scrimmage yards per game leaders from running backs 1983

Eric Dickerson had the most yards from scrimmage per game by a running back in 1983, with 138.3 per game in his rookie season.

NAMEYDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
138.3
1983
16
1,808
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2William Andrews
W. Andrews
136.0
1983
16
1,567
331
4.7
97.9
7
609
59
10.3
38.1
4
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
126.8
1983
16
1,421
314
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
4Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
115.3
1983
15
1,270
296
4.3
84.7
5
459
54
8.5
30.6
1
5Billy Sims
B. Sims
112.2
1983
13
1,040
220
4.7
80.0
7
419
42
10.0
32.2
0
6Curt Warner
C. Warner
110.9
1983
16
1,449
335
4.3
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
7Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
108.4
1983
14
1,301
322
4.0
92.9
12
216
19
11.4
15.4
0
8Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
103.4
1983
16
1,131
263
4.3
70.7
3
524
57
9.2
32.8
7
9James Wilder
J. Wilder
102.0
1983
10
640
161
4.0
64.0
4
380
57
6.7
38.0
2
10Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
100.5
1983
16
1,321
289
4.6
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
11Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
100.3
1983
16
1,122
254
4.4
70.1
4
483
24
20.1
30.2
3
12Marcus Allen
M. Allen
100.3
1983
16
1,014
266
3.8
63.4
9
590
68
8.7
36.9
2
13George Rogers
G. Rogers
93.3
1983
13
1,144
256
4.5
88.0
5
69
12
5.8
5.3
0
14Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
91.8
1983
9
654
160
4.1
72.7
1
172
21
8.2
19.1
3
15John Riggins
J. Riggins
91.7
1983
15
1,347
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
16Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
89.4
1983
15
1,184
293
4.0
78.9
10
157
30
5.2
10.5
2
17Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
88.2
1983
10
624
170
3.7
62.4
4
258
26
9.9
25.8
2
18Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
86.6
1983
15
696
141
4.9
46.4
4
603
52
11.6
40.2
2
19Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
85.5
1983
15
886
235
3.8
59.1
12
396
42
9.4
26.4
1
20Bruce Harper
B. Harper
85.2
1983
9
354
51
6.9
39.3
1
413
48
8.6
45.9
2
21Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
84.0
1983
15
642
154
4.2
42.8
1
618
51
12.1
41.2
0
22Ted Brown
T. Brown
83.3
1983
10
476
120
4.0
47.6
10
357
41
8.7
35.7
1
23Joe Washington
J. Washington
81.7
1983
15
772
145
5.3
51.5
0
454
47
9.7
30.3
6
24Tony Collins
T. Collins
81.6
1983
16
1,049
219
4.8
65.6
10
257
27
9.5
16.1
0
25Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
81.5
1983
14
856
176
4.9
61.1
4
285
34
8.4
20.4
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