who led the nfl in rushing in 1982

Freeman McNeil had the most rushing yards in 1982, with 786 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 Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
786
1982
NYJ NYJ
9
151
5.2
87.3
6
187
16
11.7
20.8
1
2 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
745
1982
DAL DAL
9
177
4.2
82.8
5
179
24
7.5
19.9
0
3 Andra Franklin
A. Franklin
701
1982
MIA MIA
9
177
4.0
77.9
7
9
3
3.0
1.0
0
4 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
697
1982
RAI RAI
9
160
4.4
77.4
11
401
38
10.6
44.6
3
5 Billy Sims
B. Sims
639
1982
DET DET
9
172
3.7
71.0
4
342
34
10.1
38.0
0
6 Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
633
1982
BUF BUF
7
134
4.7
90.4
3
99
13
7.6
14.1
0
7 Tony Collins
T. Collins
632
1982
NE NE
9
164
3.9
70.2
1
187
19
9.8
20.8
2
8 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
622
1982
CIN CIN
9
156
4.0
69.1
7
267
31
8.6
29.7
0
9 Franco Harris
F. Harris
604
1982
PIT PIT
9
140
4.3
67.1
2
249
31
8.0
27.7
0
10 Walter Payton
W. Payton
596
1982
CHI CHI
9
148
4.0
66.2
1
311
32
9.7
34.6
0
11 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
587
1982
STL STL
8
145
4.0
73.4
3
106
14
7.6
13.3
0
12 William Andrews
W. Andrews
573
1982
ATL ATL
9
139
4.1
63.7
5
503
42
12.0
55.9
2
13 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
569
1982
SD SD
9
138
4.1
63.2
8
207
25
8.3
23.0
1
14 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
564
1982
RAM RAM
9
137
4.1
62.7
9
375
38
9.9
41.7
4
15 John Riggins
J. Riggins
553
1982
WAS WAS
8
177
3.1
69.1
3
50
10
5.0
6.3
0
16 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
538
1982
HOU HOU
9
157
3.4
59.8
2
130
18
7.2
14.4
0
17 George Rogers
G. Rogers
535
1982
NO NO
6
122
4.4
89.2
3
21
4
5.3
3.5
0
18 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
516
1982
CLE CLE
9
143
3.6
57.3
3
140
22
6.4
15.6
0
19 Ted Brown
T. Brown
515
1982
MIN MIN
8
120
4.3
64.4
1
207
31
6.7
25.9
2
20 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
515
1982
PHI PHI
8
114
4.5
64.4
7
258
20
12.9
32.3
2
21 Eddie Lee Ivery
E. Lee Ivery
453
1982
GB GB
9
127
3.6
50.3
9
186
16
11.6
20.7
1
22 Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
439
1982
NYG NYG
9
112
3.9
48.8
2
224
23
9.7
24.9
2
23 James Brooks
J. Brooks
430
1982
SD SD
9
87
4.9
47.8
6
66
13
5.1
7.3
0
24 Wayne Wilson
W. Wilson
413
1982
NO NO
8
103
4.0
51.6
3
175
25
7.0
21.9
2
25 Roosevelt Leaks
R. Leaks
405
1982
BUF BUF
9
97
4.2
45.0
5
91
13
7.0
10.1
0
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