| 1961 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Jim Brown, CLE | 305 | 1408 | 4.6 | 8 | | Jim Taylor, GB | 243 | 1307 | 5.4 | 15 | | Alex Webster, NYG | 196 | 928 | 4.7 | 2 | | Nick Pietrosante, DET | 201 | 841 | 4.2 | 5 | | J. D. Smith, SF | 167 | 823 | 4.9 | 8 | | Don Perkins, DAL | 200 | 815 | 4.1 | 4 | | John Henry Johnson, PIT | 213 | 787 | 3.7 | 6 | | Willie Galimore, CHI | 153 | 707 | 4.6 | 4 | | Joe Perry, BAL | 168 | 675 | 4.0 | 3 | | Lenny Moore, BAL | 92 | 648 | 7.0 | 7 | | Jon Arnett, LAM | 158 | 609 | 3.9 | 4 | | Dick Bass, LAM | 98 | 608 | 6.2 | 4 | | Paul Hornung, GB | 127 | 597 | 4.7 | 8 | | Rick Casares, CHI | 135 | 588 | 4.4 | 8 | | Hugh McElhenny, MIN | 120 | 570 | 4.8 | 3 | | Bobby Mitchell, CLE | 101 | 548 | 5.4 | 5 | | Prentice Gautt, STL | 129 | 523 | 4.1 | 3 | | Billy Kilmer, SF | 96 | 509 | 5.3 | 10 | | Clarence Peaks, PHI | 135 | 471 | 3.5 | 5 | | Bob Gaiters, NYG | 116 | 460 | 4.0 | 6 | | Dan Lewis, DET | 110 | 451 | 4.1 | 4 | | Mel Triplett, MIN | 80 | 407 | 5.1 | 1 | | Tom Tracy, PIT | 147 | 402 | 2.7 | 2 | | Alex Hawkins, BAL | 86 | 379 | 4.4 | 4 | | Amos Marsh, DAL | 84 | 379 | 4.5 | 1 | | Dick James, WAS | 71 | 374 | 5.3 | 3 | | C.R. Roberts, SF | 63 | 338 | 5.4 | 1 | | Timmy Brown, PHI | 50 | 338 | 6.8 | 1 | | Frank Mestnik, STL | 95 | 334 | 3.5 | 1 | | Ted Dean, PHI | 66 | 321 | 4.9 | 2 | | Ray Hayes, MIN | 73 | 319 | 4.4 | 2 | | Billy Barnes, PHI | 92 | 309 | 3.4 | 1 | | Fran Tarkenton, MIN | 56 | 308 | 5.5 | 5 | | Dick Hoak, PIT | 85 | 302 | 3.6 | 0 | | Tom Moore, GB | 61 | 302 | 5.0 | 1 | | J.W. Lockett, SF/DAL | 77 | 298 | 3.9 | 1 | | Sam Horner, WAS | 96 | 275 | 2.9 | 0 | | Billy Wade, CHI | 45 | 255 | 5.7 | 2 | | Jim Ninowski, DET | 33 | 238 | 7.2 | 5 | | Bob Waters, SF | 47 | 233 | 5.0 | 3 | | Tommy Mason, MIN | 60 | 226 | 3.8 | 3 | | Don Bosseler, WAS | 77 | 220 | 2.9 | 2 | | Tommy Wilson, LAM | 44 | 220 | 5.0 | 1 | | Joel Wells, NYG | 65 | 216 | 3.3 | 1 | | Tom Watkins, CLE | 43 | 209 | 4.9 | 0 | | John Crow, STL | 48 | 192 | 4.0 | 1 | | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 54 | 190 | 3.5 | 2 | | Charlie Bivins, CHI | 43 | 188 | 4.4 | 1 | | Charlie Scales, PIT | 50 | 184 | 3.7 | 0 | | Ollie Matson, LAM | 24 | 181 | 7.5 | 2 | | Don Meredith, DAL | 22 | 176 | 8.0 | 1 | | Jim Cunningham, WAS | 69 | 160 | 2.3 | 1 | | Joe Marconi, LAM | 36 | 146 | 4.1 | 3 | | Frank Ryan, LAM | 38 | 139 | 3.7 | 0 | | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 31 | 131 | 4.2 | 1 | | Johnny Olszewski, DET | 30 | 109 | 3.6 | 0 | | Ralph Guglielmi, STL | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 1 | | Mark Smolinski, BAL | 31 | 98 | 3.2 | 0 | | John Brodie, SF | 28 | 90 | 3.2 | 2 | | Earl Morrall, DET | 20 | 86 | 4.3 | 0 | | Y. A. Tittle, NYG | 25 | 85 | 3.4 | 3 | | Bill Brown, CHI | 22 | 81 | 3.7 | 0 | | Mal Hammack, STL | 18 | 79 | 4.4 | 1 | | Elijah Pitts, GB | 23 | 75 | 3.3 | 1 | | Sam Etcheverry, STL | 33 | 73 | 2.2 | 0 | | Eddie LeBaron, DAL | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | | L.G. Dupre, DAL | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 0 | | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 0 | | Jim Welch, BAL | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 1 | | Bart Starr, GB | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 1 | | Tom Matte, BAL | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | | Allan Webb, NYG | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | | Johnny Morris, CHI | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | | Joe Morrison, NYG | 33 | 48 | 1.5 | 1 | | Norm Snead, WAS | 34 | 47 | 1.4 | 3 | | Doug Mayberry, MIN | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 0 | | Taz Anderson, STL | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 1 | | George Shaw, MIN | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | | Bobby Joe Green, PIT | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | | Zeke Bratkowski, LAM | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 