Barry Sanders rushed for the most yards in 1997, with 2,053 yards.

who led the nfl in rushing in 1997
1997 Sanders 1997 Davis 1997 Bettis 1997 Levens 1997 George 1997 Kaufman 1997 Smith 1997 Martin 1997 Dillon 1997 Watters 1997 Murrell 1997 Smith 1997 Faulk 1997 Harris 1997 Hearst 1997 Anderson 1997 Dunn 1997 Brown 1997 al-Jabbar 1997 Warren 1997 Smith 1997 Means 1997 Lane 1997 Morris 1997 Allen 1997 Way 1997 Phillips 0 200 400 600 800 1k 1k 1k 2k 2k 2k 2.1k 1.8k 1.7k 1.4k 1.4k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.0k 1.0k 1.0k 978 945 892 847 840 823 809 774 724 698 677
NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
Barry Sanders Barry Sanders 2,053 1997
DET DET
16 335 6.1 128.3 11 305 33 9.2 19.1 3
Terrell Davis Terrell Davis 1,750 1997
DEN DEN
15 369 4.7 116.7 15 287 42 6.8 19.1 0
Jerome Bettis Jerome Bettis 1,665 1997
PIT PIT
15 375 4.4 111.0 7 110 15 7.3 7.3 2
Dorsey Levens Dorsey Levens 1,435 1997
GB GB
16 329 4.4 89.7 7 370 53 7.0 23.1 5
Eddie George Eddie George 1,399 1997
TEN TEN
16 357 3.9 87.4 6 44 7 6.3 2.8 1
Napoleon Kaufman Napoleon Kaufman 1,294 1997
OAK OAK
16 272 4.8 80.9 6 403 40 10.1 25.2 2
Robert Smith Robert Smith 1,266 1997
MIN MIN
14 232 5.5 90.4 6 197 37 5.3 14.1 1
Curtis Martin Curtis Martin 1,160 1997
NE NE
13 274 4.2 89.2 4 296 41 7.2 22.8 1
Corey Dillon Corey Dillon 1,129 1997
CIN CIN
16 233 4.8 70.6 10 259 27 9.6 16.2 0
Ricky Watters Ricky Watters 1,110 1997
PHI PHI
16 285 3.9 69.4 7 440 48 9.2 27.5 0
Adrian Murrell Adrian Murrell 1,086 1997
NYJ NYJ
16 300 3.6 67.9 7 106 27 3.9 6.6 0
Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith 1,074 1997
DAL DAL
16 261 4.1 67.1 4 234 40 5.9 14.6 0
Marshall Faulk Marshall Faulk 1,054 1997
IND IND
16 264 4.0 65.9 7 471 47 10.0 29.4 1
Raymont Harris Raymont Harris 1,033 1997
CHI CHI
13 275 3.8 79.5 10 115 28 4.1 8.8 0
Garrison Hearst Garrison Hearst 1,019 1997
SF SF
13 234 4.4 78.4 4 194 21 9.2 14.9 2
Jamal Anderson Jamal Anderson 1,002 1997
ATL ATL
16 290 3.5 62.6 7 284 29 9.8 17.8 3
Warrick Dunn Warrick Dunn 978 1997
TB TB
16 224 4.4 61.1 4 462 39 11.8 28.9 3
Gary Brown Gary Brown 945 1997
SD SD
15 253 3.7 63.0 4 137 21 6.5 9.1 0
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar 892 1997
MIA MIA
16 283 3.2 55.8 15 261 29 9.0 16.3 1
Chris Warren Chris Warren 847 1997
SEA SEA
15 200 4.2 56.5 4 257 45 5.7 17.1 0
Antowain Smith Antowain Smith 840 1997
BUF BUF
16 194 4.3 52.5 8 177 28 6.3 11.1 0
Natrone Means Natrone Means 823 1997
JAX JAX
14 244 3.4 58.8 9 104 15 6.9 7.4 0
Fred Lane Fred Lane 809 1997
CAR CAR
13 182 4.4 62.2 7 27 8 3.4 2.1 0
Bam Morris Bam Morris 774 1997
BAL BAL
11 204 3.8 70.4 4 176 29 6.1 16.0 0
Terry Allen Terry Allen 724 1997
WAS WAS
10 210 3.4 72.4 4 172 20 8.6 17.2 1
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