most rushing yards in 1983 among running backs

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1983, with 1,808 yards in his rookie season.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1,808	1983	RAM	16	390	4.6	113.0	18	404	51	7.9	25.3	2
2	William Andrews W. Andrews	1,567	1983	ATL	16	331	4.7	97.9	7	609	59	10.3	38.1	4
3	Curt Warner C. Warner	1,449	1983	SEA	16	335	4.3	90.6	13	325	42	7.7	20.3	1
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,421	1983	CHI	16	314	4.5	88.8	6	607	53	11.5	37.9	2
5	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,347	1983	WAS	15	375	3.6	89.8	24	29	5	5.8	1.9	0
6	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	1,321	1983	DAL	16	289	4.6	82.6	8	287	40	7.2	17.9	1
7	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1,301	1983	HOU	14	322	4.0	92.9	12	216	19	11.4	15.4	0
8	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	1,270	1983	STL	15	296	4.3	84.7	5	459	54	8.5	30.6	1
9	Mike Pruitt M. Pruitt	1,184	1983	CLE	15	293	4.0	78.9	10	157	30	5.2	10.5	2
10	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,144	1983	NO	13	256	4.5	88.0	5	69	12	5.8	5.3	0
11	Joe Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,131	1983	BUF	16	263	4.3	70.7	3	524	57	9.2	32.8	7
12	Curtis Dickey C. Dickey	1,122	1983	BAL	16	254	4.4	70.1	4	483	24	20.1	30.2	3
13	Tony Collins T. Collins	1,049	1983	NE	16	219	4.8	65.6	10	257	27	9.5	16.1	0
14	Billy Sims B. Sims	1,040	1983	DET	13	220	4.7	80.0	7	419	42	10.0	32.2	0
15	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1,014	1983	RAI	16	266	3.8	63.4	9	590	68	8.7	36.9	2
16	Franco Harris F. Harris	1,007	1983	PIT	16	279	3.6	62.9	5	278	34	8.2	17.4	2
17	Chuck Muncie C. Muncie	886	1983	SD	15	235	3.8	59.1	12	396	42	9.4	26.4	1
18	Butch Woolfolk B. Woolfolk	857	1983	NYG	16	246	3.5	53.6	4	368	28	13.1	23.0	0
19	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	856	1983	SF	14	176	4.9	61.1	4	285	34	8.4	20.4	2
20	Randy McMillan R. McMillan	802	1983	BAL	16	198	4.1	50.1	5	195	24	8.1	12.2	1
21	Wayne Wilson W. Wilson	787	1983	NO	14	199	4.0	56.2	9	178	20	8.9	12.7	2
22	Joe Washington J. Washington	772	1983	WAS	15	145	5.3	51.5	0	454	47	9.7	30.3	6
23	Pete Johnson P. Johnson	763	1983	CIN	11	210	3.6	69.4	14	129	15	8.6	11.7	0
24	Sammy Winder S. Winder	757	1983	DEN	14	196	3.9	54.1	3	150	23	6.5	10.7	0
25	Andra Franklin A. Franklin	746	1983	MIA	15	224	3.3	49.7	8	0	0		0.0	0

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