who led the nfl in rushing in 1992

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards in 1992, with 1,713 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,713
1992
16
373
4.6
107.1
18
335
59
5.7
20.9
1
2Barry Foster
B. Foster
1,690
1992
16
390
4.3
105.6
11
344
36
9.6
21.5
0
3Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,487
1992
16
312
4.8
92.9
9
626
58
10.8
39.1
3
4Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,352
1992
16
312
4.3
84.5
9
225
29
7.8
14.1
1
5Lorenzo White
L. White
1,226
1992
16
265
4.6
76.6
7
641
57
11.2
40.1
1
6Terry Allen
T. Allen
1,201
1992
16
266
4.5
75.1
13
478
49
9.8
29.9
2
7Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
1,171
1992
16
310
3.8
73.2
9
156
21
7.4
9.8
0
8Harold Green
H. Green
1,170
1992
16
265
4.4
73.1
2
214
41
5.2
13.4
0
9Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
1,141
1992
16
257
4.4
71.3
14
215
28
7.7
13.4
0
10Cleveland Gary
C. Gary
1,125
1992
16
279
4.0
70.3
7
293
52
5.6
18.3
3
11Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,070
1992
16
267
4.0
66.9
8
278
38
7.3
17.4
2
12Chris Warren
C. Warren
1,017
1992
16
223
4.6
63.6
3
134
16
8.4
8.4
0
13Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,013
1992
14
206
4.9
72.4
9
405
43
9.4
28.9
2
14Earnest Byner
E. Byner
998
1992
16
262
3.8
62.4
6
338
39
8.7
21.1
1
15Mark Higgs
M. Higgs
915
1992
16
256
3.6
57.2
7
142
16
8.9
8.9
0
16Marion Butts
M. Butts
809
1992
15
218
3.7
53.9
4
73
9
8.1
4.9
0
17Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
734
1992
12
178
4.1
61.2
6
103
14
7.4
8.6
0
18Eric Dickerson
E. Dickerson
729
1992
16
187
3.9
45.6
2
85
14
6.1
5.3
1
19Brad Baxter
B. Baxter
698
1992
15
152
4.6
46.5
6
32
4
8.0
2.1
0
20Gaston Green
G. Green
648
1992
14
161
4.0
46.3
2
79
10
7.9
5.6
0
21Vince Workman
V. Workman
631
1992
10
159
4.0
63.1
2
290
47
6.2
29.0
0
22Kenneth Davis
K. Davis
613
1992
16
139
4.4
38.3
6
80
15
5.3
5.0
0
23Barry Word
B. Word
607
1992
12
163
3.7
50.6
4
80
9
8.9
6.7
0
24Anthony Johnson
A. Johnson
592
1992
15
178
3.3
39.5
0
517
49
10.6
34.5
3
25Heath Sherman
H. Sherman
583
1992
16
112
5.2
36.4
5
219
18
12.2
13.7
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