who led the nfl in rushing in 1976

O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards in 1976, with 1,503 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1,503
1976
BUF BUF
14
290
5.2
107.4
8
259
22
11.8
18.5
1
2Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,390
1976
CHI CHI
14
311
4.5
99.3
13
149
15
9.9
10.6
0
3Delvin Williams
D. Williams
1,203
1976
SF SF
13
248
4.9
92.5
7
283
27
10.5
21.8
2
4Lydell Mitchell
L. Mitchell
1,200
1976
BAL BAL
14
289
4.2
85.7
5
555
60
9.3
39.6
3
5Lawrence McCutcheon
L. McCutcheon
1,168
1976
LA LA
14
291
4.0
83.4
9
305
28
10.9
21.8
2
6Chuck Foreman
C. Foreman
1,155
1976
MIN MIN
14
278
4.2
82.5
13
567
55
10.3
40.5
1
7Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,128
1976
PIT PIT
14
289
3.9
80.6
14
151
23
6.6
10.8
0
8Mike Thomas
M. Thomas
1,101
1976
WAS WAS
13
254
4.3
84.7
5
290
28
10.4
22.3
4
9Rocky Bleier
R. Bleier
1,036
1976
PIT PIT
14
220
4.7
74.0
5
294
24
12.3
21.0
0
10Mark van Eeghen
M. van Eeghen
1,012
1976
OAK OAK
14
233
4.3
72.3
3
173
17
10.2
12.4
0
11Otis Armstrong
O. Armstrong
1,008
1976
DEN DEN
14
247
4.1
72.0
5
457
39
11.7
32.6
1
12Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
1,000
1976
CLE CLE
14
209
4.8
71.4
4
341
45
7.6
24.4
1
13Jim Otis
J. Otis
891
1976
STL STL
14
233
3.8
63.6
2
15
2
7.5
1.1
0
14Dexter Bussey
D. Bussey
858
1976
DET DET
14
196
4.4
61.3
3
218
28
7.8
15.6
0
15Sam Cunningham
S. Cunningham
824
1976
NE NE
11
172
4.8
74.9
3
299
27
11.1
27.2
0
16Rickey Young
R. Young
802
1976
SD SD
14
162
5.0
57.3
4
441
47
9.4
31.5
1
17Benny Malone
B. Malone
797
1976
MIA MIA
14
186
4.3
56.9
4
103
9
11.4
7.4
0
18Wilbur Jackson
W. Jackson
792
1976
SF SF
14
200
4.0
56.6
1
324
33
9.8
23.1
1
19Doug Kotar
D. Kotar
731
1976
NYG NYG
14
185
4.0
52.2
3
319
36
8.9
22.8
0
20Clark Gaines
C. Gaines
724
1976
NYJ NYJ
14
157
4.6
51.7
3
400
41
9.8
28.6
2
21Don Calhoun
D. Calhoun
721
1976
NE NE
14
129
5.6
51.5
1
56
12
4.7
4.0
0
22Andy Johnson
A. Johnson
699
1976
NE NE
14
169
4.1
49.9
6
343
29
11.8
24.5
4
23John Cappelletti
J. Cappelletti
688
1976
LA LA
14
177
3.9
49.1
1
302
30
10.1
21.6
1
24Ronnie Coleman
R. Coleman
684
1976
HOU HOU
13
171
4.0
52.6
2
247
40
6.2
19.0
3
25Boobie Clark
B. Clark
671
1976
CIN CIN
13
151
4.4
51.6
7
158
23
6.9
12.2
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