3 | | Don McIlhenny, DAL/SF | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | | Hugh McInnis, STL | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | | Don Chandler, NYG | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | | Sonny Jurgensen, PHI | 20 | 27 | 1.4 | 0 | | Theron Sapp, PHI | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 1 | | Merrill Douglas, DAL | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | | Abe Woodson, SF | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 0 | | R. C. Owens, SF | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | 1 | | Bobby Joe Conrad, STL | 20 | 22 | 1.1 | 0 | | Pervis Atkins, LAM | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | | Ed Brown, CHI | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 0 | | Bill Cooper, SF | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 1 | | Charlie Conerly, NYG | 13 | 16 | 1.2 | 0 | | Jerry Norton, STL | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Brady Keys, PIT | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | | Yale Lary, DET | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Ken Hall, HOU/STL | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | | Ron Kramer, GB | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | Dale Messer, SF | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | | Bobby Franklin, CLE | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | | Bobby Layne, PIT | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | | Jamie Caleb, MIN | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | | Lee Grosscup, NYG | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Preston Carpenter, PIT | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | | Jerry Reichow, MIN | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | King Hill, PHI | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Billy Howton, DAL | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Pete Retzlaff, PHI | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Phil King, NYG | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | | Ken Webb, DET | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 1 | | Terry Nofsinger, PIT | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | | Buddy Dial, PIT | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | | J. D. Smith, CHI | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | | Steve Meilinger, PIT | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Del Shofner, NYG | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Bill Anderson, WAS | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | | Lew Carpenter, GB | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Preston Powell, CLE | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Rudy Bukich, PIT | 14 | 4 | 0.3 | 2 | | Jerry Hill, BAL | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Mike McCormack, CLE | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | | Rich Kreitling, CLE | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | | Mike Sommer, BAL/WAS | 11 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | | Lamar McHan, BAL | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | | Lew Luce, WAS | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | | George Izo, WAS | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | | John Adams, CHI | 14 | -2 | -0.1 | 1 | | Ray Norton, SF | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | | Charley Johnson, STL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | John Roach, GB | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 1 | | Bob Coronado, PIT | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | Terry Barr, DET | 6 | -8 | -1.3 | 0 | | Len Dawson, CLE | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | | Aaron Thomas, SF | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | | Milt Plum, CLE | 24 | -17 | -0.7 | 1 | | Mike Mercer, MIN | 1 | -32 | -32.0 | 0 |
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