who got the best run defence

Emmitt Smith has the most career rush attempts, with 4,409 rush attempts.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
4,409
226
18,355
4.2
81.2
164
3,224
515
130
6.3
14.3
11
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
3,838
190
16,726
4.4
88.0
110
4,538
492
9.2
23.9
15
3Frank Gore
F. Gore
3,735
241
16,000
4.3
66.4
81
3,985
484
696
8.2
16.5
18
4Curtis Martin
C. Martin
3,518
168
14,101
4.0
83.9
90
3,329
484
409
6.9
19.8
10
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
3,479
192
13,662
3.9
71.2
91
1,449
200
100
7.2
7.5
3
6Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
3,230
184
14,918
4.6
81.1
120
2,474
305
423
8.1
13.4
6
7LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
3,174
170
13,684
4.3
80.5
145
4,772
624
868
7.6
28.1
17
8Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
3,062
153
15,269
5.0
99.8
99
2,921
352
8.3
19.1
10
9Edgerrin James
E. James
3,028
148
12,246
4.0
82.7
80
3,364
433
584
7.8
22.7
11
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
3,022
222
12,243
4.1
55.1
123
5,411
587
9.2
24.4
21
11Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,996
146
13,259
4.4
90.8
90
2,137
281
7.6
14.6
6
12Franco Harris
F. Harris
2,949
173
12,120
4.1
70.1
91
2,287
307
7.4
13.2
9
13Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
2,936
173
12,739
4.3
73.6
77
3,554
398
8.9
20.5
13
14John Riggins
J. Riggins
2,916
175
11,352
3.9
64.9
104
2,090
250
8.4
11.9
12
15Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,877
182
12,074
4.2
66.3
65
4,458
472
29
9.4
24.5
23
16Eddie George
E. George
2,865
141
10,441
3.6
74.0
68
2,227
268
269
8.3
15.8
10
17Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,836
176
12,279
4.3
69.8
100
6,875
767
606
9.0
39.1
36
18Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,764
160
11,438
4.1
71.5
69
3,683
461
627
8.0
23.0
9
19Thomas Jones
T. Jones
2,678
180
10,591
4.0
58.8
68
2,023
308
410
6.6
11.2
3
20Warrick Dunn
W. Dunn
2,669
181
10,967
4.1
60.6
49
4,339
510
594
8.5
24.0
15
21Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,622
144
10,643
4.1
73.9
78
4,248
467
176
9.1
29.5
13
22Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
2,618
150
11,241
4.3
74.9
82
1,913
244
278
7.8
12.8
7
23Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
2,562
182
10,273
4.0
56.4
81
3,062
376
8.1
16.8
5
24Derrick Henry
D. Henry
2,542
147
12,294
4.8
83.6
115
1,749
187
241
9.4
11.9
5
25Jamal Lewis
J. Lewis
2,542
131
10,607
4.2
81.0
58
1,879
221
298
8.5
14.3
4
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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