| 1972 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | O. J. Simpson, BUF | 292 | 1251 | 4.3 | 6 | | Larry Brown, WAS | 285 | 1216 | 4.3 | 8 | | Ron Johnson, NYG | 298 | 1182 | 4.0 | 9 | | Larry Csonka, MIA | 213 | 1117 | 5.2 | 6 | | Marv Hubbard, OAK | 219 | 1100 | 5.0 | 4 | | Franco Harris, PIT | 188 | 1055 | 5.6 | 10 | | Calvin Hill, DAL | 245 | 1036 | 4.2 | 6 | | Mike Garrett, SD | 272 | 1031 | 3.8 | 6 | | John Brockington, GB | 274 | 1027 | 3.7 | 8 | | Mercury Morris, MIA | 190 | 1000 | 5.3 | 12 | | Dave Hampton, ATL | 230 | 995 | 4.3 | 6 | | Bobby Douglass, CHI | 141 | 968 | 6.9 | 8 | | John Riggins, NYJ | 207 | 944 | 4.6 | 7 | | Floyd Little, DEN | 216 | 859 | 4.0 | 9 | | Essex Johnson, CIN | 212 | 825 | 3.9 | 4 | | MacArthur Lane, GB | 177 | 821 | 4.6 | 3 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 224 | 811 | 3.6 | 4 | | Art Malone, ATL | 180 | 798 | 4.4 | 8 | | Walt Garrison, DAL | 167 | 784 | 4.7 | 7 | | Willie Ellison, LAM | 170 | 764 | 4.5 | 5 | | Charlie Smith, OAK | 170 | 686 | 4.0 | 8 | | Cid Edwards, SD | 157 | 679 | 4.3 | 5 | | Don McCauley, BAL | 178 | 675 | 3.8 | 2 | | John Fuqua, PIT | 150 | 665 | 4.4 | 4 | | Altie Taylor, DET | 154 | 658 | 4.3 | 4 | | Oscar Reed, MIN | 151 | 639 | 4.2 | 2 | | Jim Harrison, CHI | 167 | 622 | 3.7 | 2 | | Ed Podolak, KC | 171 | 615 | 3.6 | 4 | | Jim Bertelsen, LAM | 123 | 581 | 4.7 | 5 | | Bo Scott, CLE | 123 | 571 | 4.6 | 2 | | Charlie Harraway, WAS | 148 | 567 | 3.8 | 6 | | Po James, PHI | 182 | 565 | 3.1 | 0 | | Doug Dressler, CIN | 128 | 565 | 4.4 | 6 | | Emerson Boozer, NYJ | 120 | 549 | 4.6 | 11 | | Josh Ashton, NE | 128 | 546 | 4.3 | 3 | | Donny Anderson, STL | 153 | 536 | 3.5 | 4 | | Wendell Hayes, KC | 128 | 536 | 4.2 | 0 | | Greg Landry, DET | 81 | 524 | 6.5 | 9 | | Jim Kiick, MIA | 137 | 521 | 3.8 | 5 | | Steve Owens, DET | 143 | 519 | 3.6 | 4 | | Carl Garrett, NE | 131 | 488 | 3.7 | 5 | | Vic Washington, SF | 141 | 468 | 3.3 | 3 | | Don Nottingham, BAL | 123 | 466 | 3.8 | 3 | | Fred Willis, CIN/HOU | 134 | 461 | 3.4 | 0 | | Jim Braxton, BUF | 116 | 453 | 3.9 | 5 | | Paul Robinson, CIN/HOU | 107 | 449 | 4.2 | 3 | | Bob Thomas, LAM | 77 | 433 | 5.6 | 3 | | Larry Schreiber, SF | 118 | 420 | 3.6 | 2 | | Johnny Roland, STL | 105 | 414 | 3.9 | 2 | | Bob Gresham, NO | 121 | 381 | 3.1 | 3 | | Clarence Davis, OAK | 71 | 363 | 5.1 | 6 | | Archie Manning, NO | 63 | 351 | 5.6 | 2 | | Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 58 | 346 | 6.0 | 7 | | Ken Willard, SF | 100 | 345 | 3.5 | 4 | | Don Shy, CHI | 91 | 342 | 3.8 | 1 | | Tony Baker, PHI | 90 | 322 | 3.6 | 0 | | Bobby Anderson, DEN | 72 | 319 | 4.4 | 1 | | Charlie Evans, NYG | 91 | 317 | 3.5 | 4 | | Cliff McClain, NYJ | 59 | 305 | 5.2 | 0 | | Mike Adamle, KC | 73 | 303 | 4.2 | 1 | | Cyril Pinder, CHI | 87 | 300 | 3.4 | 3 | | Larry Smith, LAM | 60 | 276 | 4.6 | 2 | | Preston Pearson, PIT | 67 | 264 | 3.9 | 0 | | Bill Brown, MIN | 82 | 263 | 3.2 | 4 | | Larry Watkins, PHI | 67 | 262 | 3.9 | 1 | | Dave Osborn, MIN | 82 | 261 | 3.2 | 2 | | Mike Phipps, CLE | 60 | 256 | 4.3 | 5 | | Jimmy Thomas, SF | 52 | 250 | 4.8 | 1 | | Joe Dawkins, DEN | 56 | 243 | 4.3 | 2 | | Bill Butler, NO | 54 | 233 | 4.3 | 0 | | Jim Plunkett, NE | 36 | 230 | 6.4 | 1 | | Ed Marinaro, MIN | 66 | 223 | 3.4 | 0 | | Vince Clements, NYG | 46 | 221 | 4.8 | 0 | | Mel Farr, DET | 62 | 216 | 3.5 | 3 | | Lydell Mitchell, BAL | 45 | 215 | 4.8 | 1 | | Jess Phillips, CIN | 48 | 207 | 4.3 | 1 | | Dan Pastorini, HOU | 38 | 205 | 5.4 | 2 | | Willie Rodgers, HOU | 71 | 204 | 2.9 | 2 | | Fran Tarkenton, MIN | 27 | 180 | 6.7 | 0 | | Hoyle Granger, HOU | 42 | 175 | 4.2 | 0 | | Robert Holmes, HOU | 43 | 172 | 4.0 | 0 | | Clint Jones, MIN | 52 | 164 | 3.2 | 2 | | Fran Lynch, DEN | 34 | 164 | 4.8 | 2 | | Herb Mul-Key, WAS | 33 | 155 | 4.7 | 1 | | Hubert Ginn, MIA | 27 | 142 | 5.3 | 1 | | Perry Williams, GB | 33 | 139 | 4.2 | 0 | | Dennis Shaw, BUF | 35 | 138 | 3.9 | 0 | | Pete Banaszak, OAK | 30 | 138 | 4.6 | 1 | | Tom Matte, BAL | 33 | 137 | 4.2 | 0 | | Marty Domres, BAL | 30 | 137 | 4.6 | 1 | | Mike Livingston, KC | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 0 | | John Tarver, NE | 42 | 132 | 3.1 | 1 | | Joe Profit, ATL | 40 | 132 | 3.3 | 0 | | Wayne Patrick, BUF | 35 | 130 | 3.7 | 0 | | Steve Harkey, NYJ | 45 | 129 | 2.9 | 0 | | Joe Orduna, NYG | 36 | 129 | 3.6 | 1 | | Jeff Kinney, KC | 38 | 122 | 3.2 | 1 | | Jim Strong, NO | 37 | 120 | 3.2 | 0 | | Robert Newhouse, DAL | 28 | 116 | 4.1 | 1 | | Ken Brown, CLE | 32 | 114 | 3.6 | 2 | | Norm Bulaich, BAL | 27 | 109 | 4.0 | 1 | | John Reaves, PHI | 18 | 109 | 6.1 | 1 | | Roger Lawson, CHI | 33 | 106 | 3.2 | 1 | | John Hadl, SD | 22 | 99 | 4.5 | 1 | | Ken Anderson, CIN | 22 | 94 | 4.3 | 3 | | Jim Otis, KC | 29 | 92 | 3.2 | 0 | | Bob Berry, ATL | 24 | 86 | 3.6 | 2 | | Steve Davis, PIT | 20 | 85 | 4.3 | 1 | | Bob Brunett, WAS | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 2 | | Mike Montgomery, DAL | 35 | 81 | 2.3 | 1 | | Charlie Leigh, MIA | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 0 | | Harold Jackson, PHI | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 0 | | Bill Van Heusen, DEN | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 1 | | Lee White, SD | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 0 | | Les Josephson, LAM | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 0 | | Len Dawson, KC | 15 | 75 | 5.0 | 0 | | Joe Williams, NO | 31 | 72 | 2.3 | 0 | | Sam Havrilak, BAL | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 2 | | Riley Odoms, DEN | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | | Lance