who led the nfl in rushing in 1986

Eric Dickerson had the most rushing yards in 1986, with 1,821 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,821
1986
RAM RAM
16
404
4.5
113.8
11
205
26
7.9
12.8
0
2Joe Morris
J. Morris
1,516
1986
NYG NYG
15
341
4.4
101.1
14
233
21
11.1
15.5
1
3Curt Warner
C. Warner
1,481
1986
SEA SEA
16
319
4.6
92.6
13
342
41
8.3
21.4
0
4Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
1,353
1986
NO NO
16
286
4.7
84.6
8
96
17
5.6
6.0
0
5Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,333
1986
CHI CHI
16
321
4.2
83.3
8
382
37
10.3
23.9
3
6Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
1,327
1986
ATL ATL
16
343
3.9
82.9
9
136
24
5.7
8.5
0
7George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,203
1986
WAS WAS
15
303
4.0
80.2
18
24
3
8.0
1.6
0
8James Brooks
J. Brooks
1,087
1986
CIN CIN
16
205
5.3
67.9
5
686
54
12.7
42.9
4
9Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
910
1986
PIT PIT
13
216
4.2
70.0
5
169
17
9.9
13.0
0
10James Jones
J. Jones
903
1986
DET DET
16
252
3.6
56.4
8
334
54
6.2
20.9
1
11Walter Abercrombie
W. Abercrombie
877
1986
PIT PIT
16
214
4.1
54.8
6
395
47
8.4
24.7
2
12Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
856
1986
NYJ NYJ
12
214
4.0
71.3
5
410
49
8.4
34.2
1
13Roger Craig
R. Craig
830
1986
SF SF
16
204
4.1
51.9
7
624
81
7.7
39.0
0
14Lorenzo Hampton
L. Hampton
830
1986
MIA MIA
16
186
4.5
51.9
9
446
61
7.3
27.9
3
15Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
800
1986
STL STL
15
174
4.6
53.3
5
276
41
6.7
18.4
0
16Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
793
1986
MIN MIN
16
191
4.2
49.6
4
593
53
11.2
37.1
3
17Sammy Winder
S. Winder
789
1986
DEN DEN
16
240
3.3
49.3
9
171
26
6.6
10.7
5
18Marcus Allen
M. Allen
759
1986
RAI RAI
13
208
3.6
58.4
5
453
46
9.8
34.8
2
19Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
748
1986
DAL DAL
13
184
4.1
57.5
5
267
25
10.7
20.5
1
20Herschel Walker
H. Walker
737
1986
DAL DAL
16
151
4.9
46.1
12
837
76
11.0
52.3
2
21James Wilder
J. Wilder
704
1986
TB TB
12
190
3.7
58.7
2
326
43
7.6
27.2
1
22Garry James
G. James
688
1986
DET DET
16
159
4.3
43.0
3
219
34
6.4
13.7
0
23Kevin Mack
K. Mack
665
1986
CLE CLE
12
174
3.8
55.4
10
292
28
10.4
24.3
0
24Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
662
1986
HOU HOU
13
199
3.3
50.9
4
180
24
7.5
13.8
0
25Robb Riddick
R. Riddick
632
1986
BUF BUF
15
150
4.2
42.1
4
468
49
9.6
31.2
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16.3

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110.0

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257.3

7th

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