| 1971 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Floyd Little, DEN | 284 | 1133 | 4.0 | 6 | | John Brockington, GB | 216 | 1105 | 5.1 | 4 | | Larry Csonka, MIA | 195 | 1051 | 5.4 | 7 | | Steve Owens, DET | 246 | 1035 | 4.2 | 8 | | Willie Ellison, LAM | 211 | 1000 | 4.7 | 4 | | Larry Brown, WAS | 253 | 948 | 3.7 | 4 | | Marv Hubbard, OAK | 181 | 867 | 4.8 | 5 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 234 | 865 | 3.7 | 10 | | Ken Willard, SF | 216 | 855 | 4.0 | 4 | | Vic Washington, SF | 191 | 811 | 4.2 | 3 | | Duane Thomas, DAL | 175 | 793 | 4.5 | 11 | | Carl Garrett, NE | 181 | 784 | 4.3 | 1 | | John Riggins, NYJ | 180 | 769 | 4.3 | 1 | | Donny Anderson, GB | 186 | 757 | 4.1 | 5 | | O. J. Simpson, BUF | 183 | 742 | 4.1 | 5 | | Norm Bulaich, BAL | 152 | 741 | 4.9 | 8 | | Jim Kiick, MIA | 162 | 738 | 4.6 | 3 | | Altie Taylor, DET | 174 | 736 | 4.2 | 4 | | Ed Podolak, KC | 184 | 708 | 3.8 | 9 | | Clint Jones, MIN | 180 | 675 | 3.8 | 4 | | Charlie Harraway, WAS | 156 | 635 | 4.1 | 2 | | John Fuqua, PIT | 155 | 625 | 4.0 | 4 | | Emerson Boozer, NYJ | 188 | 618 | 3.3 | 5 | | Tom Matte, BAL | 173 | 607 | 3.5 | 8 | | Bo Scott, CLE | 179 | 606 | 3.4 | 9 | | Preston Pearson, PIT | 131 | 605 | 4.6 | 0 | | Cannonball Butler, ATL | 186 | 594 | 3.2 | 2 | | MacArthur Lane, STL | 150 | 592 | 3.9 | 3 | | Mike Garrett, SD | 140 | 591 | 4.2 | 4 | | Fred Willis, CIN | 135 | 590 | 4.4 | 7 | | Pete Banaszak, OAK | 137 | 563 | 4.1 | 8 | | Wendell Hayes, KC | 132 | 537 | 4.1 | 1 | | Bobby Anderson, DEN | 139 | 533 | 3.8 | 3 | | Greg Landry, DET | 76 | 530 | 7.0 | 3 | | Essex Johnson, CIN | 85 | 522 | 6.1 | 4 | | Calvin Hill, DAL | 106 | 468 | 4.4 | 8 | | Jim Nance, NE | 129 | 463 | 3.6 | 5 | | Les Josephson, LAM | 99 | 449 | 4.5 | 3 | | Art Malone, ATL | 120 | 438 | 3.7 | 6 | | Walt Garrison, DAL | 127 | 429 | 3.4 | 1 | | Don Shy, CHI | 116 | 420 | 3.6 | 2 | | Jess Phillips, CIN | 94 | 420 | 4.5 | 0 | | Jim Strong, NO | 95 | 404 | 4.3 | 3 | | Larry Smith, LAM | 91 | 404 | 4.4 | 5 | | Don Nottingham, BAL | 95 | 388 | 4.1 | 5 | | Bob Gresham, NO | 127 | 383 | 3.0 | 6 | | James Ford, NO | 93 | 379 | 4.1 | 2 | | Ronnie Bull, PHI | 94 | 351 | 3.7 | 0 | | Dave Osborn, MIN | 123 | 349 | 2.8 | 5 | | Bobby Duhon, NYG | 93 | 344 | 3.7 | 1 | | Roger Staubach, DAL | 41 | 343 | 8.4 | 2 | | Wayne Patrick, BUF | 79 | 332 | 4.2 | 1 | | Robert Holmes, KC/HOU | 112 | 323 | 2.9 | 4 | | Clarence Davis, OAK | 54 | 321 | 5.9 | 2 | | Jeff Queen, SD | 95 | 318 | 3.3 | 4 | | Cid Edwards, STL | 108 | 316 | 2.9 | 4 | | Mercury Morris, MIA | 57 | 315 | 5.5 | 1 | | Cyril Pinder, CHI | 63 | 311 | 4.9 | 1 | | Don Highsmith, OAK | 76 | 307 | 4.0 | 1 | | Dave Hampton, GB | 67 | 307 | 4.6 | 3 | | Warren McVea, KC | 68 | 288 | 4.2 | 3 | | Bobby Douglass, CHI | 39 | 284 | 7.3 | 3 | | Johnny Roland, STL | 78 | 278 | 3.6 | 0 | | Warren Bankston, PIT | 70 | 274 | 3.9 | 0 | | Harmon Wages, ATL | 64 | 266 | 4.2 | 1 | | Lee Bouggess, PHI | 97 | 262 | 2.7 | 2 | | Woody Campbell, HOU | 96 | 259 | 2.7 | 1 | | Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 53 | 247 | 4.7 | 5 | | Don McCauley, BAL | 58 | 246 | 4.2 | 2 | | Tucker Frederickson, NYG | 64 | 242 | 3.8 | 0 | | Willie Belton, ATL | 56 | 237 | 4.2 | 1 | | Mike Montgomery, SD | 60 | 226 | 3.8 | 1 | | Leon Burns, SD | 61 | 223 | 3.7 | 1 | | Paul Robinson, CIN | 49 | 213 | 4.3 | 1 | | Jim Plunkett, NE | 45 | 210 | 4.7 | 0 | | Doug Dressler, CIN | 54 | 204 | 3.8 | 1 | | Roy Shivers, STL | 55 | 202 | 3.7 | 1 | | Tom Woodeshick, PHI | 66 | 188 | 2.8 | 0 | | Jim Otis, KC | 49 | 184 | 3.8 | 0 | | Oscar Reed, MIN | 50 | 182 | 3.6 | 1 | | Jim Lindsey, MIN | 46 | 182 | 4.0 | 0 | | Larry Schreiber, SF | 34 | 180 | 5.3 | 0 | | Rocky Thompson, NYG | 54 | 177 | 3.3 | 1 | | Bob Gladieux, NE | 37 | 175 | 4.7 | 0 | | Tony Baker, NO/PHI | 46 | 174 | 3.8 | 0 | | Archie Manning, NO | 33 | 172 | 5.2 | 4 | | Charlie Evans, NYG | 48 | 171 | 3.6 | 5 | | Sonny Davis, PHI | 47 | 163 | 3.5 | 1 | | Fran Lynch, DEN | 26 | 162 | 6.2 | 0 | | Ron Johnson, NYG | 32 | 156 | 4.9 | 1 | | Bob Davis, NYJ | 18 | 154 | 8.6 | 1 | | Jim Grabowski, CHI | 51 | 149 | 2.9 | 0 | | Dan Pastorini, HOU | 26 | 140 | 5.4 | 3 | | Hoyle Granger, NO | 32 | 139 | 4.3 | 1 | | George Nock, NYJ | 48 | 137 | 2.9 | 3 | | Bill Brown, MIN | 46 | 136 | 3.0 | 2 | | Joe Dawkins, DEN | 42 | 135 | 3.2 | 2 | | Joe Morrison, NYG | 38 | 131 | 3.4 | 0 | | Ward Walsh, HOU | 38 | 129 | 3.4 | 0 | | Bob Grim, MIN | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 0 | | Ken Anderson, CIN | 22 | 125 | 5.7 | 1 | | Paul Warfield, MIA | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 0 | | Lance Rentzel, LAM | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 1 | | Fran Tarkenton, NYG | 30 | 111 | 3.7 | 3 | | Cliff McClain, NYJ | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 2 | | Travis Williams, LAM | 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 0 | | Larry Watkins, PHI | 35 | 98 | 2.8 | 1 | | Doug Cunningham, SF | 25 | 98 | 3.9 | 1 | | Hubert Ginn, MIA | 22 | 97 | 4.4 | 0 | | Virgil Robinson, NO | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 1 | | Joe Moore, CHI | 29 | 90 | 3.1 | 0 | | Dickie Post, DEN/HOU | 40 | 86 | 2.2 | 0 | | Tommy Mason, WAS | 31 | 85 | 2.7 | 0 | | Jim Braxton, BUF | 21 | 84 | 4.0 | 0 | | Bill Tucker, CHI | 32 | 82 | 2.6 | 0 | | Bob Griese, MIA | 26 | 82 | 3.2 | 0 | | Dennis Shaw, BUF | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | | Sonny Campbell, ATL | 29 | 79 | 2.7 | 0 | | Dan Reeves, DAL | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 0 | | Billy Parks, SD | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | | John Hadl, SD | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 