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1978 NFC Rushing Attempts Leaders

Rushing attempts

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Walter Payton led the NFC in rushing attempts in 1978 with 333, 43 ahead of Tony Dorsett (290). It was one of 5 times Walter Payton led in rushing attempts.

YDSTDY/AATTY/G1DFL
Walter Payton Led the NFC in 1978 Walter Payton CHI
333 Rushing Attempts 43 clear of Tony Dorsett
Showing Rushing Attempts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team ATT G YDS TD
1 Walter Payton Walter Payton CHI 333 16 1,395 11
2 Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett DAL 290 16 1,325 7
3 Terdell Middleton Terdell Middleton GB 284 16 1,116 11
4 Wilbert Montgomery Wilbert Montgomery PHI 259 14 1,220 9
5 John Riggins John Riggins WAS 248 15 1,014 5
6 Roland Harper Roland Harper CHI 240 16 992 6
7 Chuck Foreman Chuck Foreman MIN 237 14 749 5
8 Dexter Bussey Dexter Bussey DET 225 16 924 5
9 Jim Otis Jim Otis SLC 197 15 664 8
10 Bubba Bean ATL 193 15 707 3
11 Haskel Stanback ATL 188 15 588 5
12 Tony Galbreath Tony Galbreath NO 186 16 635 5
13 Ricky Bell Ricky Bell TB 185 12 679 6
14 Cullen Bryant LAN 178 16 658 7
15 John Cappelletti John Cappelletti LAN 174 14 604 3
16 Wayne Morris SLC 174 13 631 1
17 Mike Thomas WAS 161 13 533 3
18 O.J. Simpson O.J. Simpson SF 161 10 593 1
19 Chuck Muncie Chuck Muncie NO 160 13 557 7
20 Horace King DET 155 15 660 4
21 Barty Smith GB 154 16 567 4
22 Doug Kotar NYG 149 15 625 1
23 Mike Hogan PHI 145 14 607 4
24 Robert Newhouse Robert Newhouse DAL 140 13 584 8
25 Rickey Young Rickey Young MIN 134 16 417 1
26 Bobby Hammond NYG 131 14 554 1
27 Bob Ferrell SF 125 16 471 1
28 Paul Hofer SF 121 16 465 7
29 Lawrence McCutcheon Lawrence McCutcheon LAN 118 8 420 0
30 Mike Strachan NO 108 15 388 4
31 Steve Jones SLC 105 16 392 2
32 Greg Boykin SF 102 16 361 2
33 Johnny Davis TB 97 16 370 3
34 Jimmy DuBose TB 93 6 358 4
35 Larry Csonka Larry Csonka NYG 91 14 311 6
36 Louis Carter TB 81 16 275 1
37 Scott Laidlaw DAL 75 16 312 3
38 Billy Taylor NYG 73 13 250 0
39 Robert Miller MIN 70 15 213 3
40 Ricky Patton ATL 68 16 206 1
41 Billy Campfield PHI 61 16 247 0
42 Cleveland Franklin Cleveland Franklin PHI 60 16 167 0
43 Dan Doornink NYG 60 12 306 1
44 Lawrence Gaines DET 54 13 178 1
45 Rick Kane DET 44 15 153 2
46 Roger Staubach Roger Staubach DAL 42 15 182 1
47 Archie Manning Archie Manning NO 38 16 202 1
48 Willie Spencer NYG 38 15 61 2
49 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann WAS 37 16 177 1
50 Willard Harrell SLC 35 13 134 0
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