nfl rb total yard leaders 1985

Lionel James had the most all-purpose yards by a running back in 1985, with 2,535 yards.

NAMEYDSSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Lionel James
L. James
2,535
1985
16
516
105
4.9
32.3
2
1,027
86
11.9
64.2
6
2Marcus Allen
M. Allen
2,308
1985
16
1,759
380
4.6
109.9
11
555
67
8.3
34.7
3
3Roger Craig
R. Craig
2,066
1985
16
1,050
214
4.9
65.6
9
1,016
92
11.0
63.5
6
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
2,034
1985
16
1,551
324
4.8
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
5Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
1,986
1985
16
1,719
397
4.3
107.4
10
267
33
8.1
16.7
0
6Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1,950
1985
16
1,006
183
5.5
62.9
7
502
47
10.7
31.4
3
7Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
1,758
1985
14
1,331
294
4.5
95.1
3
427
38
11.2
30.5
2
8Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,756
1985
16
1,307
305
4.3
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
9James Wilder
J. Wilder
1,641
1985
16
1,300
365
3.6
81.3
10
341
53
6.4
21.3
0
10Craig James
C. James
1,580
1985
16
1,227
263
4.7
76.7
5
360
27
13.3
22.5
2
11Herman Hunter
H. Hunter
1,579
1985
16
121
27
4.5
7.6
1
405
28
14.5
25.3
1
12Joe Morris
J. Morris
1,573
1985
16
1,336
294
4.5
83.5
21
212
22
9.6
13.3
0
13James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,543
1985
16
929
192
4.8
58.1
7
576
55
10.5
36.0
5
14Earnest Byner
E. Byner
1,462
1985
16
1,002
244
4.1
62.6
8
460
45
10.2
28.8
2
15Greg Bell
G. Bell
1,459
1985
16
883
223
4.0
55.2
8
576
58
9.9
36.0
1
16Lorenzo Hampton
L. Hampton
1,445
1985
16
369
105
3.5
23.1
3
56
8
7.0
3.5
0
17Kevin Mack
K. Mack
1,401
1985
16
1,104
222
5.0
69.0
7
297
29
10.2
18.6
3
18Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,401
1985
16
1,094
291
3.8
68.4
8
307
47
6.5
19.2
1
19Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
1,394
1985
16
893
200
4.5
55.8
5
301
43
7.0
18.8
1
20Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,360
1985
14
1,234
292
4.2
88.1
12
126
20
6.3
9.0
0
21Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
1,329
1985
13
39
2
19.5
3.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
1,318
1985
16
667
143
4.7
41.7
5
651
72
9.0
40.7
1
23Frank Pollard
F. Pollard
1,241
1985
16
991
233
4.3
61.9
3
250
24
10.4
15.6
0
24James Jones
J. Jones
1,220
1985
14
886
244
3.6
63.3
6
334
45
7.4
23.9
3
25Tony Collins
T. Collins
1,206
1985
16
657
163
4.0
41.1
3
549
52
10.6
34.3
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