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NFL Season Records
Rushing Attempts

Emmitt Smith

1990 Dallas Cowboys

4,409

Walter Payton

1975 Chicago Bears

3,838

Frank Gore

2005 San Francisco 49ers

3,735

Curtis Martin

1995 New England Patriots

3,518

Jerome Bettis

1993 Los Angeles Rams

3,479

Adrian Peterson

2007 Minnesota Vikings

3,230

LaDainian Tomlinson

2001 San Diego Chargers

3,174

Barry Sanders

1989 Detroit Lions

3,062

Edgerrin James

1999 Indianapolis Colts

3,028

Marcus Allen

1982 Los Angeles Raiders

3,022

Eric Dickerson

1983 Los Angeles Rams

2,996

Franco Harris

1972 Pittsburgh Steelers

2,949

Tony Dorsett

1977 Dallas Cowboys

2,936

John Riggins

1971 New York Jets

2,916

Thurman Thomas

1988 Buffalo Bills

2,877

Eddie George

1996 Houston Oilers

2,865

Marshall Faulk

1994 Indianapolis Colts

2,836

Steven Jackson

2004 St. Louis Rams

2,764

Thomas Jones

2000 Arizona Cardinals

2,678

Warrick Dunn

1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2,669

Ricky Watters

1992 San Francisco 49ers

2,622

Corey Dillon

1997 Cincinnati Bengals

2,618

Ottis Anderson

1979 St. Louis Cardinals

2,562

Jamal Lewis

2000 Baltimore Ravens

2,542

Fred Taylor

1998 Jacksonville Jaguars

2,534

LeSean McCoy

2009 Philadelphia Eagles

2,457

Marshawn Lynch

2007 Buffalo Bills

2,453

Ricky Williams

1999 New Orleans Saints

2,431

Jim Brown

1957 Cleveland Browns

2,359

Matt Forte

2008 Chicago Bears

2,356

Clinton Portis

2002 Denver Broncos

2,230

O.J. Simpson

1970 Buffalo Bills

2,223

Tiki Barber

1997 New York Giants

2,217

Earl Campbell

1978 Houston Oilers

2,187

Shaun Alexander

2000 Seattle Seahawks

2,187

Chris Johnson

2008 Tennessee Titans

2,163

Terry Allen

1991 Minnesota Vikings

2,152

Earnest Byner

1984 Cleveland Browns

2,095

Willis McGahee

2004 Buffalo Bills

2,095

Ahman Green

1998 Seattle Seahawks

2,056

Roger Craig

1983 San Francisco 49ers

1,991

Gerald Riggs

1982 Atlanta Falcons

1,989

Herschel Walker

1986 Dallas Cowboys

1,954

Stephen Davis

1996 Washington Redskins

1,945

Jim Taylor

1958 Green Bay Packers

1,941

Maurice Jones-Drew

2006 Jacksonville Jaguars

1,847

Mike Pruitt

1976 Cleveland Browns

1,844

Garrison Hearst

1993 Phoenix Cardinals

1,831

Rodney Hampton

1990 New York Giants

1,824

Freeman McNeil

1981 New York Jets

1,798

Chris Warren

1990 Seattle Seahawks

1,791

Antowain Smith

1997 Buffalo Bills

1,784

Priest Holmes

1998 Baltimore Ravens

1,780

Mark Ingram

2011 New Orleans Saints

1,755

Joe Perry

1950 San Francisco 49ers

1,737

DeAngelo Williams

2006 Carolina Panthers

1,730

Leroy Kelly

1964 Cleveland Browns

1,727

Jonathan Stewart

2008 Carolina Panthers

1,705

Curt Warner

1983 Seattle Seahawks

1,698

George Rogers

1981 New Orleans Saints

1,692

James Brooks

1981 San Diego Chargers

1,685

Lydell Mitchell

1972 Baltimore Colts

1,675

Terrell Davis

1995 Denver Broncos

1,655

Mark van Eeghen

1974 Oakland Raiders

1,652

Ezekiel Elliott

2016 Dallas Cowboys

1,650

Bill Brown

1961 Chicago Bears

1,649

Michael Turner

2004 San Diego Chargers

1,639

Ken Willard

1965 San Francisco 49ers

1,622

Larry Csonka

1970 Miami Dolphins

1,622

DeMarco Murray

2011 Dallas Cowboys

1,604

Cedric Benson

2005 Chicago Bears

1,600

Le'Veon Bell

2013 Pittsburgh Steelers

1,595

James Wilder

1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1,586

Chuck Muncie

1976 New Orleans Saints

1,561

Chuck Foreman

1973 Minnesota Vikings

1,556

Wilbert Montgomery

1977 Philadelphia Eagles

1,540

Charlie Garner

1994 Philadelphia Eagles

1,537

Larry Brown

1969 Washington Redskins

1,530

Lawrence McCutcheon

1973 Los Angeles Rams

1,521

Rudi Johnson

2002 Cincinnati Bengals

1,517

Neal Anderson

1986 Chicago Bears

1,515

John Henry Johnson

1954 San Francisco 49ers

1,501

Don Perkins

1961 Dallas Cowboys

1,500

LeGarrette Blount

2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1,495

Sammy Winder

1982 Denver Broncos

1,495

Pete Johnson

1977 Cincinnati Bengals

1,489

Travis Henry

2001 Buffalo Bills

1,488

James Stewart

1995 Jacksonville Jaguars

1,478

Melvin Gordon

2015 San Diego Chargers

1,477

Arian Foster

2009 Houston Texans

1,476

Todd Gurley

2015 St. Louis Rams

1,460

Calvin Hill

1969 Dallas Cowboys

1,452

Duce Staley

1997 Philadelphia Eagles

1,430

Ray Rice

2008 Baltimore Ravens

1,430

Alfred Morris

2012 Washington Redskins

1,429

Deuce McAllister

2001 New Orleans Saints

1,429

Larry Johnson

2003 Kansas City Chiefs

1,427

Joe Morris

1982 New York Giants

1,411

Robert Smith

1993 Minnesota Vikings

1,411

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Natrone Means

1993 San Diego Chargers

1,409

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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