Rentzel, LAM | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 1 | | Leon Burns, STL | 26 | 69 | 2.7 | 2 | | Frank Lewis, PIT | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | | Earl Morrall, MIA | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 1 | | Jim Krieg, DEN | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 0 | | Bob Hudson, GB | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 0 | | Jesse Taylor, SD | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 0 | | Randy Jackson, BUF | 17 | 57 | 3.4 | 0 | | Virgil Carter, CIN | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 2 | | Bob Gladieux, NE | 24 | 56 | 2.3 | 0 | | Arthur Green, NO | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 0 | | Steve Spurrier, SF | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 0 | | Bill Triplett, DET | 17 | 48 | 2.8 | 0 | | Roger Staubach, DAL | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | | Ahmad Rashad, STL | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | | Craig Baynham, STL | 17 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | | Hank Bjorklund, NYJ | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 0 | | Dave Kopay, GB | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | | Charley Taylor, WAS | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | | Scott Hunter, GB | 22 | 37 | 1.7 | 5 | | Joe Morrison, NYG | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | | Ward Walsh, HOU/GB | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | | Rocky Thompson, NYG | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | | Brian Dowling, NE | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 3 | | Eddie Ray, ATL | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | | Jack Maitland, NE | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 0 | | Daryle Lamonica, OAK | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | | Glenn Doughty, BAL | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | | Doug Cunningham, SF | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | | Bob Davis, NYJ | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | | Jackie Smith, STL | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | | Oscar Dragon, SD | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 | | Frank Pitts, CLE | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | | James Ford, NO | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 0 | | Tim Van Galder, STL | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | | Nick Eddy, DET | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | | Mickey Zofko, DET | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | | Dick Butkus, CHI | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | | Ken Stabler, OAK | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | | Bob Chandler, BUF | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | | Randy Johnson, NYG | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 1 | | Craig Morton, DAL | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 2 | | Mike Carter, SD | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | | Elmo Wright, KC | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | | Bobby Duhon, NYG | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | | Paul Warfield, MIA | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | | Tom Bailey, PHI | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | | George Nock, WAS | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | | Joe Reed, SF | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | | Norm Snead, NYG | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | | Willie Belton, ATL | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 | | Warren Bankston, PIT | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | | Pete Liske, PHI | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | | Mike Taliaferro, BUF | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | | Leo Hart, BUF | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | | Jim Mitchell, ATL | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | | Spike Jones, BUF | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | | Jim Hart, STL | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | | Tom Blanchard, NYG | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Rocky Bleier, PIT | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Roman Gabriel, LAM | 14 | 16 | 1.1 | 1 | | Clem Turner, DEN | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | | Steve Ramsey, DEN | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 2 | | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | | Dave Lewis, CIN | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | John Gilliam, MIN | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | | Tom Woodeshick, STL | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | | Dan Reeves, DAL | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | | Charlie Joiner, HOU/CIN | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | | Dave Williams, SD | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Tom Sullivan, PHI | 13 | 13 | 1.0 | 0 | | Al Johnson, HOU | 11 | 13 | 1.2 | 0 | | Earl Thomas, CHI | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | Otis Taylor, KC | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | Leland Glass, GB | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | | Roy Shivers, STL | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | | Don Highsmith, OAK | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 1 | | Leo Hayden, STL | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 1 | | Ted Kwalick, SF | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | | Tom Nowatzke, BAL | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | | Bob Griese, MIA | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 | | Haven Moses, BUF/DEN | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | | Pat Studstill, NE | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | J. D. Hill, BUF | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Jeff Queen, OAK | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | | Ralph Neely, DAL | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | Jim O'Brien, BAL | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | Don Herrmann, NYG | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | John Isenbarger, SF | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | Jerry Smith, WAS | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Ted Koy, BUF | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Pettis Norman, SD | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Dwight Harrison, DEN/BUF | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Ed Baker, HOU | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Bo Cornell, CLE | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | | Joe Namath, NYJ | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | | John Brodie, SF | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1 | | Jack Mildren, BAL | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | | Steve Conley, CIN/STL | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | | Pat Sullivan, ATL | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Bob Hayes, DAL | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Jim Lindsey, MIN | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Gary Cuozzo, STL | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | | Tom Mitchell, BAL | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bob Tucker, NYG | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | | Billy LeFear, CLE | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | | Rich Caster, NYJ | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | | Reggie Rucker, NE | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | | Gary Kosins, CHI | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | | Cliff Branch, OAK | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Mike Ernst, DEN | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Cannonball Butler, STL | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | | Ken Burrow, ATL | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | | Kent Nix, HOU | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | | Ray Chester, OAK | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Jean Fugett, DAL | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | | Bob West, KC | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Rod Sherman, DEN | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Lance Alworth, DAL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Reece Morrison, CLE/CIN | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Rick Arrington, PHI | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Larry Crowe, PHI | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Virgil Robinson, NO | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | | Joe Sweet, LAM | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Stu Voigt, MIN | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | | Cecil Turner, CHI | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Ben Hawkins, PHI | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Charley Johnson, DEN | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Joe Gilliam, PIT | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Dave Davis, GB | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bob Parsons, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Paul Krause, MIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Jim Del Gaizo, MIA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | John McMakin, PIT | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bill Munson, DET | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Pete Beathard, LAM | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Bill Nelsen, CLE | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | John Huarte, CHI | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Jerry Tagge, GB | 8 | -3 | -0.4 | 1 | | Billy Kilmer, WAS | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | | Bill Bell, ATL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Bob Windsor, NE | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | | Sonny Jurgensen, WAS | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | | Eddie Bell, NYJ | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | | Gary Garrison, SD | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | | Dave Parks, NO | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | Bob Klein, LAM | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | Wayne Clark, SD | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | | Jon Staggers, GB | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | | Jim Seymour, CHI | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | | Chuck Dicus, SD | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | | George Farmer, CHI | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | 0 | | Mike Eischeid, MIN | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 | | Bill Masters, DEN | 3 | -15 | -5.0 | 0 |
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