who led the nfl in rushing in 1985

Marcus Allen rushed for the most yards in 1985, with 1,759 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Marcus Allen
M. Allen
1,759
1985
RAI RAI
16
380
4.6
109.9
11
555
67
8.3
34.7
3
2Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
1,719
1985
ATL ATL
16
397
4.3
107.4
10
267
33
8.1
16.7
0
3Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,551
1985
CHI CHI
16
324
4.8
96.9
9
483
49
9.9
30.2
2
4Joe Morris
J. Morris
1,336
1985
NYG NYG
16
294
4.5
83.5
21
212
22
9.6
13.3
0
5Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
1,331
1985
NYJ NYJ
14
294
4.5
95.1
3
427
38
11.2
30.5
2
6Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,307
1985
DAL DAL
16
305
4.3
81.7
7
449
46
9.8
28.1
3
7James Wilder
J. Wilder
1,300
1985
TB TB
16
365
3.6
81.3
10
341
53
6.4
21.3
0
8Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,234
1985
RAM RAM
14
292
4.2
88.1
12
126
20
6.3
9.0
0
9Craig James
C. James
1,227
1985
NE NE
16
263
4.7
76.7
5
360
27
13.3
22.5
2
10Kevin Mack
K. Mack
1,104
1985
CLE CLE
16
222
5.0
69.0
7
297
29
10.2
18.6
3
11Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,094
1985
SEA SEA
16
291
3.8
68.4
8
307
47
6.5
19.2
1
12George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,093
1985
WAS WAS
15
231
4.7
72.9
7
29
4
7.3
1.9
0
13Roger Craig
R. Craig
1,050
1985
SF SF
16
214
4.9
65.6
9
1,016
92
11.0
63.5
6
14Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
1,028
1985
PHI PHI
16
282
3.6
64.3
5
126
10
12.6
7.9
1
15Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1,006
1985
STL STL
16
183
5.5
62.9
7
502
47
10.7
31.4
3
16Earnest Byner
E. Byner
1,002
1985
CLE CLE
16
244
4.1
62.6
8
460
45
10.2
28.8
2
17Frank Pollard
F. Pollard
991
1985
PIT PIT
16
233
4.3
61.9
3
250
24
10.4
15.6
0
18James Brooks
J. Brooks
929
1985
CIN CIN
16
192
4.8
58.1
7
576
55
10.5
36.0
5
19Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
893
1985
MIN MIN
16
200
4.5
55.8
5
301
43
7.0
18.8
1
20James Jones
J. Jones
886
1985
DET DET
14
244
3.6
63.3
6
334
45
7.4
23.9
3
21Greg Bell
G. Bell
883
1985
BUF BUF
16
223
4.0
55.2
8
576
58
9.9
36.0
1
22Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
867
1985
SF SF
13
171
5.1
66.7
6
154
20
7.7
11.8
2
23Randy McMillan
R. McMillan
858
1985
IND IND
15
190
4.5
57.2
7
115
22
5.2
7.7
0
24Walter Abercrombie
W. Abercrombie
851
1985
PIT PIT
16
227
3.7
53.2
7
209
24
8.7
13.1
2
25George Wonsley
G. Wonsley
716
1985
IND IND
16
138
5.2
44.8
6
257
30
8.6
16.1
0
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