washington players most rushing yards in a season 1932 to 1990

From 1932 through 1990, John Riggins rushed for the most yards for the Washington Redskins in a season, with 1,347 yards in 1983.

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Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,347	1983	WAS	15	375	3.6	89.8	24	29	5	5.8	1.9	0
2	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,239	1984	WAS	14	327	3.8	88.5	14	43	7	6.1	3.1	0
3	Earnest Byner E. Byner	1,219	1990	WAS	16	297	4.1	76.2	6	279	31	9.0	17.4	1
4	Larry Brown L. Brown	1,216	1972	WAS	12	285	4.3	101.3	8	473	32	14.8	39.4	4
5	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,203	1986	WAS	15	303	4.0	80.2	18	24	3	8.0	1.6	0
6	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,153	1979	WAS	16	260	4.4	72.1	9	163	28	5.8	10.2	3
7	Larry Brown L. Brown	1,125	1970	WAS	13	237	4.7	86.5	5	341	37	9.2	26.2	2
8	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	1,101	1976	WAS	13	254	4.3	84.7	5	290	28	10.4	22.3	4
9	George Rogers G. Rogers	1,093	1985	WAS	15	231	4.7	72.9	7	29	4	7.3	1.9	0
10	John Riggins J. Riggins	1,014	1978	WAS	15	248	4.1	67.6	5	299	31	9.6	19.9	0
11	Rob Goode R. Goode	951	1951	WAS	12	208	4.6	79.3	9	45	3	15.0	3.8	0
12	Larry Brown L. Brown	948	1971	WAS	13	253	3.7	72.9	4	176	16	11.0	13.5	2
13	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	919	1975	WAS	14	235	3.9	65.6	4	483	40	12.1	34.5	3
14	Joe Washington J. Washington	916	1981	WAS	14	210	4.4	65.4	4	558	70	8.0	39.9	3
15	Larry Brown L. Brown	888	1969	WAS	14	202	4.4	63.4	4	302	34	8.9	21.6	0
16	Cliff Battles C. Battles	874	1937	WAS	10	216	4.0	87.4	5	81	9	9.0	8.1	1
17	Larry Brown L. Brown	860	1973	WAS	14	273	3.2	61.4	8	482	40	12.1	34.4	6
18	Gerald Riggs G. Riggs	834	1989	WAS	12	201	4.1	69.5	4	67	7	9.6	5.6	0
19	Jim Musick J. Musick	809	1933	BOS	12	173	4.7	67.4	5	78	3	26.0	6.5	0
20	Mike Thomas M. Thomas	806	1977	WAS	13	228	3.5	62.0	3	245	28	8.8	18.8	2
21	Frank Akins F. Akins	797	1945	WAS	10	147	5.4	79.7	6	57	8	7.1	5.7	0
22	Joe Washington J. Washington	772	1983	WAS	15	145	5.3	51.5	0	454	47	9.7	30.3	6
23	Charley Taylor C. Taylor	755	1964	WAS	14	199	3.8	53.9	5	814	53	15.4	58.1	5
24	Cliff Battles C. Battles	737	1933	BOS	12	136	5.4	61.4	3	185	11	16.8	15.4	0
25	John Riggins J. Riggins	714	1981	WAS	15	195	3.7	47.6	13	59	6	9.8	3.9	0

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