1 | | Leroy Sledge, HOU | 24 | 74 | 3.1 | 0 | | Jerry LeVias, SD | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | | Bill Masters, DEN | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | | Junior Coffey, NYG | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 0 | | Joe Williams, DAL | 21 | 67 | 3.2 | 1 | | Mel Farr, DET | 22 | 64 | 2.9 | 0 | | Steve Harkey, NYJ | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 0 | | Ted Kwalick, SF | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | | Eddie Hinton, BAL | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | | Mel Gray, STL | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | | Greg Jones, BUF | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 0 | | Claxton Welch, DAL | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 1 | | Scott Hunter, GB | 21 | 50 | 2.4 | 4 | | Roman Gabriel, LAM | 18 | 48 | 2.7 | 2 | | Ken Brown, CLE | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 0 | | John Brodie, SF | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 3 | | Clem Turner, DEN | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | | Mike Adamle, KC | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 0 | | Virgil Carter, CIN | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 0 | | James Harris, BUF | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | | Tom Bailey, PHI | 23 | 41 | 1.8 | 1 | | Harold Jackson, PHI | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | | Gale Sayers, CHI | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | | Dwight Harrison, DEN | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | | Jimmy Thomas, SF | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 1 | | Mike Phipps, CLE | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | | Ray Perkins, BAL | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | | John Isenbarger, SF | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | | Mike Richardson, HOU | 17 | 33 | 1.9 | 0 | | Drew Buie, OAK | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | | Bob Berry, ATL | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 0 | | John Mosier, DEN | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | | Pete Liske, PHI | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 1 | | Randy Johnson, NYG | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | | Ken Stabler, OAK | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 2 | | Pete Beathard, STL | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | | Sonny Jurgensen, WAS | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | | Bob Brunett, WAS | 10 | 27 | 2.7 | 0 | | Willie Richardson, BAL | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | | Al Woodall, NYJ | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 0 | | Jack Maitland, NE | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 1 | | Jim Mitchell, ATL | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | | Otis Taylor, KC | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1 | | Gary Cuozzo, MIN | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 0 | | Len Dawson, KC | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 0 | | Edd Hargett, NO | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | | Rick Arrington, PHI | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | | Bob Klein, LAM | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | | Bob Windsor, SF | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Chuck Latourette, STL | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | | Doug Buffone, CHI | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | John Mackey, BAL | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | | Bob Hayes, DAL | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | | Daryle Lamonica, OAK | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | | John Gilliam, STL | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | | Don Horn, DEN | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | | Charlie Leigh, MIA | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | | Eddie Ray, SD | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | Bob Lee, MIN | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 1 | | Bobby Walden, PIT | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Larry Seiple, MIA | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Reggie Rucker, DAL/NYG/NE | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Earl Morrall, BAL | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | | Jim Harrison, CHI | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | Ron Lamb, CIN | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | Roy Jefferson, WAS | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | | Ray Jarvis, ATL | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | | Bo Cornell, CLE | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 0 | | Kent Nix, CHI | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 0 | | Paul Gipson, DET | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | | Eric Crabtree, CIN/NE | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | | Don Cockroft, CLE | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Mike Livingston, KC | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | | Terry Cole, MIA | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | | Bart Starr, GB | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | | Lee White, LAM | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | | George Farmer, CHI | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Joe Profit, ATL | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | | Rich Caster, NYJ | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Coleman