Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards in 1997, with 2,053 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	2,053	1997	DET	16	335	6.1	128.3	11	305	33	9.2	19.1	3
2	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1,750	1997	DEN	15	369	4.7	116.7	15	287	42	6.8	19.1	0
3	Jerome Bettis J. Bettis	1,665	1997	PIT	15	375	4.4	111.0	7	110	15	7.3	7.3	2
4	Dorsey Levens D. Levens	1,435	1997	GB	16	329	4.4	89.7	7	370	53	7.0	23.1	5
5	Eddie George E. George	1,399	1997	TEN	16	357	3.9	87.4	6	44	7	6.3	2.8	1
6	Napoleon Kaufman N. Kaufman	1,294	1997	OAK	16	272	4.8	80.9	6	403	40	10.1	25.2	2
7	Robert Smith R. Smith	1,266	1997	MIN	14	232	5.5	90.4	6	197	37	5.3	14.1	1
8	Curtis Martin C. Martin	1,160	1997	NE	13	274	4.2	89.2	4	296	41	7.2	22.8	1
9	Corey Dillon C. Dillon	1,129	1997	CIN	16	233	4.8	70.6	10	259	27	9.6	16.2	0
10	Ricky Watters R. Watters	1,110	1997	PHI	16	285	3.9	69.4	7	440	48	9.2	27.5	0
11	Adrian Murrell A. Murrell	1,086	1997	NYJ	16	300	3.6	67.9	7	106	27	3.9	6.6	0
12	Emmitt Smith E. Smith	1,074	1997	DAL	16	261	4.1	67.1	4	234	40	5.9	14.6	0
13	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	1,054	1997	IND	16	264	4.0	65.9	7	471	47	10.0	29.4	1
14	Raymont Harris R. Harris	1,033	1997	CHI	13	275	3.8	79.5	10	115	28	4.1	8.8	0
15	Garrison Hearst G. Hearst	1,019	1997	SF	13	234	4.4	78.4	4	194	21	9.2	14.9	2
16	Jamal Anderson J. Anderson	1,002	1997	ATL	16	290	3.5	62.6	7	284	29	9.8	17.8	3
17	Warrick Dunn W. Dunn	978	1997	TB	16	224	4.4	61.1	4	462	39	11.8	28.9	3
18	Gary Brown G. Brown	945	1997	SD	15	253	3.7	63.0	4	137	21	6.5	9.1	0
19	Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar A. al-Jabbar	892	1997	MIA	16	283	3.2	55.8	15	261	29	9.0	16.3	1
20	Chris Warren C. Warren	847	1997	SEA	15	200	4.2	56.5	4	257	45	5.7	17.1	0
21	Antowain Smith A. Smith	840	1997	BUF	16	194	4.3	52.5	8	177	28	6.3	11.1	0
22	Natrone Means N. Means	823	1997	JAX	14	244	3.4	58.8	9	104	15	6.9	7.4	0
23	Fred Lane F. Lane	809	1997	CAR	13	182	4.4	62.2	7	27	8	3.4	2.1	0
24	Bam Morris B. Morris	774	1997	BAL	11	204	3.8	70.4	4	176	29	6.1	16.0	0
25	Terry Allen T. Allen	724	1997	WAS	10	210	3.4	72.4	4	172	20	8.6	17.2	1

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