most rushing yards by a player from 1961 to 1973

Between the 1961 and 1973 seasons, Leroy Kelly had the most rushing yards, with 7,274 yards.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Leroy Kelly L. Kelly	7,274	136	1,727	4.2	53.5	74	2,281	190	12.0	16.8	13
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	7,257	70	1,395	5.2	103.7	57	1,912	187	10.2	27.3	16
3	Jim Taylor J. Taylor	6,797	96	1,539	4.4	70.8	65	1,492	197	7.6	15.5	7
4	Don Perkins D. Perkins	6,217	107	1,500	4.1	58.1	42	1,310	146	9.0	12.2	3
5	Ken Willard K. Willard	5,930	125	1,582	3.7	47.4	45	2,156	273	7.9	17.2	16
6	Bill Brown B. Brown	5,797	180	1,630	3.6	32.2	52	3,142	281	11.2	17.5	23
7	Floyd Little F. Little	5,566	89	1,399	4.0	62.5	40	1,766	157	11.2	19.8	7
8	Mike Garrett M. Garrett	5,481	104	1,308	4.2	52.7	35	2,010	238	8.4	19.3	13
9	Jim Nance J. Nance	5,401	101	1,341	4.0	53.5	45	870	133	6.5	8.6	1
10	Dick Bass D. Bass	5,264	100	1,187	4.4	52.6	34	1,749	191	9.2	17.5	7
11	O.J. Simpson	5,181	63	1,108	4.7	82.2	30	912	94	9.7	14.5	3
12	Larry Csonka L. Csonka	5,151	78	1,089	4.7	66.0	32	578	68	8.5	7.4	3
13	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	5,140	96	1,145	4.5	53.5	30	3,314	203	16.3	34.5	24
14	Larry Brown L. Brown	5,037	66	1,250	4.0	76.3	29	1,774	159	11.2	26.9	14
15	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	4,956	68	991	5.0	72.9	39	1,307	112	11.7	19.2	9
16	Tom Matte T. Matte	4,646	142	1,200	3.9	32.7	45	2,869	249	11.5	20.2	12
17	Emerson Boozer E. Boozer	4,521	96	1,118	4.0	47.1	48	1,311	124	10.6	13.7	10
18	Donny Anderson D. Anderson	4,380	112	1,107	4.0	39.1	38	2,432	194	12.5	21.7	11
19	Cookie Gilchrist C. Gilchrist	4,293	65	1,010	4.3	66.0	37	1,135	110	10.3	17.5	6
20	Matt Snell M. Snell	4,285	87	1,057	4.1	49.3	24	1,375	193	7.1	15.8	7
21	Tommy Mason T. Mason	4,203	124	1,040	4.0	33.9	32	2,324	214	10.9	18.7	13
22	Calvin Hill C. Hill	4,165	61	981	4.2	68.3	32	1,225	127	9.6	20.1	6
23	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	4,140	86	890	4.7	48.1	30	668	88	7.6	7.8	5
24	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	3,986	69	958	4.2	57.8	27	852	102	8.4	12.3	5
25	Dick Hoak D. Hoak	3,965	135	1,132	3.5	29.4	25	1,452	146	9.9	10.8	8

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Steelers	10	7	.588
Ravens	8	9	.471
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Sun 9/20	CLE	@	TB	1:00 PM
Sun 9/27	CAR	@	CLE	1:00 PM
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17.4

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Total Yards Rankings

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391.9

379.4

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144.5

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Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
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Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
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Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
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Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
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Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176