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

who led the nfl in rushing in 1981
1981 Rogers 1981 Dorsett 1981 Sims 1981 Montgomery 1981 Anderson 1981 Campbell 1981 Andrews 1981 Payton 1981 Muncie 1981 Delaney 1981 Pruitt 1981 Cribbs 1981 Johnson 1981 Tyler 1981 Brown 1981 Harris 1981 Washington 1981 Collins 1981 Ellis 1981 King 1981 Carpenter 1981 Nathan 1981 Dickey 1981 Parros 1981 Riggins 1981 Franklin 1981 Eckwood 0 200 400 600 800 1k 1k 1k 2k 1.7k 1.6k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 987 916 873 860 828 822 782 779 749 714 711 651
NAME SEASON TM GP RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
George Rogers George Rogers 1981
NO NO
16 1,674 378 4.4 104.6 13 126 16 7.9 7.9 0
Tony Dorsett Tony Dorsett 1981
DAL DAL
16 1,646 342 4.8 102.9 4 325 32 10.2 20.3 2
Billy Sims Billy Sims 1981
DET DET
14 1,437 296 4.9 102.6 13 451 28 16.1 32.2 2
Wilbert Montgomery Wilbert Montgomery 1981
PHI PHI
15 1,402 286 4.9 93.5 8 521 49 10.6 34.7 2
Ottis Anderson Ottis Anderson 1981
STL STL
16 1,376 328 4.2 86.0 9 387 51 7.6 24.2 0
Earl Campbell Earl Campbell 1981
HOU HOU
16 1,376 361 3.8 86.0 10 156 36 4.3 9.8 0
William Andrews William Andrews 1981
ATL ATL
16 1,301 289 4.5 81.3 10 735 81 9.1 45.9 2
Walter Payton Walter Payton 1981
CHI CHI
16 1,222 339 3.6 76.4 6 379 41 9.2 23.7 2
Chuck Muncie Chuck Muncie 1981
SD SD
15 1,144 251 4.6 76.3 19 362 43 8.4 24.1 0
Joe Delaney Joe Delaney 1981
KC KC
15 1,121 234 4.8 74.7 3 246 22 11.2 16.4 0
Mike Pruitt Mike Pruitt 1981
CLE CLE
16 1,103 247 4.5 68.9 7 442 63 7.0 27.6 1
Joe Cribbs Joe Cribbs 1981
BUF BUF
15 1,097 257 4.3 73.1 3 603 40 15.1 40.2 7
Pete Johnson Pete Johnson 1981
CIN CIN
16 1,077 274 3.9 67.3 12 320 46 7.0 20.0 4
Wendell Tyler Wendell Tyler 1981
LA LA
15 1,074 260 4.1 71.6 12 436 45 9.7 29.1 5
Ted Brown Ted Brown 1981
MIN MIN
16 1,063 274 3.9 66.4 6 694 83 8.4 43.4 2
Franco Harris Franco Harris 1981
PIT PIT
16 987 242 4.1 61.7 8 250 37 6.8 15.6 1
Joe Washington Joe Washington 1981
WAS WAS
14 916 210 4.4 65.4 4 558 70 8.0 39.9 3
Tony Collins Tony Collins 1981
NE NE
16 873 204 4.3 54.6 7 232 26 8.9 14.5 0
Gerry Ellis Gerry Ellis 1981
GB GB
16 860 196 4.4 53.8 4 499 65 7.7 31.2 3
Kenny King Kenny King 1981
OAK OAK
14 828 170 4.9 59.1 0 216 27 8.0 15.4 0
Rob Carpenter Rob Carpenter 1981
TOT
14 822 208 4.0 58.7 5 281 37 7.6 20.1 1
Tony Nathan Tony Nathan 1981
MIA MIA
13 782 147 5.3 60.2 5 452 50 9.0 34.8 3
Curtis Dickey Curtis Dickey 1981
BAL BAL
15 779 164 4.8 51.9 7 419 37 11.3 27.9 3
Rick Parros Rick Parros 1981
DEN DEN
16 749 176 4.3 46.8 2 216 25 8.6 13.5 1
John Riggins John Riggins 1981
WAS WAS
15 714 195 3.7 47.6 13 59 6 9.8 3.9 0
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