NFL Career Rushing Yards Leaders Through 1984
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1984 season. See current rushing yards leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1984
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Yds | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Walter Payton | 13309 | chi |
2 | 11 | Jim Brown | 12312 | cle |
3 | 15 | Franco Harris | 12120 | 2TM |
4 | 21 | O.J. Simpson | 11236 | 2TM |
5 | 19 | John Riggins | 10675 | 2TM |
6 | 34 | Joe Perry | 9723 | 2TM |
7 | 10 | Tony Dorsett | 9525 | dal |
8 | 38 | Earl Campbell | 8764 | 2TM |
9 | 42 | Jim Taylor | 8597 | 2TM |
10 | 52 | Larry Csonka | 8081 | 2TM |
11 | 30 | Ottis Anderson | 7364 | crd |
12 | 63 | Leroy Kelly | 7274 | cle |
13 | 71 | John Henry Johnson | 6803 | 4TM |
14 | 73 | Chuck Muncie | 6702 | 2TM |
15 | 74 | Mark van Eeghen | 6651 | 2TM |
16 | 75 | Lawrence McCutcheon | 6578 | 4TM |
17 | 60 | Mike Pruitt | 6540 | cle |
18 | 72 | Wilbert Montgomery | 6538 | phi |
19 | 79 | Lydell Mitchell | 6534 | 3TM |
20 | 85 | Floyd Little | 6323 | den |
21 | 88 | Don Perkins | 6217 | dal |
22 | 95 | Ken Willard | 6105 | 2TM |
23 | 98 | Calvin Hill | 6083 | 3TM |
24 | 104 | Chuck Foreman | 5950 | 2TM |
25 | 106 | Larry Brown | 5875 | was |
26 | 108 | Steve Van Buren | 5860 | phi |
27 | 110 | Bill Brown | 5838 | 2TM |
28 | 112 | Rick Casares | 5797 | 3TM |
29 | 102 | William Andrews | 5772 | atl |
30 | 115 | Greg Pruitt | 5672 | 2TM |
31 | 118 | Pete Johnson | 5626 | 3TM |
32 | 119 | Delvin Williams | 5598 | 3TM |
33 | 123 | Mike Garrett | 5481 | 2TM |
34 | 124 | Sam Cunningham | 5453 | nwe |
35 | 127 | Dick Bass | 5417 | ram |
36 | 128 | Jim Nance | 5401 | 2TM |
37 | 83 | Wendell Tyler | 5384 | 2TM |
38 | 135 | Hugh McElhenny | 5281 | 4TM |
39 | 142 | John Brockington | 5185 | 2TM |
40 | 144 | Lenny Moore | 5174 | clt |
41 | 145 | Ollie Matson | 5173 | 4TM |
42 | 146 | Clem Daniels | 5138 | 3TM |
43 | 147 | Emerson Boozer | 5135 | nyj |
44 | 149 | Billy Sims | 5106 | det |
45 | 150 | Dexter Bussey | 5105 | det |
46 | 155 | Paul Lowe | 4995 | 2TM |
47 | 157 | John David Crow | 4963 | 2TM |
48 | 160 | Gale Sayers | 4956 | chi |
49 | 169 | Robert Newhouse | 4784 | dal |
50 | 172 | Marion Motley | 4720 | 2TM |
51 | 174 | Donny Anderson | 4696 | 2TM |
52 | 175 | J.D. Smith | 4672 | 3TM |
53 | 176 | MacArthur Lane | 4656 | 3TM |
54 | 179 | Tom Matte | 4646 | clt |
55 | 180 | Alex Webster | 4638 | nyg |
56 | 181 | Abner Haynes | 4630 | 4TM |
57 | 167 | Joe Washington | 4629 | 3TM |
58 | 184 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 4548 | 3TM |
59 | 186 | Marv Hubbard | 4544 | 2TM |
60 | 187 | Dave Hampton | 4536 | 3TM |
61 | 190 | Otis Armstrong | 4453 | den |
62 | 192 | Ed Podolak | 4451 | kan |
63 | 199 | Jim Otis | 4350 | 3TM |
64 | 200 | Dave Osborn | 4336 | 2TM |
65 | 201 | Altie Taylor | 4308 | 2TM |
201 | Ron Johnson | 4308 | 2TM | |
66 | 205 | Cookie Gilchrist | 4293 | 3TM |
67 | 206 | Matt Snell | 4285 | nyj |
68 | 64 | George Rogers | 4267 | nor |
69 | 211 | Tommy Mason | 4203 | 3TM |
70 | 212 | Tony Canadeo | 4197 | gnb |
212 | Carl Garrett | 4197 | 4TM | |
71 | 214 | Mike Thomas | 4196 | 2TM |
72 | 196 | Rob Carpenter | 4159 | 2TM |
73 | 220 | Mercury Morris | 4133 | 2TM |
74 | 131 | Joe Cribbs | 4046 | buf |
75 | 227 | Alan Ameche | 4045 | clt |
76 | 229 | Nick Pietrosante | 4026 | 2TM |
77 | 235 | Dick Hoak | 3965 | pit |
78 | 185 | Ted Brown | 3959 | min |
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