688
3.9
49.1
1
302
30
10.1
21.6
1
19Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
172
1976
11
824
4.8
74.9
3
299
27
11.1
27.2
0
20Louis Carter
L. Carter
171
1976
14
521
3.0
37.2
1
135
20
6.8
9.6
0
21Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
171
1976
13
684
4.0
52.6
2
247
40
6.2
19.0
3
22Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
169
1976
14
699
4.1
49.9
6
343
29
11.8
24.5
4
23MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
162
1976
14
542
3.3
38.7
5
686
66
10.4
49.0
1
24John Riggins
J. Riggins
162
1976
14
572
3.5
40.9
3
172
21
8.2
12.3
1
25Rickey Young
R. Young
162
1976
14
802
5.0
57.3
4
441
47
9.4
31.5
1
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