nfl rushing leaders 1973

O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards in 1973, with 2,003 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
2,003
1973
14
332
6.0
143.1
12
70
6
11.7
5.0
0
2John Brockington
J. Brockington
1,144
1973
14
265
4.3
81.7
3
128
16
8.0
9.1
0
3Calvin Hill
C. Hill
1,142
1973
14
273
4.2
81.6
6
290
32
9.1
20.7
0
4Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
1,097
1973
12
210
5.2
91.4
2
289
30
9.6
24.1
3
5Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
1,003
1973
14
219
4.6
71.6
5
22
7
3.1
1.6
0
6Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
997
1973
14
263
3.8
71.2
4
273
25
10.9
19.5
1
7Essex Johnson
E. Johnson
997
1973
14
195
5.1
71.2
4
356
28
12.7
25.4
3
8Boobie Clark
B. Clark
988
1973
14
254
3.9
70.6
8
347
45
7.7
24.8
0
9Floyd Little
F. Little
979
1973
14
256
3.8
69.9
12
423
41
10.3
30.2
1
10Tom Sullivan
T. Sullivan
968
1973
13
217
4.5
74.5
4
322
50
6.4
24.8
1
11Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
963
1973
14
253
3.8
68.8
2
113
17
6.6
8.1
0
12Mercury Morris
M. Morris
954
1973
13
149
6.4
73.4
10
51
4
12.8
3.9
0
13Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
903
1973
14
193
4.7
64.5
6
116
15
7.7
8.3
0
14Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
902
1973
12
260
3.5
75.2
6
377
32
11.8
31.4
3
15Larry Brown
L. Brown
860
1973
14
273
3.2
61.4
8
482
40
12.1
34.4
6
16Jim Bertelsen
J. Bertelsen
854
1973
14
206
4.1
61.0
4
267
19
14.1
19.1
1
17Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
831
1973
13
182
4.6
63.9
3
130
22
5.9
10.0
3
18Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
801
1973
12
182
4.4
66.8
4
362
37
9.8
30.2
2
19Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
721
1973
14
210
3.4
51.5
3
445
55
8.1
31.8
0
20Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
719
1973
13
176
4.1
55.3
5
252
27
9.3
19.4
0
21Joe Dawkins
J. Dawkins
706
1973
14
160
4.4
50.4
2
329
30
11.0
23.5
0
22Franco Harris
F. Harris
698
1973
12
188
3.7
58.2
3
69
10
6.9
5.8
0
23Charlie Smith
C. Smith
682
1973
14
173
3.9
48.7
4
260
28
9.3
18.6
1
24Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
679
1973
14
167
4.1
48.5
10
409
41
10.0
29.2
3
25Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
663
1973
14
198
3.3
47.4
0
169
22
7.7
12.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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