George Rogers rushed for the most yards in 1981, with 1,674 yards in his rookie season.

nfl most rushing yards in 1981 for a player
1981 Rogers 1981 Dorsett 1981 Sims 1981 Montgomery 1981 Anderson 1981 Campbell 1981 Andrews 1981 Payton 1981 Muncie 1981 Delaney 1981 Pruitt 1981 Cribbs 1981 Johnson 1981 Tyler 1981 Brown 1981 Harris 1981 Washington 1981 Collins 1981 Ellis 1981 King 1981 Carpenter 1981 Nathan 1981 Dickey 1981 Parros 1981 Riggins 1981 Franklin 1981 Eckwood 0 200 400 600 800 1k 1k 1k 2k 1.7k 1.6k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 987 916 873 860 828 822 782 779 749 714 711 651
NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
George Rogers George Rogers 1,674 1981
NO NO
16 378 4.4 104.6 13 126 16 7.9 7.9 0
Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1,646 1981
DAL DAL
16 342 4.8 102.9 4 325 32 10.2 20.3 2
Billy Sims Billy Sims 1,437 1981
DET DET
14 296 4.9 102.6 13 451 28 16.1 32.2 2
Wilbert Montgomery Wilbert Montgomery 1,402 1981
PHI PHI
15 286 4.9 93.5 8 521 49 10.6 34.7 2
Ottis Anderson Ottis Anderson 1,376 1981
STL STL
16 328 4.2 86.0 9 387 51 7.6 24.2 0
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 1,376 1981
HOU HOU
16 361 3.8 86.0 10 156 36 4.3 9.8 0
William Andrews William Andrews 1,301 1981
ATL ATL
16 289 4.5 81.3 10 735 81 9.1 45.9 2
Walter Payton Walter Payton 1,222 1981
CHI CHI
16 339 3.6 76.4 6 379 41 9.2 23.7 2
Chuck Muncie Chuck Muncie 1,144 1981
SD SD
15 251 4.6 76.3 19 362 43 8.4 24.1 0
Joe Delaney Joe Delaney 1,121 1981
KC KC
15 234 4.8 74.7 3 246 22 11.2 16.4 0
Mike Pruitt Mike Pruitt 1,103 1981
CLE CLE
16 247 4.5 68.9 7 442 63 7.0 27.6 1
Joe Cribbs Joe Cribbs 1,097 1981
BUF BUF
15 257 4.3 73.1 3 603 40 15.1 40.2 7
Pete Johnson Pete Johnson 1,077 1981
CIN CIN
16 274 3.9 67.3 12 320 46 7.0 20.0 4
Wendell Tyler Wendell Tyler 1,074 1981
LA LA
15 260 4.1 71.6 12 436 45 9.7 29.1 5
Ted Brown Ted Brown 1,063 1981
MIN MIN
16 274 3.9 66.4 6 694 83 8.4 43.4 2
Franco Harris Franco Harris 987 1981
PIT PIT
16 242 4.1 61.7 8 250 37 6.8 15.6 1
Joe Washington Joe Washington 916 1981
WAS WAS
14 210 4.4 65.4 4 558 70 8.0 39.9 3
Tony Collins Tony Collins 873 1981
NE NE
16 204 4.3 54.6 7 232 26 8.9 14.5 0
Gerry Ellis Gerry Ellis 860 1981
GB GB
16 196 4.4 53.8 4 499 65 7.7 31.2 3
Kenny King Kenny King 828 1981
OAK OAK
14 170 4.9 59.1 0 216 27 8.0 15.4 0
Rob Carpenter Rob Carpenter 822 1981
TOT
14 208 4.0 58.7 5 281 37 7.6 20.1 1
Tony Nathan Tony Nathan 782 1981
MIA MIA
13 147 5.3 60.2 5 452 50 9.0 34.8 3
Curtis Dickey Curtis Dickey 779 1981
BAL BAL
15 164 4.8 51.9 7 419 37 11.3 27.9 3
Rick Parros Rick Parros 749 1981
DEN DEN
16 176 4.3 46.8 2 216 25 8.6 13.5 1
John Riggins John Riggins 714 1981
WAS WAS
15 195 3.7 47.6 13 59 6 9.8 3.9 0
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