rush attempts leader single season 1978

Walter Payton had the most carries in 1978, with 333 rush attempts.

NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Walter Payton
W. Payton
333
1978
16
1,395
4.2
87.2
11
480
50
9.6
30.0
0
2Franco Harris
F. Harris
310
1978
16
1,082
3.5
67.6
8
144
22
6.5
9.0
0
3Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
302
1978
15
1,450
4.8
96.7
13
48
12
4.0
3.2
0
4Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
290
1978
16
1,325
4.6
82.8
7
378
37
10.2
23.6
2
5Terdell Middleton
T. Middleton
284
1978
16
1,116
3.9
69.8
11
332
34
9.8
20.8
1
6Delvin Williams
D. Williams
272
1978
16
1,258
4.6
78.6
8
192
18
10.7
12.0
0
7Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
270
1978
16
1,080
4.0
67.5
9
291
27
10.8
18.2
0
8Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
259
1978
14
1,220
4.7
87.1
9
195
34
5.7
13.9
1
9John Riggins
J. Riggins
248
1978
15
1,014
4.1
67.6
5
299
31
9.6
19.9
0
10Roland Harper
R. Harper
240
1978
16
992
4.1
62.0
6
340
43
7.9
21.3
2
11Joe Washington
J. Washington
240
1978
16
956
4.0
59.8
0
377
45
8.4
23.6
1
12Terry Miller
T. Miller
238
1978
16
1,060
4.5
66.3
7
246
22
11.2
15.4
0
13Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
237
1978
14
749
3.2
53.5
5
396
61
6.5
28.3
2
14Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
225
1978
16
924
4.1
57.8
5
275
31
8.9
17.2
1
15Kevin Long
K. Long
214
1978
16
954
4.5
59.6
10
204
26
7.8
12.8
0
16Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
214
1978
16
820
3.8
51.3
3
500
57
8.8
31.3
2
17Tony Reed
T. Reed
206
1978
16
1,053
5.1
65.8
5
483
48
10.1
30.2
1
18Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
199
1978
16
768
3.9
48.0
8
297
31
9.6
18.6
0
19Jim Otis
J. Otis
197
1978
15
664
3.4
44.3
8
38
8
4.8
2.5
0
20Bubba Bean
B. Bean
193
1978
15
707
3.7
47.1
3
209
31
6.7
13.9
1
21Haskel Stanback
H. Stanback
188
1978
15
588
3.1
39.2
5
108
12
9.0
7.2
0
22Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
186
1978
16
635
3.4
39.7
5
582
74
7.9
36.4
2
23Ricky Bell
R. Bell
185
1978
12
679
3.7
56.6
6
122
15
8.1
10.2
0
24Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
180
1978
16
762
4.2
47.6
7
236
31
7.6
14.8
0
25Cullen Bryant
C. Bryant
178
1978
16
658
3.7
41.1
7
76
8
9.5
4.8
0
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