who led the nfl in rushing in 1966

Jim Nance had the most rushing yards in 1966, with 1,458 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Jim Nance
J. Nance
1,458
1966
BOS BOS
14
299
4.9
104.1
11
103
8
12.9
7.4
0
2 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1,231
1966
CHI CHI
14
229
5.4
87.9
8
447
34
13.1
31.9
2
3 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
1,141
1966
CLE CLE
14
209
5.5
81.5
15
366
32
11.4
26.1
1
4 Dick Bass
D. Bass
1,090
1966
LA LA
14
248
4.4
77.9
8
274
31
8.8
19.6
0
5 Bill Brown
B. Brown
829
1966
MIN MIN
14
251
3.3
59.2
6
359
37
9.7
25.6
0
6 Clem Daniels
C. Daniels
801
1966
OAK OAK
14
204
3.9
57.2
7
652
40
16.3
46.6
3
7 Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
801
1966
KC KC
14
147
5.4
57.2
6
175
15
11.7
12.5
1
8 Bobby Burnett
B. Burnett
766
1966
BUF BUF
14
187
4.1
54.7
4
419
34
12.3
29.9
4
9 Ken Willard
K. Willard
763
1966
SF SF
14
191
4.0
54.5
5
351
42
8.4
25.1
2
10 Dan Reeves
D. Reeves
757
1966
DAL DAL
14
175
4.3
54.1
8
557
41
13.6
39.8
8
11 Ernie Green
E. Green
750
1966
CLE CLE
14
144
5.2
53.6
3
445
45
9.9
31.8
6
12 Don Perkins
D. Perkins
726
1966
DAL DAL
14
186
3.9
51.9
8
231
23
10.0
16.5
0
13 Junior Coffey
J. Coffey
722
1966
ATL ATL
14
199
3.6
51.6
4
182
15
12.1
13.0
1
14 Jim Taylor
J. Taylor
705
1966
GB GB
14
204
3.5
50.4
4
331
41
8.1
23.6
2
15 Wray Carlton
W. Carlton
696
1966
BUF BUF
14
156
4.5
49.7
6
280
21
13.3
20.0
0
16 Johnny Roland
J. Roland
695
1966
STL STL
14
192
3.6
49.6
5
213
21
10.1
15.2
0
17 Matt Snell
M. Snell
644
1966
NYJ NYJ
12
178
3.6
53.7
4
346
48
7.2
28.8
4
18 Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
643
1966
SD SD
14
146
4.4
45.9
3
41
12
3.4
2.9
0
19 Timmy Brown
T. Brown
548
1966
PHI PHI
13
161
3.4
42.2
3
371
33
11.2
28.5
3
20 Willie Asbury
W. Asbury
544
1966
PIT PIT
14
169
3.2
38.9
7
228
19
12.0
16.3
2
21 Curtis McClinton
C. McClinton
540
1966
KC KC
14
140
3.9
38.6
4
285
19
15.0
20.4
5
22 Tony Lorick
T. Lorick
524
1966
BAL BAL
14
143
3.7
37.4
3
81
12
6.8
5.8
0
23 Bert Coan
B. Coan
521
1966
KC KC
14
96
5.4
37.2
7
131
18
7.3
9.4
2
24 Tom Nowatzke
T. Nowatzke
512
1966
DET DET
14
151
3.4
36.6
6
316
54
5.9
22.6
1
25 John David Crow
J. David Crow
477
1966
SF SF
14
121
3.9
34.1
1
341
30
11.4
24.4
3
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