most yards from scrimmage 1981

William Andrews had the most yards from scrimmage in 1981, with 2,036 yards.

Interpreted as:
most yards from scrimmage by a player 1981
NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1William Andrews
W. Andrews
2,036
1981
16
1,301
289
4.5
81.3
10
735
81
9.1
45.9
2
2Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,971
1981
16
1,646
342
4.8
102.9
4
325
32
10.2
20.3
2
3Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
1,923
1981
15
1,402
286
4.9
93.5
8
521
49
10.6
34.7
2
4Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,888
1981
14
1,437
296
4.9
102.6
13
451
28
16.1
32.2
2
5George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,800
1981
16
1,674
378
4.4
104.6
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
6Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,763
1981
16
1,376
328
4.2
86.0
9
387
51
7.6
24.2
0
7Ted Brown
T. Brown
1,757
1981
16
1,063
274
3.9
66.4
6
694
83
8.4
43.4
2
8Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,700
1981
15
1,097
257
4.3
73.1
3
603
40
15.1
40.2
7
9Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,601
1981
16
1,222
339
3.6
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
10Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,545
1981
16
1,103
247
4.5
68.9
7
442
63
7.0
27.6
1
11Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,532
1981
16
1,376
361
3.8
86.0
10
156
36
4.3
9.8
0
12Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,510
1981
15
1,074
260
4.1
71.6
12
436
45
9.7
29.1
5
13Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
1,506
1981
15
1,144
251
4.6
76.3
19
362
43
8.4
24.1
0
14Joe Washington
J. Washington
1,474
1981
14
916
210
4.4
65.4
4
558
70
8.0
39.9
3
15Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
1,397
1981
16
1,077
274
3.9
67.3
12
320
46
7.0
20.0
4
16Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
1,367
1981
15
1,121
234
4.8
74.7
3
246
22
11.2
16.4
0
17Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
1,359
1981
16
860
196
4.4
53.8
4
499
65
7.7
31.2
3
18Alfred Jenkins
A. Jenkins
1,358
1981
16
0
0
0.0
0
1,358
70
19.4
84.9
13
19James Lofton
J. Lofton
1,294
1981
16
0
0
0.0
0
1,294
71
18.2
80.9
8
20Steve Largent
S. Largent
1,271
1981
16
47
6
7.8
2.9
1
1,224
75
16.3
76.5
9
21Steve Watson
S. Watson
1,250
1981
16
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
1,244
60
20.7
77.8
13
22Frank Lewis
F. Lewis
1,244
1981
16
0
0
0.0
0
1,244
70
17.8
77.8
4
23Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,237
1981
16
987
242
4.1
61.7
8
250
37
6.8
15.6
1
24Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
1,234
1981
13
782
147
5.3
60.2
5
452
50
9.0
34.8
3
25Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
1,198
1981
15
779
164
4.8
51.9
7
419
37
11.3
27.9
3

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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
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12
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11
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14
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
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12
5
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.706
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12
5
0
.706
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14
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.176