which running back led the league in rushing in 1981

George Rogers had the most rushing yards by a running back in 1981, with 1,674 yards in his rookie season.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,674
1981
NO NO
16
378
4.4
104.6
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
2 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,646
1981
DAL DAL
16
342
4.8
102.9
4
325
32
10.2
20.3
2
3 Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,437
1981
DET DET
14
296
4.9
102.6
13
451
28
16.1
32.2
2
4 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
1,402
1981
PHI PHI
15
286
4.9
93.5
8
521
49
10.6
34.7
2
5 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,376
1981
STL STL
16
328
4.2
86.0
9
387
51
7.6
24.2
0
6 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,376
1981
HOU HOU
16
361
3.8
86.0
10
156
36
4.3
9.8
0
7 William Andrews
W. Andrews
1,301
1981
ATL ATL
16
289
4.5
81.3
10
735
81
9.1
45.9
2
8 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,222
1981
CHI CHI
16
339
3.6
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
9 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
1,144
1981
SD SD
15
251
4.6
76.3
19
362
43
8.4
24.1
0
10 Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
1,121
1981
KC KC
15
234
4.8
74.7
3
246
22
11.2
16.4
0
11 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,103
1981
CLE CLE
16
247
4.5
68.9
7
442
63
7.0
27.6
1
12 Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,097
1981
BUF BUF
15
257
4.3
73.1
3
603
40
15.1
40.2
7
13 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
1,077
1981
CIN CIN
16
274
3.9
67.3
12
320
46
7.0
20.0
4
14 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,074
1981
LA LA
15
260
4.1
71.6
12
436
45
9.7
29.1
5
15 Ted Brown
T. Brown
1,063
1981
MIN MIN
16
274
3.9
66.4
6
694
83
8.4
43.4
2
16 Franco Harris
F. Harris
987
1981
PIT PIT
16
242
4.1
61.7
8
250
37
6.8
15.6
1
17 Joe Washington
J. Washington
916
1981
WAS WAS
14
210
4.4
65.4
4
558
70
8.0
39.9
3
18 Tony Collins
T. Collins
873
1981
NE NE
16
204
4.3
54.6
7
232
26
8.9
14.5
0
19 Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
860
1981
GB GB
16
196
4.4
53.8
4
499
65
7.7
31.2
3
20 Kenny King
K. King
828
1981
OAK OAK
14
170
4.9
59.1
0
216
27
8.0
15.4
0
21 Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
822
1981
TOT
14
208
4.0
58.7
5
281
37
7.6
20.1
1
22 Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
782
1981
MIA MIA
13
147
5.3
60.2
5
452
50
9.0
34.8
3
23 Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
779
1981
BAL BAL
15
164
4.8
51.9
7
419
37
11.3
27.9
3
24 Rick Parros
R. Parros
749
1981
DEN DEN
16
176
4.3
46.8
2
216
25
8.6
13.5
1
25 John Riggins
J. Riggins
714
1981
WAS WAS
15
195
3.7
47.6
13
59
6
9.8
3.9
0
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