who led the nfl in rushing in 1974

Otis Armstrong rushed for the most yards in 1974, with 1,407 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 Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
1,407
1974
DEN DEN
14
263
5.3
100.5
9
405
38
10.7
28.9
3
2 Don Woods
D. Woods
1,162
1974
SD SD
12
227
5.1
96.8
7
349
26
13.4
29.1
3
3 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,125
1974
BUF BUF
14
270
4.2
80.4
3
189
15
12.6
13.5
1
4 Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
1,109
1974
LA LA
14
236
4.7
79.2
3
408
39
10.5
29.1
2
5 Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,006
1974
PIT PIT
12
208
4.8
83.8
5
200
23
8.7
16.7
1
6 John Brockington
J. Brockington
883
1974
GB GB
14
266
3.3
63.1
5
314
43
7.3
22.4
0
7 Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
865
1974
OAK OAK
14
188
4.6
61.8
4
95
11
8.6
6.8
0
8 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
844
1974
DAL DAL
12
185
4.6
70.3
7
134
12
11.2
11.2
0
9 Mack Herron
M. Herron
824
1974
NE NE
14
231
3.6
58.9
7
474
38
12.5
33.9
5
10 Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
811
1974
NE NE
10
166
4.9
81.1
9
214
22
9.7
21.4
2
11 Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
777
1974
MIN MIN
13
199
3.9
59.8
9
586
53
11.1
45.1
6
12 Tom Sullivan
T. Sullivan
760
1974
PHI PHI
14
244
3.1
54.3
11
312
39
8.0
22.3
1
13 Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
757
1974
BAL BAL
14
214
3.5
54.1
5
544
72
7.6
38.9
2
14 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
749
1974
MIA MIA
12
197
3.8
62.4
9
35
7
5.0
2.9
0
15 Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
718
1974
STL STL
14
152
4.7
51.3
6
377
50
7.5
26.9
1
16 Alvin Maxson
A. Maxson
714
1974
NO NO
14
165
4.3
51.0
2
294
42
7.0
21.0
1
17 Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
705
1974
SF SF
14
174
4.1
50.4
0
190
23
8.3
13.6
2
18 John Riggins
J. Riggins
680
1974
NYJ NYJ
10
169
4.0
68.0
5
180
19
9.5
18.0
2
19 Jim Otis
J. Otis
664
1974
STL STL
14
158
4.2
47.4
1
109
19
5.7
7.8
0
20 Larry Schreiber
L. Schreiber
634
1974
SF SF
14
174
3.6
45.3
3
217
30
7.2
15.5
1
21 Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
563
1974
NYJ NYJ
13
153
3.7
43.3
4
161
14
11.5
12.4
1
22 Joe Dawkins
J. Dawkins
561
1974
NYG NYG
14
156
3.6
40.1
2
332
46
7.2
23.7
3
23 Jess Phillips
J. Phillips
556
1974
NO NO
14
174
3.2
39.7
2
55
11
5.0
3.9
0
24 Clarence Davis
C. Davis
554
1974
OAK OAK
11
129
4.3
50.4
2
145
11
13.2
13.2
1
25 Jim Braxton
J. Braxton
543
1974
BUF BUF
12
146
3.7
45.3
4
171
18
9.5
14.3
0
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