most rushing yards, 1972 to 1973

Between the 1972 and 1973 seasons, O.J. Simpson rushed for the most yards, with 3,254 yards.

Interpreted as:
most rushing yards by a player, 1972 to 1973
NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
3,254
28
624
5.2
116.2
18
268
33
8.1
9.6
0
2 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
2,178
28
518
4.2
77.8
12
654
75
8.7
23.4
3
3 John Brockington
J. Brockington
2,171
28
539
4.0
77.5
11
371
35
10.6
13.3
1
4 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
2,120
28
432
4.9
75.7
11
70
12
5.8
2.5
0
5 Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
2,084
26
558
3.7
80.2
15
828
77
10.8
31.8
8
6 Larry Brown
L. Brown
2,076
26
558
3.7
79.8
16
955
72
13.3
36.7
10
7 Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
2,003
28
412
4.9
71.5
10
219
37
5.9
7.8
0
8 Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
1,992
27
493
4.0
73.8
10
517
48
10.8
19.1
2
9 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
1,954
27
339
5.8
72.4
22
219
19
11.5
8.1
0
10 Floyd Little
F. Little
1,838
28
472
3.9
65.6
21
790
69
11.4
28.2
5
11 Essex Johnson
E. Johnson
1,822
28
407
4.5
65.1
8
776
57
13.6
27.7
5
12 Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,753
26
376
4.7
67.4
13
249
31
8.0
9.6
1
13 Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
1,498
24
386
3.9
62.4
6
369
46
8.0
15.4
2
14 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
1,493
27
235
6.4
55.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
15 Jim Bertelsen
J. Bertelsen
1,435
28
329
4.4
51.3
9
598
48
12.5
21.4
2
16 John Riggins
J. Riggins
1,426
23
341
4.2
62.0
11
388
44
8.8
16.9
1
17 Emerson Boozer
E. Boozer
1,380
24
302
4.6
57.5
14
272
33
8.2
11.3
6
18 Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
1,377
26
330
4.2
53.0
9
502
56
9.0
19.3
2
19 Charlie Smith
C. Smith
1,368
28
343
4.0
48.9
12
613
56
10.9
21.9
3
20 MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
1,349
27
347
3.9
50.0
4
540
53
10.2
20.0
1
21 Ed Podolak
E. Podolak
1,336
27
381
3.5
49.5
7
790
101
7.8
29.3
2
22 Cid Edwards
C. Edwards
1,288
25
290
4.4
51.5
6
721
65
11.1
28.8
2
23 Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
1,224
27
272
4.5
45.3
13
663
63
10.5
24.6
5
24 Donny Anderson
D. Anderson
1,215
28
320
3.8
43.4
14
707
69
10.2
25.3
5
25 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
1,200
27
356
3.4
44.4
7
384
38
10.1
14.2
1
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