who led the nfl in rushing in 1983

Eric Dickerson rushed for the most yards in his rookie season in 1983, with 1,808 yards.

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  • Data note: Rushing Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,808
1983
16
390
4.6
113.0
18
404
51
7.9
25.3
2
2William Andrews
W. Andrews
1,567
1983
16
331
4.7
97.9
7
609
59
10.3
38.1
4
3Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,449
1983
16
335
4.3
90.6
13
325
42
7.7
20.3
1
4Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,421
1983
16
314
4.5
88.8
6
607
53
11.5
37.9
2
5John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,347
1983
15
375
3.6
89.8
24
29
5
5.8
1.9
0
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,321
1983
16
289
4.6
82.6
8
287
40
7.2
17.9
1
7Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,301
1983
14
322
4.0
92.9
12
216
19
11.4
15.4
0
8Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,270
1983
15
296
4.3
84.7
5
459
54
8.5
30.6
1
9Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,184
1983
15
293
4.0
78.9
10
157
30
5.2
10.5
2
10George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,144
1983
13
256
4.5
88.0
5
69
12
5.8
5.3
0
11Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,131
1983
16
263
4.3
70.7
3
524
57
9.2
32.8
7
12Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
1,122
1983
16
254
4.4
70.1
4
483
24
20.1
30.2
3
13Tony Collins
T. Collins
1,049
1983
16
219
4.8
65.6
10
257
27
9.5
16.1
0
14Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,040
1983
13
220
4.7
80.0
7
419
42
10.0
32.2
0
15Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,014
1983
16
266
3.8
63.4
9
590
68
8.7
36.9
2
16Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,007
1983
16
279
3.6
62.9
5
278
34
8.2
17.4
2
17Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
886
1983
15
235
3.8
59.1
12
396
42
9.4
26.4
1
18Butch Woolfolk
B. Woolfolk
857
1983
16
246
3.5
53.6
4
368
28
13.1
23.0
0
19Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
856
1983
14
176
4.9
61.1
4
285
34
8.4
20.4
2
20Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
802
1983
16
198
4.1
50.1
5
195
24
8.1
12.2
1
21Wayne Wilson
W. Wilson
787
1983
14
199
4.0
56.2
9
178
20
8.9
12.7
2
22Joe Washington
J. Washington
772
1983
15
145
5.3
51.5
0
454
47
9.7
30.3
6
23Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
763
1983
11
210
3.6
69.4
14
129
15
8.6
11.7
0
24Sammy Winder
S. Winder
757
1983
14
196
3.9
54.1
3
150
23
6.5
10.7
0
25Andra Franklin
A. Franklin
746
1983
15
224
3.3
49.7
8
0
0
0.0
0

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