Zeno, NYG | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Jackie Smith, STL | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | Bill Van Heusen, DEN | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | Jim Hart, STL | 13 | 9 | 0.7 | 0 | | Dick Shiner, ATL | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 1 | | Craig Morton, DAL | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 1 | | Bill Munson, DET | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | Tom Mitchell, BAL | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Odell Lawson, NE | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | | Ben Hawkins, PHI | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | | Mike Hull, WAS | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Sandy Durko, CIN | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | | Jerry Simmons, DEN | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | | Dennis Partee, SD | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | | Al Dodd, NO | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | | Dave Lewis, CIN | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | | Norm Snead, MIN | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | | Steve Ramsey, DEN | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | | Billy Kilmer, WAS | 17 | 5 | 0.3 | 2 | | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | | Jack Concannon, CHI | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | | Ray Chester, OAK | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | | Ken Burrow, ATL | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Jon Staggers, PIT | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Jerry Smith, WAS | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Charlie Smith, OAK | 11 | 4 | 0.4 | 1 | | Bill Triplett, DET | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | | Perry Williams, GB | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | | Sam Wyche, WAS | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Lynn Dickey, HOU | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Charlie Pittman, BAL | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | | Pete Athas, NYG | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Terry Hanratty, PIT | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | | Paul White, STL | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Pete Lammons, NYJ | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | | Mike Ditka, DAL | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Rich Houston, NYG | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Andy Hopkins, HOU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Jack Gehrke, DEN | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | J. D. Hill, BUF | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Steve Spurrier, SF | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Don Maynard, NYJ | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Hubie Bryant, NE | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | | Ron Shanklin, PIT | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | | Pettis Norman, SD | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Zeke Bratkowski, GB | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | | Billy Harris, NO | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Tom Nowatzke, BAL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Milt Morin, CLE | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Bob Tucker, NYG | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Jerry Rhome, LAM | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Charley Johnson, HOU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Gary Garrison, SD | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Ron Jessie, DET | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Marty Domres, SD | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Al Denson, MIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bob Wallace, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Joe Namath, NYJ | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | | Speedy Thomas, CIN | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | | Reece Morrison, CLE | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 0 | | Dave Parks, NO | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | | Richie Petitbon, WAS | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Willie Frazier, HOU/KC | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Chuck Dicus, SD | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Wes Chesson, ATL | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | | Steve Zabel, PHI | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | | Larry Krause, GB | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | | Bob Leahy, PIT | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | | Earl McCullouch, DET | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | Larry Walton, DET | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | George Mira, MIA | 6 | -9 | -1.5 | 0 | | Lance Alworth, DAL | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 0 | | Jack Snow, LAM | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | | Dave Smith, PIT | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | | Elmo Wright, KC | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | | Jerry DePoyster, OAK | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | 0 | | Jim McCann, SF | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | | Julian Fagan, NO | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | 0 | | Bill Nelsen, CLE | 13 | -18 | -1.4 | 0 |
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