Tony Dorsett rushed for the most yards in the NFC in 1982, with 745 yards.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	745	1982	DAL	9	177	4.2	82.8	5	179	24	7.5	19.9	0
2	Billy Sims B. Sims	639	1982	DET	9	172	3.7	71.0	4	342	34	10.1	38.0	0
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	596	1982	CHI	9	148	4.0	66.2	1	311	32	9.7	34.6	0
4	Ottis Anderson O. Anderson	587	1982	STL	8	145	4.0	73.4	3	106	14	7.6	13.3	0
5	William Andrews W. Andrews	573	1982	ATL	9	139	4.1	63.7	5	503	42	12.0	55.9	2
6	Wendell Tyler W. Tyler	564	1982	RAM	9	137	4.1	62.7	9	375	38	9.9	41.7	4
7	John Riggins J. Riggins	553	1982	WAS	8	177	3.1	69.1	3	50	10	5.0	6.3	0
8	George Rogers G. Rogers	535	1982	NO	6	122	4.4	89.2	3	21	4	5.3	3.5	0
9	Ted Brown T. Brown	515	1982	MIN	8	120	4.3	64.4	1	207	31	6.7	25.9	2
10	Wilbert Montgomery W. Montgomery	515	1982	PHI	8	114	4.5	64.4	7	258	20	12.9	32.3	2
11	Eddie Lee Ivery E. Lee Ivery	453	1982	GB	9	127	3.6	50.3	9	186	16	11.6	20.7	1
12	Butch Woolfolk B. Woolfolk	439	1982	NYG	9	112	3.9	48.8	2	224	23	9.7	24.9	2
13	Wayne Wilson W. Wilson	413	1982	NO	8	103	4.0	51.6	3	175	25	7.0	21.9	2
14	James Wilder J. Wilder	324	1982	TB	9	83	3.9	36.0	3	466	53	8.8	51.8	1
15	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	299	1982	ATL	9	78	3.8	33.2	5	185	23	8.0	20.6	0
16	Jeff Moore J. Moore	281	1982	SF	9	85	3.3	31.2	4	405	37	10.9	45.0	4
17	Wayne Morris W. Morris	274	1982	STL	9	84	3.3	30.4	4	8	3	2.7	0.9	0
18	Mike Guman M. Guman	266	1982	RAM	9	69	3.9	29.6	2	310	31	10.0	34.4	0
19	Ron Springs R. Springs	243	1982	DAL	9	59	4.1	27.0	2	163	17	9.6	18.1	2
20	James Owens J. Owens	238	1982	TB	8	76	3.1	29.8	0	42	8	5.3	5.3	1
21	Perry Harrington P. Harrington	231	1982	PHI	9	56	4.1	25.7	1	74	13	5.7	8.2	0
22	Mel Carver M. Carver	229	1982	TB	9	70	3.3	25.4	1	46	4	11.5	5.1	1
23	Gerry Ellis G. Ellis	228	1982	GB	9	62	3.7	25.3	1	140	18	7.8	15.6	0
24	Matt Suhey M. Suhey	206	1982	CHI	9	70	2.9	22.9	3	333	36	9.3	37.0	0
25	Rob Carpenter R. Carpenter	204	1982	NYG	5	67	3.0	40.8	1	29	7	4.1	5.8	0

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Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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