nfl rush yards leaders 1970

Larry Brown rushed for the most yards in 1970, with 1,125 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,125
1970
13
237
4.7
86.5
5
341
37
9.2
26.2
2
2Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
1,027
1970
14
263
3.9
73.4
8
487
48
10.1
34.8
4
3MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
977
1970
14
206
4.7
69.8
11
365
32
11.4
26.1
2
4Floyd Little
F. Little
901
1970
14
209
4.3
64.4
3
161
17
9.5
11.5
0
5Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
874
1970
14
193
4.5
62.4
6
94
11
8.5
6.7
0
6Hewritt Dixon
H. Dixon
861
1970
14
197
4.4
61.5
1
207
31
6.7
14.8
1
7Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
853
1970
14
222
3.8
60.9
5
414
36
11.5
29.6
0
8Duane Thomas
D. Thomas
803
1970
14
151
5.3
57.4
5
73
10
7.3
5.2
0
9Ken Willard
K. Willard
789
1970
14
236
3.3
56.4
7
259
31
8.4
18.5
3
10Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
749
1970
14
168
4.5
53.5
3
307
26
11.8
21.9
1
11Mel Farr
M. Farr
717
1970
12
166
4.3
59.8
9
213
29
7.3
17.8
2
12John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
691
1970
14
138
5.0
49.4
7
289
23
12.6
20.6
2
13Dave Osborn
D. Osborn
681
1970
14
207
3.3
48.6
5
202
23
8.8
14.4
1
14Charlie Smith
C. Smith
681
1970
14
168
4.1
48.6
3
173
23
7.5
12.4
2
15Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
666
1970
14
198
3.4
47.6
2
261
27
9.7
18.6
2
16Jim Kiick
J. Kiick
658
1970
14
191
3.4
47.0
6
497
42
11.8
35.5
0
17Cyril Pinder
C. Pinder
657
1970
14
166
4.0
46.9
2
249
28
8.9
17.8
0
18Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
656
1970
13
206
3.2
50.5
6
311
24
13.0
23.9
2
19Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
648
1970
14
163
4.0
46.3
4
124
31
4.0
8.9
1
20Les Josephson
L. Josephson
640
1970
12
150
4.3
53.3
5
427
44
9.7
35.6
0
21Cannonball Butler
C. Butler
636
1970
14
166
3.8
45.4
0
151
24
6.3
10.8
1
22Bo Scott
B. Scott
625
1970
13
151
4.1
48.1
7
351
40
8.8
27.0
4
23Paul Robinson
P. Robinson
622
1970
14
149
4.2
44.4
6
175
17
10.3
12.5
1
24Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
581
1970
10
139
4.2
58.1
5
258
28
9.2
25.8
0
25Charlie Harraway
C. Harraway
577
1970
13
146
4.0
44.4
5
136
24
5.7
10.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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