O.J. Simpson has the most rushing yards in a season when playing 15 or fewer games, with 2,003 yards in 1973.
- Regular season
| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | SEASON | TM | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | O.J. Simpson | 2,003 | 14 | 1973 | 332 | 6.0 | 143.1 | 12 | 70 | 6 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | E. Campbell | 1,934 | 15 | 1980 | 373 | 5.2 | 128.9 | 13 | 47 | 11 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | J. Brown | 1,863 | 14 | 1963 | 291 | 6.4 | 133.1 | 12 | 268 | 24 | 11.2 | 19.1 | 3 | ||
| 4 |  | W. Payton | 1,852 | 14 | 1977 | 339 | 5.5 | 132.3 | 14 | 269 | 27 | 10.0 | 19.2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | | O.J. Simpson | 1,817 | 14 | 1975 | 329 | 5.5 | 129.8 | 16 | 426 | 28 | 15.2 | 30.4 | 7 | ||
| 6 | | T. Davis | 1,750 | 15 | 1997 | 369 | 4.7 | 116.7 | 15 | 287 | 42 | 6.8 | 19.1 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | J. Bettis | 1,665 | 15 | 1997 | 375 | 4.4 | 111.0 | 7 | 110 | 15 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 2 | ||
| 8 | | C. Dillon | 1,635 | 15 | 2004 | 345 | 4.7 | 109.0 | 12 | 103 | 15 | 21 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| 9 |  | E. Elliott | 1,631 | 15 | 2016 | 322 | 5.1 | 108.7 | 15 | 363 | 32 | 40 | 11.3 | 24.2 | 1 | |
| 10 | | P. Holmes | 1,615 | 14 | 2002 | 313 | 5.2 | 115.4 | 21 | 672 | 70 | 81 | 9.6 | 48.0 | 3 | |
| 11 | | C. Portis | 1,591 | 13 | 2003 | 290 | 5.5 | 122.4 | 14 | 314 | 38 | 51 | 8.3 | 24.2 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | D. Cook | 1,557 | 14 | 2020 | 312 | 5.0 | 111.2 | 16 | 361 | 44 | 54 | 8.2 | 25.8 | 1 | |
| 13 |  | B. Sanders | 1,548 | 15 | 1991 | 342 | 4.5 | 103.2 | 16 | 307 | 41 | 7.5 | 20.5 | 1 | ||
| 14 | | J. Brown | 1,544 | 14 | 1965 | 289 | 5.3 | 110.3 | 17 | 328 | 34 | 9.6 | 23.4 | 4 | ||
| 15 |  | D. Henry | 1,540 | 15 | 2019 | 303 | 5.1 | 102.7 | 16 | 206 | 18 | 24 | 11.4 | 13.7 | 2 | |
| 16 | | J. Brown | 1,527 | 12 | 1958 | 257 | 5.9 | 127.3 | 17 | 138 | 16 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 1 | ||
| 17 | | J. Morris | 1,516 | 15 | 1986 | 341 | 4.4 | 101.1 | 14 | 233 | 21 | 11.1 | 15.5 | 1 | ||
| 18 |  | E. James | 1,506 | 15 | 2005 | 360 | 4.2 | 100.4 | 13 | 337 | 44 | 50 | 7.7 | 22.5 | 1 | |
| 19 | | O.J. Simpson | 1,503 | 14 | 1976 | 290 | 5.2 | 107.4 | 8 | 259 | 22 | 11.8 | 18.5 | 1 | ||
| 20 |  | E. Smith | 1,486 | 14 | 1993 | 283 | 5.3 | 106.1 | 9 | 414 | 57 | 7.3 | 29.6 | 1 | ||
| 21 | | G. Riggs | 1,486 | 15 | 1984 | 353 | 4.2 | 99.1 | 13 | 277 | 42 | 6.6 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | E. Smith | 1,484 | 15 | 1994 | 368 | 4.0 | 98.9 | 21 | 341 | 50 | 6.8 | 22.7 | 1 | ||
| 23 | | C. Okoye | 1,480 | 15 | 1989 | 370 | 4.0 | 98.7 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Taylor | 1,474 | 14 | 1962 | 272 | 5.4 | 105.3 | 19 | 106 | 22 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | B. Sanders | 1,470 | 15 | 1989 | 280 | 5.3 | 98.0 | 14 | 282 | 24 | 11.8 | 18.8 | 0 | ||
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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Seahawks| AFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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