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1972 AFC Rushing Attempts Leaders

Rushing attempts

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O.J. Simpson led the AFC in rushing attempts in 1972 with 292, 20 ahead of Mike Garrett (272). It was one of 5 times O.J. Simpson led in rushing attempts.

YDSTDY/AATTY/G1DFL
O.J. Simpson Led the AFC in 1972 O.J. Simpson BUF
292 Rushing Attempts 20 clear of Mike Garrett
Showing Rushing Attempts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team ATT G YDS TD
1 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson BUF 292 14 1,251 6
2 Mike Garrett Mike Garrett SD 272 14 1,031 6
3 Leroy Kelly Leroy Kelly CLE 224 14 811 4
4 Marv Hubbard Marv Hubbard OAK 219 14 1,100 4
5 Floyd Little Floyd Little DEN 216 14 859 9
6 Larry Csonka Larry Csonka MIA 213 14 1,117 6
7 Essex Johnson Essex Johnson CIN 212 14 825 4
8 John Riggins John Riggins NYJ 207 12 944 7
9 Mercury Morris Mercury Morris MIA 190 14 1,000 12
10 Franco Harris Franco Harris PIT 188 14 1,055 10
11 Don McCauley BAC 178 14 675 2
12 Ed Podolak Ed Podolak KC 171 13 615 4
13 Charlie Smith Charlie Smith OAK 170 14 686 8
14 Cid Edwards SD 157 12 679 5
15 John Fuqua John Fuqua PIT 150 13 665 4
16 Jim Kiick Jim Kiick MIA 137 14 521 5
17 Fred Willis HOO 134 13 461 0
18 Carl Garrett Carl Garrett NE 131 10 488 5
19 Josh Ashton NE 128 14 546 3
20 Doug Dressler CIN 128 14 565 6
21 Wendell Hayes Wendell Hayes KC 128 13 536 0
22 Don Nottingham BAC 123 14 466 3
23 Bo Scott Bo Scott CLE 123 12 571 2
24 Emerson Boozer Emerson Boozer NYJ 120 11 549 11
25 Jim Braxton Jim Braxton BUF 116 14 453 5
26 Paul Robinson Paul Robinson HOO 107 12 449 3
27 Mike Adamle Mike Adamle KC 73 14 303 1
28 Bobby Anderson DEN 72 9 319 1
29 Willie Rodgers HOO 71 14 204 2
30 Clarence Davis Clarence Davis OAK 71 11 363 6
31 Preston Pearson Preston Pearson PIT 67 11 264 0
32 Mike Phipps Mike Phipps CLE 60 14 256 5
33 Cliff McClain NYJ 59 13 305 0
34 Terry Bradshaw Terry Bradshaw PIT 58 14 346 7
35 Joe Dawkins DEN 56 14 243 2
36 Jess Phillips Jess Phillips CIN 48 13 207 1
37 Steve Harkey NYJ 45 11 129 0
38 Lydell Mitchell Lydell Mitchell BAC 45 11 215 1
39 Robert Holmes Robert Holmes HOO 43 6 172 0
40 Hoyle Granger Hoyle Granger HOO 42 13 175 0
41 John Tarver NE 42 8 132 1
42 Dan Pastorini Dan Pastorini HOO 38 14 205 2
43 Jeff Kinney KC 38 9 122 1
44 Jim Plunkett Jim Plunkett NE 36 14 230 1
45 Dennis Shaw BUF 35 14 138 0
46 Wayne Patrick BUF 35 13 130 0
47 Fran Lynch DEN 34 14 164 2
48 Tom Matte Tom Matte BAC 33 6 137 0
49 Ken Brown CLE 32 14 114 2
50 Pete Banaszak OAK 30 14 138 1
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