nfc rushing leaders 1983

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in the NFC in his rookie season in 1983, with 1,808 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,808
1983
16
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2William Andrews
W. Andrews
1,567
1983
16
331
4.7
97.9
7
609
59
10.3
38.1
4
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,421
1983
16
314
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
4John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
1983
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
5Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,321
1983
16
289
4.6
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
6Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,270
1983
15
296
4.3
84.7
5
459
54
8.5
30.6
1
7George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,144
1983
13
256
4.5
88.0
5
69
12
5.8
5.3
0
8Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,040
1983
13
220
4.7
80.0
7
419
42
10.0
32.2
0
9Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
857
1983
16
246
3.5
53.6
4
368
28
13.1
23.0
0
10Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
856
1983
14
176
4.9
61.1
4
285
34
8.4
20.4
2
11Wayne Wilson
W. Wilson
787
1983
14
199
4.0
56.2
9
178
20
8.9
12.7
2
12Joe Washington
J. Washington
772
1983
15
145
5.3
51.5
0
454
47
9.7
30.3
6
13Roger Craig
R. Craig
725
1983
16
176
4.1
45.3
8
427
48
8.9
26.7
4
14Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
696
1983
15
141
4.9
46.4
4
603
52
11.6
40.2
2
15Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
681
1983
16
149
4.6
42.6
4
429
49
8.8
26.8
1
16Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
642
1983
15
154
4.2
42.8
1
618
51
12.1
41.2
0
17James Wilder
J. Wilder
640
1983
10
161
4.0
64.0
4
380
57
6.7
38.0
2
18Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
624
1983
10
170
3.7
62.4
4
258
26
9.9
25.8
2
19Ron Springs
R. Springs
541
1983
16
149
3.6
33.8
7
589
73
8.1
36.8
1
20Ted Brown
T. Brown
476
1983
10
120
4.0
47.6
10
357
41
8.7
35.7
1
21James Jones
J. Jones
475
1983
14
135
3.5
33.9
6
467
46
10.2
33.4
1
22Tony Galbreath
T. Galbreath
474
1983
13
113
4.2
36.5
4
348
45
7.7
26.8
2
23Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
437
1983
14
100
4.4
31.2
8
149
17
8.8
10.6
0
24Hubie Oliver
H. Oliver
434
1983
16
121
3.6
27.1
1
421
49
8.6
26.3
2
25Hokie Gajan
H. Gajan
415
1983
16
81
5.1
25.9
4
130
17
7.6
8.1
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