1986 NFL Rushing Attempts by Team

The Chicago Bears led the whole NFL in rushing attempts in 1986, with 606, 28 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 28 NFL teams is 482.5.

Led the whole NFL in 1986 Chicago Bears 16 games

606 Rushing Attempts 28 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	Conference	G	ATT
1	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	606
2	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	578
2	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	578
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	564
5	New York Giants	NFC	16	558
6	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	521
7	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	513
8	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	510
9	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	505
10	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	499
11	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	490
11	New York Jets	AFC	16	490
	NFL average			482.5
13	Los Angeles Raiders	AFC	16	475
14	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	474
15	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	471
16	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	470
16	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	470
18	New England Patriots	AFC	16	469
19	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	461
20	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	455
20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	455
22	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	447
23	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	432
24	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	424
25	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	419
25	St. Louis Cardinals	NFC	16	419
27	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	407
28	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	349

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.