who had the most rushing attempts in the 1990s

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Emmitt Smith had the most rush attempts, with 3,243 rush attempts.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
3,243
155
13,963
4.3
90.1
136
2,728
442
32
6.2
17.6
11
2Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,782
138
13,799
5.0
100.0
85
2,639
328
8.0
19.1
10
3Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
2,344
142
9,813
4.2
69.1
57
3,464
378
5
9.2
24.4
16
4Ricky Watters
R. Watters
2,272
123
9,083
4.0
73.8
70
3,528
393
62
9.0
28.7
11
5Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
2,106
109
8,463
4.0
77.6
41
1,075
149
28
7.2
9.9
3
6Terry Allen
T. Allen
1,938
115
7,777
4.0
67.6
68
1,526
186
19
8.2
13.3
6
7Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
1,824
104
6,897
3.8
66.3
49
1,309
174
7.5
12.6
2
8Chris Warren
C. Warren
1,717
148
7,400
4.3
50.0
50
1,632
241
46
6.8
11.0
4
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,694
76
6,550
3.9
86.2
45
1,514
205
61
7.4
19.9
6
10Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
1,642
93
6,701
4.1
72.1
49
3,852
384
103
10.0
41.4
14
11Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,410
65
6,624
4.7
101.9
58
1,207
155
3
7.8
18.6
5
12Natrone Means
N. Means
1,409
87
5,215
3.7
59.9
45
631
103
13
6.1
7.3
2
13Eddie George
E. George
1,360
64
5,365
3.9
83.8
28
994
114
64
8.7
15.5
6
14Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
1,327
104
5,042
3.8
48.5
23
1,244
194
71
6.4
12.0
5
15Earnest Byner
E. Byner
1,289
128
4,968
3.9
38.8
26
2,113
254
8.3
16.5
5
16Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,241
117
4,968
4.0
42.5
60
1,750
199
8.8
15.0
5
17Marion Butts
M. Butts
1,175
89
4,502
3.8
50.6
34
450
61
7.4
5.1
1
18Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1,166
75
4,939
4.2
65.9
14
1,170
113
10.4
15.6
6
19Leonard Russell
L. Russell
1,164
85
3,973
3.4
46.7
29
846
122
6.9
10.0
0
20Harold Green
H. Green
1,151
124
4,365
3.8
35.2
13
1,644
213
7.7
13.3
4
21Robert Smith
R. Smith
1,116
82
5,297
4.7
64.6
25
944
142
30
6.6
11.5
3
22Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
1,115
112
3,992
3.6
35.6
21
2,245
284
21
7.9
20.0
10
23Errict Rhett
E. Rhett
1,103
81
3,885
3.5
48.0
29
474
75
32
6.3
5.9
3
24Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
1,065
92
3,743
3.5
40.7
25
949
123
7.7
10.3
2
25Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
1,046
72
4,078
3.9
56.6
21
1,513
177
8.5
21.0
5
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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