most rushing yards in 1984 among running back

Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards by a running back in 1984, with 2,105 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
2,105
1984
16
379
5.6
131.6
14
139
21
6.6
8.7
0
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,684
1984
16
381
4.4
105.3
11
368
45
8.2
23.0
0
3James Wilder
J. Wilder
1,544
1984
16
407
3.8
96.5
13
685
85
8.1
42.8
0
4Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
1,486
1984
15
353
4.2
99.1
13
277
42
6.6
18.5
0
5Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,262
1984
16
246
5.1
78.9
7
230
28
8.2
14.4
2
6John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,239
1984
14
327
3.8
88.5
14
43
7
6.1
3.1
0
7Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,189
1984
16
302
3.9
74.3
6
459
51
9.0
28.7
1
8Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
1,179
1984
16
296
4.0
73.7
8
222
39
5.7
13.9
1
9Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,174
1984
15
289
4.1
78.3
6
611
70
8.7
40.7
2
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,168
1984
16
275
4.2
73.0
13
758
64
11.8
47.4
5
11Sammy Winder
S. Winder
1,153
1984
16
296
3.9
72.1
4
288
44
6.5
18.0
2
12Greg Bell
G. Bell
1,100
1984
16
262
4.2
68.8
7
277
34
8.1
17.3
1
13Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
1,070
1984
12
229
4.7
89.2
5
294
25
11.8
24.5
1
14George Rogers
G. Rogers
914
1984
16
239
3.8
57.1
2
76
12
6.3
4.8
0
15Frank Pollard
F. Pollard
851
1984
15
213
4.0
56.7
6
186
21
8.9
12.4
0
16Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
795
1984
16
250
3.2
49.7
7
209
26
8.0
13.1
1
17Craig James
C. James
790
1984
15
160
4.9
52.7
1
159
22
7.2
10.6
0
18Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
789
1984
16
201
3.9
49.3
2
501
60
8.4
31.3
0
19Larry Moriarty
L. Moriarty
785
1984
14
189
4.2
56.1
6
206
31
6.6
14.7
1
20Alfred Anderson
A. Anderson
773
1984
16
201
3.8
48.3
2
102
17
6.0
6.4
1
21Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
705
1984
16
163
4.3
44.1
5
201
19
10.6
12.6
0
22Billy Sims
B. Sims
687
1984
8
130
5.3
85.9
5
239
31
7.7
29.9
0
23Herman Heard
H. Heard
684
1984
16
165
4.1
42.8
4
223
25
8.9
13.9
0
24Boyce Green
B. Green
673
1984
16
202
3.3
42.1
0
124
12
10.3
7.8
1
25Roger Craig
R. Craig
649
1984
16
155
4.2
40.6
7
675
71
9.5
42.2
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