who led the nfl in rushing in 1996

Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards in 1996, with 1,553 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,553
1996
DET DET
16
307
5.1
97.1
11
147
24
6.1
9.2
0
2Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,538
1996
DEN DEN
16
345
4.5
96.1
13
310
36
8.6
19.4
2
3Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,431
1996
PIT PIT
16
320
4.5
89.4
11
122
22
5.5
7.6
0
4Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,411
1996
PHI PHI
16
353
4.0
88.2
13
444
51
8.7
27.8
0
5Eddie George
E. George
1,368
1996
HOU HOU
16
335
4.1
85.5
8
182
23
7.9
11.4
0
6Terry Allen
T. Allen
1,353
1996
WAS WAS
16
347
3.9
84.6
21
194
32
6.1
12.1
0
7Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
1,249
1996
NYJ NYJ
16
301
4.1
78.1
6
81
17
4.8
5.1
1
8Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,204
1996
DAL DAL
15
327
3.7
80.3
12
249
47
5.3
16.6
3
9Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,152
1996
NE NE
16
316
3.6
72.0
14
333
46
7.2
20.8
3
10Anthony Johnson
A. Johnson
1,120
1996
CAR CAR
16
300
3.7
70.0
6
192
26
7.4
12.0
0
11Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
1,116
1996
MIA MIA
16
307
3.6
69.8
11
139
23
6.0
8.7
0
12Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
1,055
1996
ATL ATL
16
232
4.5
65.9
5
473
49
9.7
29.6
1
13Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,033
1996
BUF BUF
15
281
3.7
68.9
8
254
26
9.8
16.9
0
14Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
899
1996
GB GB
16
222
4.0
56.2
2
176
31
5.7
11.0
1
15Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
874
1996
OAK OAK
16
150
5.8
54.6
1
143
22
6.5
8.9
1
16Chris Warren
C. Warren
855
1996
SEA SEA
14
203
4.2
61.1
5
273
40
6.8
19.5
0
17Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
847
1996
CIN CIN
16
225
3.8
52.9
0
131
12
10.9
8.2
1
18Marcus Allen
M. Allen
830
1996
KC KC
16
206
4.0
51.9
9
270
27
10.0
16.9
0
19Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
827
1996
NYG NYG
15
254
3.3
55.1
1
82
15
5.5
5.5
0
20Raymont Harris
R. Harris
748
1996
CHI CHI
12
194
3.9
62.3
4
296
32
9.3
24.7
1
21Bam Morris
B. Morris
737
1996
BAL BAL
11
172
4.3
67.0
4
242
25
9.7
22.0
1
22James Stewart
J. Stewart
723
1996
JAX JAX
13
190
3.8
55.6
8
177
30
5.9
13.6
2
23Leonard Russell
L. Russell
713
1996
SD SD
15
219
3.3
47.5
7
180
13
13.8
12.0
0
24Robert Smith
R. Smith
692
1996
MIN MIN
8
162
4.3
86.5
3
39
7
5.6
4.9
0
25Lamar Smith
L. Smith
680
1996
SEA SEA
16
153
4.4
42.5
8
58
9
6.4
3.6
0
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PPG

31.4

2nd

OPP PPG

22.2

12th

RUSH YDS/G

136.3

6th

PASS YDS/G

248.7

10th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Bears Bears
6
3
0
.667
Lions Lions
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3
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
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5
0
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11/16
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8:20 PM
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11/23
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@
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1:00 PM
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11/27
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1:00 PM
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12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
DET DET
@
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4:25 PM
Last Game
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AFC EastWLTPCT
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.800
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.667
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.800
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.700
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6
2
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.750
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3
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1
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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2
1
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3
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
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3
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5
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.500
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Seahawks Seahawks
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2
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Wed
9/3
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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Sat
9/6
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11/16
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