Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards in 1996, with 1,553 yards.

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

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