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Rushing Leaders Year-by-Year
Year
Player
Att.
Yds.
Avg.
Long
TD
NFL/NFC Rank
1961
McElhenny, Hugh
120
570
4.8
41
3
15
1962
Mason, Tommy
167
740
4.4
71
2
10
1963
Mason, Tommy
166
763
4.6
70t
7
5
1964
Brown, Bill
226
866
3.8
48
7
4
1965
Brown, Bill
160
699
4.5
40
6
6
1966
Brown, Bill
251
829
3.3
33t
6
4
1967
Osborn, Dave
215
972
4.5
73t
2
2
1968
Brown, Bill
222
805
3.6
32
11
8
1969
Osborn, Dave
186
643
3.5
58t
7
10
1970
Osborn, Dave
207
681
3.2
16
5
T13/8
1971
Jones, Clinton
180
675
3.7
73t
4
20/10
1972
Reed, Oscar
151
639
4.2
43
2
26/12
1973
Foreman, Chuck
182
801
4.4
50t
4
18/9
1974
Foreman, Chuck
199
777
3.9
32
9
11/4
1975
Foreman, Chuck
280
1,070
3.8
31t
13
5/2
1976
Foreman, Chuck
278
1,155
4.1
46
13
6/4
1977
Foreman, Chuck
270
1,112
4.1
51
6
6/3
1978
Foreman, Chuck
237
749
3.2
21
5
22/8
1979
Young, Rickey
188
708
3.8
23t
3
T22/T10
1980
Brown, Ted
219
912
4.2
55t
8
10/7
1981
Brown, Ted
274
1,063
3.9
34
6
15/9
1982
Brown, Ted
120
515
4.3
30
1
T19/T9
1983
Nelson, Darrin
154
642
4.2
56t
1
31/16
1984
Anderson, Alfred
201
773
3.8
23
2
20/12
1985
Nelson, Darrin
200
893
4.5
37
5
19/11
1986
Nelson, Darrin
191
793
4.2
42
4
16/10
1987
Nelson, Darrin
131
642
4.9
72
2
16/8
1988
Nelson, Darrin
112
380
3.4
27
1
53/23
1989
Walker, Herschel
169
689
4.0
47
5
20/10
1990
Walker, Herschel
184
770
4.2
58t
5
19/10
1991
Walker, Herschel
198
825
4.2
71t
10
11/5
1992
Allen, Terry
266
1,201
4.5
51
13
6/3
1993
Graham, Scottie
118
488
4.1
31
3
34/16
1994
Allen, Terry
255
1,031
4.0
45
8
8/4
1995
Smith, Robert
139
662
4.5
58t
5
30/15
1996
Smith, Robert
162
692
4.3
57
3
24/10
1997
Smith, Robert
232
1,266
5.5
78t
6
7/3
1998
Smith, Robert
249
1,187
4.8
74t
6
11/5
1999
Smith, Robert
221
1,015
4.6
70t
2
14/7
2000
Smith, Robert
295
1,521
5.2
72t
7
2/1
2001
Bennett, Michael
172
682
4.0
31t
2
27/13
2002
Bennett, Michael
255
1,296
5.1
42
85t
11/3
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