| 1965 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Jim Brown, CLE | 289 | 1544 | 5.3 | 17 | | Gale Sayers, CHI | 166 | 867 | 5.2 | 14 | | Timmy Brown, PHI | 158 | 861 | 5.4 | 6 | | Ken Willard, SF | 189 | 778 | 4.1 | 5 | | Jim Taylor, GB | 207 | 734 | 3.5 | 4 | | Bill Brown, MIN | 160 | 699 | 4.4 | 6 | | Don Perkins, DAL | 177 | 690 | 3.9 | 0 | | Tucker Frederickson, NYG | 195 | 659 | 3.4 | 5 | | Bill Triplett, STL | 174 | 617 | 3.5 | 6 | | Tommy Mason, MIN | 141 | 597 | 4.2 | 10 | | Dick Bass, LAM | 121 | 549 | 4.5 | 2 | | Jerry Hill, BAL | 147 | 516 | 3.5 | 5 | | John Crow, SF | 132 | 514 | 3.9 | 2 | | Amos Marsh, DET | 131 | 495 | 3.8 | 6 | | Earl Gros, PHI | 145 | 479 | 3.3 | 7 | | Lenny Moore, BAL | 133 | 464 | 3.5 | 5 | | Steve Thurlow, NYG | 106 | 440 | 4.2 | 4 | | Willis Crenshaw, STL | 127 | 437 | 3.4 | 0 | | Ernie Green, CLE | 111 | 436 | 3.9 | 2 | | Dick Hoak, PIT | 131 | 426 | 3.3 | 5 | | Ronnie Bull, CHI | 91 | 417 | 4.6 | 3 | | Charley Taylor, WAS | 145 | 402 | 2.8 | 3 | | Mike Lind, PIT | 111 | 375 | 3.4 | 1 | | Nick Pietrosante, DET | 107 | 374 | 3.5 | 1 | | Jon Arnett, CHI | 102 | 363 | 3.6 | 5 | | Andy Livingston, CHI | 63 | 363 | 5.8 | 2 | | Joe Don Looney, DET | 114 | 356 | 3.1 | 5 | | Phil King, MIN | 72 | 356 | 4.9 | 0 | | Fran Tarkenton, MIN | 56 | 356 | 6.4 | 1 | | Dan Lewis, WAS | 117 | 343 | 2.9 | 2 | | Paul Hornung, GB | 89 | 299 | 3.4 | 5 | | Tony Lorick, BAL | 63 | 296 | 4.7 | 1 | | J. D. Smith, DAL | 86 | 295 | 3.4 | 2 | | Gary Lewis, SF | 52 | 256 | 4.9 | 3 | | Don Meredith, DAL | 35 | 247 | 7.1 | 1 | | Tom Matte, BAL | 69 | 235 | 3.4 | 1 | | Clarence Peaks, PIT | 47 | 230 | 4.9 | 0 | | Les Josephson, LAM | 71 | 225 | 3.2 | 0 | | Ben Wilson, LAM | 60 | 189 | 3.2 | 1 | | Bill Thornton, STL | 31 | 188 | 6.1 | 0 | | Prentice Gautt, STL | 44 | 175 | 4.0 | 2 | | George Hughley, WAS | 37 | 175 | 4.7 | 0 | | Ernie Koy, NYG | 35 | 174 | 5.0 | 0 | | Perry Lee Dunn, DAL | 54 | 171 | 3.2 | 2 | | Bart Starr, GB | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 1 | | Bill Munson, LAM | 26 | 157 | 6.0 | 1 | | Billy Barnes, MIN | 48 | 148 | 3.1 | 0 | | Tom Woodeshick, PHI | 28 | 145 | 5.2 | 0 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 37 | 139 | 3.8 | 0 | | Willie Brown, LAM | 44 | 133 | 3.0 | 0 | | Tom Moore, GB | 51 | 124 | 2.4 | 0 | | Elijah Pitts, GB | 54 | 122 | 2.3 | 4 | | Cannonball Butler, PIT | 46 | 108 | 2.3 | 0 | | Dave Osborn, MIN | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 2 | | Jack Concannon, PHI | 9 | 104 | 11.6 | 0 | | Ollie Matson, PHI | 22 | 103 | 4.7 | 2 | | Dan Reeves, DAL | 33 | 102 | 3.1 | 2 | | Ernie Wheelwright, NYG | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 0 | | Tom Watkins, DET | 29 | 95 | 3.3 | 0 | | Joe Childress, STL | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 0 | | Bill Nelsen, PIT | 26 | 84 | 3.2 | 1 | | Terry Baker, LAM | 25 | 82 | 3.3 | 1 | | Dave Kopay, SF | 28 | 81 | 2.9 | 2 | | Norm Snead, PHI | 24 | 81 | 3.4 | 3 | | Roman Gabriel, LAM | 23 | 79 | 3.4 | 2 | | Tom Nowatzke, DET | 27 | 73 | 2.7 | 1 | | Frank Ryan, CLE | 19 | 72 | 3.8 | 0 | | Smith Reed, NYG | 19 | 70 | 3.7 | 0 | | Johnny Unitas, BAL | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 1 | | Gary Wood, NYG | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | | George Mira, SF | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 0 | | Jim Stiger, DAL/LAM | 14 | 62 | 4.4 | 0 | | Charley Johnson, STL | 25 | 60 | 2.4 | 1 | | John Brodie, SF | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 1 | | Charlie Scales, CLE | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 0 | | Bobby Felts, DET/BAL | 22 | 58 | 2.6 | 0 | | Frank Clarke, DAL | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 0 | | Chuck Mercein, NYG | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 2 | | Theron Sapp, PIT | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 0 | | Earl Morrall, NYG | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 0 | | Joe Marconi, CHI | 19 | 47 | 2.5 | 0 | | Gary Ballman, PIT | 17 | 46 | 2.7 | 3 | | Jim Ninowski, CLE | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | | Pervis Atkins, WAS/OAK | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 0 | | Tommy Wade, PIT | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 0 | | Milt Plum, DET | 21 | 37 | 1.8 | 3 | | Dick Shiner, WAS | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | | Ed Meador, LAM | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 1 | | Rudy Bukich, CHI | 28 | 33 | 1.2 | 3 | | Walter Roberts, CLE | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | | Don Chandler, GB | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | | Izzy Lang, PHI | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 1 | | Sonny Jurgensen, WAS | 17 | 23 | 1.4 | 2 | | Tommy Davis, SF | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | King Hill, PHI | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 2 | | Joe Morrison, NYG | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | | Billy Wade, CHI | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | | Homer Jones, NYG | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Gary Collins, CLE | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | | Billy Gambrell, STL | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | | Ron Vander Kelen, MIN | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | | Jim Jones, CHI | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | | Junior Coffey, GB | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | | Jerry Rhome, DAL | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | | John Henry Johnson, PIT | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | | Bob Briggs, WAS | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | | Dick Gordon, CHI | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Rudy Johnson, SF | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | | Gary Cuozzo, BAL | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | | John Mackey, BAL | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | | Joe Scarpati, PHI | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Allen Jacobs, GB | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | | Rick Casares, WAS | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | | Jim Young, MIN | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | | Buddy Humphrey, STL | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Clancy Williams, LAM | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | | Paul Martha, PIT | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | | Daryl Sanders, DET | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Mike Curtis, BAL | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | | Terry Nofsinger, STL | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | | A. D. Whitfield, DAL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Ralph Kurek, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Zeke Bratkowski, GB | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | | Lance Rentzel, MIN | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Roy Jefferson, PIT | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Ed Brown, PIT/BAL | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | | Dennis Claridge, GB | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | | Pat Studstill, DET | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | | George Izo, DET | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | | Bob Hayes, DAL | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 1 | | Craig Morton, DAL | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 0 | | Bobby Franklin, CLE | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | | Terry Barr, DET | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | 0 |
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