most rushing yards in 1969

Gale Sayers rushed for the most yards in 1969, with 1,032 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player in 1969
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1,032
1969
14
236
4.4
73.7
8
116
17
6.8
8.3
0
2Calvin Hill
C. Hill
942
1969
13
204
4.6
72.5
8
232
20
11.6
17.8
0
3Tom Matte
T. Matte
909
1969
14
235
3.9
64.9
11
513
43
11.9
36.6
2
4Larry Brown
L. Brown
888
1969
14
202
4.4
63.4
4
302
34
8.9
21.6
0
5Dickie Post
D. Post
873
1969
14
182
4.8
62.4
6
235
24
9.8
16.8
0
6Tom Woodeshick
T. Woodeshick
831
1969
12
186
4.5
69.3
4
177
22
8.0
14.8
0
7Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
818
1969
13
176
4.6
62.9
2
131
13
10.1
10.1
0
8Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
817
1969
13
196
4.2
62.8
9
267
20
13.4
20.5
1
9Andy Livingston
A. Livingston
761
1969
14
181
4.2
54.4
5
278
28
9.9
19.9
3
10Jim Nance
J. Nance
750
1969
14
193
3.9
53.6
6
168
29
5.8
12.0
0
11Hoyle Granger
H. Granger
740
1969
13
186
4.0
56.9
3
330
27
12.2
25.4
1
12Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
732
1969
14
168
4.4
52.3
6
432
43
10.0
30.9
2
13Floyd Little
F. Little
729
1969
9
146
5.0
81.0
6
218
19
11.5
24.2
1
14O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
697
1969
13
181
3.9
53.6
2
343
30
11.4
26.4
3
15Matt Snell
M. Snell
695
1969
14
191
3.6
49.6
4
187
22
8.5
13.4
1
16Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
691
1969
14
137
5.0
49.4
5
267
29
9.2
19.1
2
17Cannonball Butler
C. Butler
655
1969
14
163
4.0
46.8
3
297
17
17.5
21.2
2
18Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
643
1969
14
186
3.5
45.9
7
236
22
10.7
16.9
1
19Tony Baker
T. Baker
642
1969
14
134
4.8
45.9
1
352
34
10.4
25.1
1
20Robert Holmes
R. Holmes
612
1969
14
150
4.1
43.7
2
266
26
10.2
19.0
3
21Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
604
1969
14
130
4.6
43.1
4
222
20
11.1
15.9
0
22Charlie Smith
C. Smith
600
1969
14
177
3.4
42.9
2
322
30
10.7
23.0
2
23Larry Smith
L. Smith
599
1969
14
166
3.6
42.8
1
300
46
6.5
21.4
2
24Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
578
1969
14
118
4.9
41.3
3
128
13
9.8
9.1
0
25Jim Kiick
J. Kiick
575
1969
14
180
3.2
41.1
9
443
29
15.3
31.6
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