| 1961 AFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Billy Cannon, HOU | 200 | 948 | 4.7 | 6 | | Bill Mathis, NYT | 202 | 846 | 4.2 | 7 | | Abner Haynes, DLT | 179 | 841 | 4.7 | 9 | | Paul Lowe, SD | 175 | 767 | 4.4 | 9 | | Charley Tolar, HOU | 157 | 577 | 3.7 | 4 | | Donnie Stone, DEN | 127 | 505 | 4.0 | 4 | | Art Baker, BUF | 152 | 498 | 3.3 | 3 | | Wayne Crow, OAK | 119 | 490 | 4.1 | 2 | | Billy Lott, BOS | 100 | 461 | 4.6 | 5 | | Larry Garron, BOS | 69 | 389 | 5.6 | 2 | | Frank Jackson, DLT | 65 | 386 | 5.9 | 3 | | Jack Spikes, DLT | 39 | 334 | 8.6 | 5 | | Mel West, BOS/NYT | 72 | 322 | 4.5 | 3 | | Al Dorow, NYT | 54 | 317 | 5.9 | 4 | | Wray Carlton, BUF | 101 | 311 | 3.1 | 4 | | Bo Roberson, SD | 58 | 275 | 4.7 | 3 | | Bo Dickinson, DLT | 71 | 263 | 3.7 | 3 | | Ron Burton, BOS | 82 | 260 | 3.2 | 2 | | Dave Smith, HOU | 60 | 258 | 4.3 | 2 | | Alan Miller, OAK | 85 | 255 | 3.0 | 3 | | Johnny Robinson, DLT | 52 | 200 | 3.8 | 2 | | Fred Brown, BUF | 53 | 192 | 3.6 | 1 | | Fred Bukaty, DEN | 76 | 187 | 2.5 | 5 | | Babe Parilli, BOS | 38 | 183 | 4.8 | 4 | | Dick Christy, NYT | 81 | 180 | 2.2 | 2 | | Charlie Flowers, SD | 51 | 177 | 3.5 | 3 | | Elbert Dubenion, BUF | 17 | 173 | 10.2 | 2 | | Clem Daniels, OAK | 31 | 154 | 5.0 | 2 | | Dewey Bohling, NYT/BUF | 55 | 153 | 2.8 | 2 | | Keith Lincoln, SD | 41 | 150 | 3.7 | 0 | | Jim Crawford, BOS | 41 | 148 | 3.6 | 0 | | M. C. Reynolds, BUF | 30 | 142 | 4.7 | 4 | | Charley Fuller, OAK | 38 | 134 | 3.5 | 0 | | Cotton Davidson, DLT | 21 | 123 | 5.9 | 1 | | Dave Ames, NYT/DEN | 19 | 114 | 6.0 | 0 | | George Fleming, OAK | 31 | 112 | 3.6 | 1 | | Al Frazier, DEN | 23 | 110 | 4.8 | 0 | | Jack Kemp, SD | 43 | 105 | 2.4 | 6 | | Billy Atkins, BUF | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 1 | | George Herring, DEN | 15 | 74 | 4.9 | 2 | | Bob Brooks, NYT | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 0 | | Gene Mingo, DEN | 18 | 51 | 2.8 | 0 | | Tom Yewcic, BOS | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 1 | | Claude King, HOU | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 2 | | Warren Rabb, BUF | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 0 | | Randy Duncan, DLT | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | | Butch Songin, BOS | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 | | Jim Colclough, BOS | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | | Tom Flores, OAK | 23 | 36 | 1.6 | 1 | | Jacky Lee, HOU | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | | Jerry Sturm, DEN | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | | Walt Kowalczyk, OAK | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | | Nick Papac, OAK | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | | Al Carmichael, DEN | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 0 | | Johnny Green, BUF | 14 | 15 | 1.1 | 1 | | Richie Lucas, BUF | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | | Gerhard Schwedes, BOS | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | | Bob Renn, NYT | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Hunter Enis, SD | 16 | 13 | 0.8 | 2 | | Billy Pricer, DLT | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | George Blanda, HOU | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | | Jerry Traynham, DEN | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | | Bill Shockley, NYT/BUF | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | | James Stinnette, DEN | 18 | 8 | 0.4 | 0 | | Glenn Bass, BUF | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Bob Laraba, SD | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | | Jack Larscheid, OAK | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | | Curley Johnson, NYT | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Clyde Washington, BOS | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Jim Apple, NYT | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | | Bill Groman, HOU | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | | Willmer Fowler, BUF | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Bob Scrabis, NYT | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | | Buddy Allen, DEN | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | | Frank Tripucka, DEN | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 0 | | Paul Maguire, SD | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | | Chris Burford, DLT | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 | | Tom Rychlec, BUF | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | 0 |
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