most rushing yards from 1966 to 1972

From 1966 through 1972, Leroy Kelly had the most rushing yards, with 6,734 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
6,734
96
1,552
4.3
70.1
71
1,979
166
11.9
20.6
13
2Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
5,014
94
1,194
4.2
53.3
35
1,886
223
8.5
20.1
12
3Jim Nance
J. Nance
5,002
80
1,212
4.1
62.5
40
761
117
6.5
9.5
1
4Ken Willard
K. Willard
4,786
97
1,310
3.7
49.3
39
1,743
219
8.0
18.0
11
5Floyd Little
F. Little
4,587
75
1,143
4.0
61.2
28
1,343
116
11.6
17.9
6
6Larry Brown
L. Brown
4,177
52
977
4.3
80.3
21
1,292
119
10.9
24.8
8
7Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
4,148
64
870
4.8
64.8
27
556
61
9.1
8.7
3
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
4,089
54
825
5.0
75.7
25
800
83
9.6
14.8
3
9Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
3,701
98
940
3.9
37.8
28
2,023
153
13.2
20.6
8
10Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
3,690
83
936
3.9
44.5
45
1,181
102
11.6
14.2
7
11Hoyle Granger
H. Granger
3,653
83
805
4.5
44.0
19
1,339
134
10.0
16.1
5
12Johnny Roland
J. Roland
3,608
96
962
3.8
37.6
27
1,240
131
9.5
12.9
5
13Bill Brown
B. Brown
3,397
96
1,013
3.4
35.4
31
1,675
158
10.6
17.4
9
14Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
3,390
85
942
3.6
39.9
22
1,212
139
8.7
14.3
7
15Tom Matte
T. Matte
3,375
78
869
3.9
43.3
37
2,014
170
11.8
25.8
10
16Tom Woodeshick
T. Woodeshick
3,234
75
766
4.2
43.1
19
1,080
115
9.4
14.4
6
17O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
3,178
49
776
4.1
64.9
18
842
88
9.6
17.2
3
18Jim Kiick
J. Kiick
3,113
69
835
3.7
45.1
27
1,847
176
10.5
26.8
2
19Calvin Hill
C. Hill
3,023
47
708
4.3
64.3
26
935
95
9.8
19.9
6
20Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
3,017
92
681
4.4
32.8
19
1,268
122
10.4
13.8
6
21Hewritt Dixon
H. Dixon
2,960
66
731
4.0
44.8
13
1,750
190
9.2
26.5
10
22Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
2,901
83
656
4.4
35.0
20
760
90
8.4
9.2
6
23Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
2,837
44
731
3.9
64.5
25
1,149
123
9.3
26.1
9
24Paul Robinson
P. Robinson
2,796
68
703
4.0
41.1
22
566
83
6.8
8.3
2
25Mel Farr
M. Farr
2,699
58
642
4.2
46.5
22
1,191
120
9.9
20.5
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