what afc rb had the most carries in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, LaDainian Tomlinson had the most rush attempts by an AFC running back, with 2,880 rush attempts.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,880
141
12,490
4.3
88.6
138
3,955
530
728
7.5
28.0
15
2Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
3Fred Taylor
F. Taylor
2,068
121
9,585
4.6
79.2
46
1,874
234
330
8.0
15.5
5
4Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
1,860
104
7,782
4.2
74.8
63
1,186
158
229
7.5
11.4
5
5Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,824
92
7,551
4.1
82.1
45
1,815
279
348
6.5
19.7
4
6Edgerrin James
E. James
1,819
80
7,673
4.2
95.9
51
2,253
294
377
7.7
28.2
7
7Travis Henry
T. Henry
1,488
90
6,086
4.1
67.6
38
951
141
199
6.7
10.6
2
8Priest Holmes
P. Holmes
1,458
81
6,658
4.6
82.2
78
2,598
283
359
9.2
32.1
7
9Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
1,441
90
5,787
4.0
64.3
50
992
150
204
6.6
11.0
3
10Rudi Johnson
R. Johnson
1,441
81
5,742
4.0
70.9
48
588
101
138
5.8
7.3
1
11Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
1,421
82
6,219
4.4
75.8
55
1,373
154
227
8.9
16.7
6
12Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,373
83
5,199
3.8
62.6
50
374
51
72
7.3
4.5
0
13Eddie George
E. George
1,373
64
4,644
3.4
72.6
36
1,150
145
192
7.9
18.0
4
14Ricky Williams
R. Williams
1,350
77
5,763
4.3
74.8
46
1,290
178
233
7.2
16.8
5
15Willie Parker
W. Parker
1,253
79
5,378
4.3
68.1
24
697
84
121
8.3
8.8
5
16Antowain Smith
A. Smith
959
69
3,644
3.8
52.8
29
716
89
117
8.0
10.4
3
17Thomas Jones
T. Jones
931
48
3,833
4.1
79.9
28
482
74
94
6.5
10.0
3
18Ronnie Brown
R. Brown
928
60
4,081
4.4
68.0
31
1,249
151
194
8.3
20.8
2
19Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
919
98
4,067
4.4
41.5
37
727
92
123
7.9
7.4
5
20LaMont Jordan
L. Jordan
897
114
3,734
4.2
32.8
28
1,301
158
219
8.2
11.4
3
21Joseph Addai
J. Addai
861
58
3,525
4.1
60.8
34
1,231
157
201
7.8
21.2
9
22Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
842
63
3,924
4.7
62.3
49
1,782
201
263
8.9
28.3
5
23Justin Fargas
J. Fargas
827
92
3,369
4.1
36.6
10
523
77
111
6.8
5.7
0
24Reuben Droughns
R. Droughns
814
77
3,255
4.0
42.3
13
919
112
152
8.2
11.9
5
25Dominic Rhodes
D. Rhodes
777
96
3,114
4.0
32.4
26
1,021
146
206
7.0
10.6
4
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