who led the nfl in rushing in 1987

Charles White had the most rushing yards in 1987, with 1,374 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Charles White
C. White
1,374
1987
15
324
4.2
91.6
11
121
23
5.3
8.1
0
2Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
1,288
1987
TOT
12
283
4.6
107.3
6
171
18
9.5
14.3
0
3Curt Warner
C. Warner
985
1987
12
234
4.2
82.1
8
167
17
9.8
13.9
2
4Mike Rozier
M. Rozier
957
1987
11
229
4.2
87.0
3
192
27
7.1
17.5
0
5Rueben Mayes
R. Mayes
917
1987
12
243
3.8
76.4
5
68
15
4.5
5.7
0
6Herschel Walker
H. Walker
891
1987
12
209
4.3
74.3
7
715
60
11.9
59.6
1
7Gerald Riggs
G. Riggs
875
1987
12
203
4.3
72.9
2
199
25
8.0
16.6
0
8Roger Craig
R. Craig
815
1987
14
215
3.8
58.2
3
492
66
7.5
35.1
1
9Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
781
1987
12
203
3.8
65.1
3
397
45
8.8
33.1
2
10Marcus Allen
M. Allen
754
1987
12
200
3.8
62.8
5
410
51
8.0
34.2
0
11Sammy Winder
S. Winder
741
1987
12
196
3.8
61.8
6
74
14
5.3
6.2
1
12Kevin Mack
K. Mack
735
1987
12
201
3.7
61.3
5
223
32
7.0
18.6
1
13Earnest Jackson
E. Jackson
696
1987
12
180
3.9
58.0
1
52
7
7.4
4.3
0
14Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
660
1987
12
157
4.2
55.0
3
169
24
7.0
14.1
0
15Joe Morris
J. Morris
658
1987
11
193
3.4
59.8
3
114
11
10.4
10.4
0
16Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
642
1987
10
131
4.9
64.2
2
129
26
5.0
12.9
0
17Albert Bentley
A. Bentley
631
1987
12
142
4.4
52.6
7
447
34
13.1
37.3
2
18Troy Stradford
T. Stradford
619
1987
12
145
4.3
51.6
6
457
48
9.5
38.1
1
19George Rogers
G. Rogers
613
1987
11
163
3.8
55.7
6
23
4
5.8
2.1
0
20Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
586
1987
11
129
4.5
53.3
3
467
47
9.9
42.5
3
21Larry Kinnebrew
L. Kinnebrew
570
1987
11
145
3.9
51.8
8
114
9
12.7
10.4
0
22Bo Jackson
B. Jackson
554
1987
7
81
6.8
79.1
4
136
16
8.5
19.4
2
23Frank Pollard
F. Pollard
536
1987
12
128
4.2
44.7
3
77
14
5.5
6.4
0
24Walter Payton
W. Payton
533
1987
12
146
3.7
44.4
4
217
33
6.6
18.1
1
25Freeman McNeil
F. McNeil
530
1987
9
121
4.4
58.9
0
262
24
10.9
29.1
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Rams Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

4,179

Stafford

Matthew Stafford

RUSH

1,100

Williams

Kyren Williams

REC

1,592

Nacua

Puka Nacua
Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

1st

OPP PPG

19.9

7th

RUSH YDS/G

126.3

7th

PASS YDS/G

278.6

2nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams
11
4
0
.733
3
13
0
.188
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAR Rams

11 - 4

37

Final

38

SEA Seahawks

12 - 3

Thu 18 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
Bills Bills - w
11
5
0
.688
7
9
0
.438
Jets Jets - e
3
13
0
.188
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
7
0
.563
8
8
0
.500
6
10
0
.375
4
12
0
.250
AFC SouthWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
11
5
0
.688
Colts Colts - e
8
8
0
.500
3
13
0
.188
AFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
11
5
0
.688
6
10
0
.375
2
14
0
.125
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
5
0
.688
7
8
1
.469
4
12
0
.250
3
13
0
.188
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
5
0
.688
9
6
1
.594
8
8
0
.500
Lions Lions - e
8
8
0
.500
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
8
0
.500
7
9
0
.438
6
9
0
.400
6
10
0
.375
NFC WestWLTPCT
13
3
0
.813
49ers 49ers - x
12
4
0
.750
Rams Rams - x
11
4
0
.733
3
13
0
.188

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/27
@
13-42
Sat
9/27
@
18-21
Sat
9/27
@
26-21
Sat
9/27
@
20-27
Sat
9/27
@
25-24

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sat
1/3
@
4:30 PM
Sat
1/3
@
8:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM