who has the best run defense this year in the nfl

Jahmyr Gibbs has the most rush attempts this season, with 29 rush attempts.

	NAME	ATT	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Jahmyr Gibbs J. Gibbs	29	2026	DET	1	156	5.4	156.0	2	30	5	5	6.0	30.0	0
2	Derrick Henry D. Henry	24	2026	BAL	1	144	6.0	144.0	3	19	1	1	19.0	19.0	0
3	Ashton Jeanty A. Jeanty	23	2026	LV	1	102	4.4	102.0	0	45	6	6	7.5	45.0	2
4	Breece Hall B. Hall	22	2026	NYJ	1	102	4.6	102.0	1	16	2	2	8.0	16.0	0
5	Bijan Robinson B. Robinson	21	2026	ATL	1	83	4.0	83.0	0	90	8	10	11.3	90.0	1
6	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	20	2026	HOU	1	60	3.0	60.0	2	19	3	3	6.3	19.0	1
7	Jonathan Taylor J. Taylor	19	2026	IND	1	98	5.2	98.0	2	23	3	4	7.7	23.0	0
8	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	18	2026	CHI	1	124	6.9	124.0	3	10	1	1	10.0	10.0	0
9	Rhamondre Stevenson R. Stevenson	18	2026	NE	1	51	2.8	51.0	0	44	5	6	8.8	44.0	0
10	Tyler Allgeier T. Allgeier	17	2026	ARI	1	61	3.6	61.0	0	9	2	2	4.5	9.0	0
11	Chase Brown C. Brown	16	2026	CIN	1	56	3.5	56.0	1	22	5	6	4.4	22.0	0
12	Jacory Croskey-Merritt J. Croskey-Merritt	16	2026	WAS	1	63	3.9	63.0	1	-7	1	1	-7.0	-7.0	0
13	Saquon Barkley S. Barkley	15	2026	PHI	1	83	5.5	83.0	0	-3	1	2	-3.0	-3.0	0
14	Bhayshul Tuten B. Tuten	15	2026	JAX	1	66	4.4	66.0	0	22	1	1	22.0	22.0	0
15	Kaelon Black K. Black	14	2026	SF	1	65	4.6	65.0	0	5	1	1	5.0	5.0	0
16	James Cook III J. Cook III	13	2026	BUF	1	57	4.4	57.0	0	12	3	4	4.0	12.0	0
17	Omarion Hampton O. Hampton	12	2026	LAC	1	43	3.6	43.0	1	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Quinshon Judkins Q. Judkins	12	2026	CLE	1	33	2.8	33.0	0	17	2	2	8.5	17.0	0
19	Kyren Williams K. Williams	11	2026	LAR	1	41	3.7	41.0	1	24	3	3	8.0	24.0	0
20	De'Von Achane D. Achane	11	2026	MIA	1	36	3.3	36.0	0	30	4	5	7.5	30.0	0
21	Jeremiyah Love J. Love	11	2026	ARI	1	41	3.7	41.0	1	9	2	4	4.5	9.0	0
22	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	10	2026	SF	1	68	6.8	68.0	0	20	5	8	4.0	20.0	0
23	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	10	2026	CAR	1	49	4.9	49.0	1	38	3	3	12.7	38.0	1
24	Jaylen Warren J. Warren	10	2026	PIT	1	46	4.6	46.0	0	27	5	6	5.4	27.0	0
25	Caleb Williams C. Williams	10	2026	CHI	1	65	6.5	65.0	2	0	0	0		0.0	0

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Jahmyr Gibbs has the most rush attempts this season, with 29 rush attempts.

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