| 1973 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | O. J. Simpson, BUF | 332 | 2003 | 6.0 | 12 | | John Brockington, GB | 265 | 1144 | 4.3 | 3 | | Calvin Hill, DAL | 273 | 1142 | 4.2 | 6 | | Lawrence McCutcheon, LAM | 210 | 1097 | 5.2 | 2 | | Larry Csonka, MIA | 219 | 1003 | 4.6 | 5 | | Dave Hampton, ATL | 263 | 997 | 3.8 | 4 | | Essex Johnson, CIN | 195 | 997 | 5.1 | 4 | | Boobie Clark, CIN | 254 | 988 | 3.9 | 8 | | Floyd Little, DEN | 256 | 979 | 3.8 | 12 | | Tom Sullivan, PHI | 217 | 968 | 4.5 | 4 | | Lydell Mitchell, BAL | 253 | 963 | 3.8 | 2 | | Mercury Morris, MIA | 149 | 954 | 6.4 | 10 | | Marv Hubbard, OAK | 193 | 903 | 4.7 | 6 | | Ron Johnson, NYG | 260 | 902 | 3.5 | 6 | | Larry Brown, WAS | 273 | 860 | 3.2 | 8 | | Jim Bertelsen, LAM | 206 | 854 | 4.1 | 4 | | Emerson Boozer, NYJ | 182 | 831 | 4.6 | 3 | | Chuck Foreman, MIN | 182 | 801 | 4.4 | 4 | | Ed Podolak, KC | 210 | 721 | 3.4 | 3 | | Altie Taylor, DET | 176 | 719 | 4.1 | 5 | | Joe Dawkins, DEN | 160 | 706 | 4.4 | 2 | | Franco Harris, PIT | 188 | 698 | 3.7 | 3 | | Charlie Smith, OAK | 173 | 682 | 3.9 | 4 | | Donny Anderson, STL | 167 | 679 | 4.1 | 10 | | Jess Phillips, NO | 198 | 663 | 3.3 | 0 | | Carl Garrett, CHI | 175 | 655 | 3.7 | 5 | | Terry Metcalf, STL | 148 | 628 | 4.2 | 2 | | Cid Edwards, SD | 133 | 609 | 4.6 | 1 | | Clarence Davis, OAK | 116 | 609 | 5.3 | 4 | | Fred Willis, HOU | 171 | 579 | 3.4 | 4 | | Preston Pearson, PIT | 132 | 554 | 4.2 | 2 | | Ken Brown, CLE | 161 | 537 | 3.3 | 0 | | Vic Washington, SF | 151 | 534 | 3.5 | 8 | | MacArthur Lane, GB | 170 | 528 | 3.1 | 1 | | Bobby Douglass, CHI | 94 | 525 | 5.6 | 5 | | Sam Cunningham, NE | 155 | 516 | 3.3 | 4 | | Don McCauley, BAL | 144 | 514 | 3.6 | 2 | | Jim Braxton, BUF | 108 | 494 | 4.6 | 4 | | John Riggins, NYJ | 134 | 482 | 3.6 | 4 | | Mike Garrett, SD | 114 | 467 | 4.1 | 0 | | John Fuqua, PIT | 117 | 457 | 3.9 | 2 | | Charlie Harraway, WAS | 128 | 452 | 3.5 | 1 | | Walt Garrison, DAL | 105 | 440 | 4.2 | 6 | | Norm Bulaich, PHI | 106 | 436 | 4.1 | 1 | | Robert Newhouse, DAL | 84 | 436 | 5.2 | 1 | | Eddie Ray, ATL | 96 | 434 | 4.5 | 9 | | Larry Watkins, BUF | 98 | 414 | 4.2 | 2 | | Willie Ellison, KC | 108 | 411 | 3.8 | 2 | | Steve Owens, DET | 113 | 401 | 3.5 | 3 | | Oscar Reed, MIN | 100 | 401 | 4.0 | 3 | | Bob Gresham, HOU | 104 | 400 | 3.8 | 2 | | Mike Phipps, CLE | 60 | 395 | 6.6 | 5 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 132 | 389 | 2.9 | 3 | | Mel Farr, DET | 97 | 373 | 3.8 | 4 | | Jim Harrison, CHI | 100 | 370 | 3.7 | 1 | | Greg Pruitt, CLE | 61 | 369 | 6.0 | 4 | | Ken Willard, SF | 83 | 366 | 4.4 | 1 | | Wendell Hayes, KC | 95 | 352 | 3.7 | 2 | | Bill Butler, NO | 87 | 348 | 4.0 | 1 | | Tony Baker, LAM | 85 | 344 | 4.0 | 7 | | Art Malone, ATL | 76 | 336 | 4.4 | 2 | | Joe Profit, ATL/NO | 90 | 329 | 3.7 | 2 | | John Tarver, NE | 72 | 321 | 4.5 | 4 | | Josh Ashton, NE | 93 | 305 | 3.3 | 0 | | Ed Marinaro, MIN | 95 | 302 | 3.2 | 2 | | Archie Manning, NO | 63 | 293 | 4.7 | 2 | | Larry Smith, LAM | 79 | 291 | 3.7 | 2 | | Robert Holmes, SD | 78 | 289 | 3.7 | 7 | | Greg Landry, DET | 42 | 267 | 6.4 | 2 | | Steve Davis, PIT | 67 | 266 | 4.0 | 2 | | Mike Adamle, NYJ | 67 | 264 | 3.9 | 0 | | Jimmy Thomas, SF | 56 | 259 | 4.6 | 1 | | Jim Kiick, MIA | 76 | 257 | 3.4 | 0 | | Don Nottingham, BAL/MIA | 52 | 252 | 4.8 | 1 | | Roger Staubach, DAL | 46 | 250 | 5.4 | 3 | | Jim Otis, STL | 55 | 234 | 4.3 | 1 | | Dave Osborn, MIN | 48 | 216 | 4.5 | 0 | | Vince Clements, NYG | 57 | 214 | 3.8 | 1 | | Jim Plunkett, NE | 44 | 209 | 4.8 | 5 | | Bill Brown, MIN | 47 | 206 | 4.4 | 3 | | Fran Tarkenton, MIN | 41 | 202 | 4.9 | 1 | | Mack Herron, NE | 61 | 200 | 3.3 | 2 | | Pete Banaszak, OAK | 34 | 198 | 5.8 | 0 | | Joe Moore, CHI | 58 | 191 | 3.3 | 0 | | Howard Stevens, NO | 45 | 183 | 4.1 | 2 | | Po James, PHI | 36 | 178 | 4.9 | 1 | | Les Josephson, LAM | 36 | 174 | 4.8 | 2 | | Clint Jones, SD | 55 | 170 | 3.1 | 1 | | Doug Cunningham, SF | 44 | 165 | 3.8 | 1 | | Larry Schreiber, SF | 42 | 163 | 3.9 | 0 | | Paul Robinson, HOU | 34 | 151 | 4.4 | 2 | | Joe Ferguson, BUF | 48 | 147 | 3.1 | 2 | | Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 34 | 145 | 4.3 | 3 | | Johnny Roland, NYG | 53 | 142 | 2.7 | 1 | | Billy LeFear, CLE | 26 | 135 | 5.2 | 0 | | Charlie Leigh, MIA | 22 | 134 | 6.1 | 1 | | Jeff Kinney, KC | 50 | 128 | 2.6 | 1 | | Marty Domres, BAL | 32 | 126 | 3.9 | 2 | | Lenvil Elliott, CIN | 22 | 122 | 5.5 | 1 | | Jim Hooks, DET | 19 | 110 | 5.8 | 0 | | Rob Scribner, LAM | 20 | 109 | 5.5 | 0 | | Joe Orduna, NYG | 36 | 104 | 2.9 | 1 | | Dan Pastorini, HOU | 31 | 102 | 3.3 | 0 | | Ken Stabler, OAK | 21 | 101 | 4.8 | 0 | | Bill Olds, BAL | 26 | 100 | 3.8 | 2 | | Larry Walton, DET | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 1 | | Ken Anderson, CIN | 26 | 97 | 3.7 | 0 | | Glenn Doughty, BAL | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 0 | | Duane Thomas, WAS | 32 | 95 | 3.0 | 0 | | Mike Livingston, KC | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 2 | | Tom Bailey, PHI | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 0 | | Otis Armstrong, DEN | 26 | 90 | 3.5 | 0 | | Les Goodman, GB | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 1 | | Perry Williams, GB | 32 | 87 | 2.7 | 1 | | Wayne Clark, SD | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 0 | | Joe Reed, SF | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 0 | | Bo Scott, CLE | 34 | 79 | 2.3 | 0 | | Jim Nance, NYJ | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 0 | | Charlie Evans, NYG | 34 | 77 | 2.3 | 1 | | Hugh McKinnis, CLE | 28 | 77 | 2.8 | 0 | | Hank Bjorklund, NYJ | 22 | 72 | 3.3 | 0 | | John Gilliam, MIN | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 1 | | Roger Lawson, CHI | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 0 | | Ron Holliday, SD | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | | Brent McClanahan, MIN | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 0 | | Al Woodall, NYJ | 13 | 68 | 5.2 | 0 | | Bob Lee, ATL | 29 | 67 | 2.3 | 0 | | Don Shy, STL | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 0 | | Gary Kosins, CHI | 24 | 65 | 2.7 | 0 | | Darryl Stingley, NE | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | | Tom Wittum, SF | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 0 | | Jerry Tagge, GB | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 2 | | Les Strayhorn, DAL | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 1 | | Bobby Anderson, DEN | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 1 | | Bert Jones, BAL | 18 | 58 | 3.2 | 0 | | George Amundson, HOU | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 0 | | Riley Odoms, DEN | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | | Bob Thomas, SD | 22 | 48 | 2.2 | 0 | | Harmon Wages, ATL | 18 | 47 | 2.6 | 1 | | Hubert Ginn, MIA/BAL | 16 | 47 | 2.9 | 0 | | Julian Fagan, NYJ | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | | Harold Carmichael, PHI | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | | Eddie Moss, STL | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 0 | | Len Dawson, KC | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | | Bill Thomas, HOU | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | | Joe Wilson, CIN | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | | Ken Burrough, HOU | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 1 | | Ted Kwalick, SF | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | | Joe Washington, ATL | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | | Lee Bouggess, PHI | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 1 | | Jim Mitchell, ATL | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | | Bill Van Heusen, DEN | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | | Jean Fugett, DAL | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | | Mickey Zofko, DET | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | | Bill Munson, DET | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | | Jon Staggers, GB | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 1 | | Jerry LeVias, SD | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | | Steve Spurrier, SF | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 2 | | Cliff McClain, NYJ | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | | Dan Fouts, SD | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | | Ron Jessie, DET | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 1 | | Leon Crosswhite, DET | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 1 | | Gary Keithley, STL | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | | Elmo Wright, KC | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | | James Harris, LAM | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | | Otto Stowe, DAL | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | | Haven Moses, DEN | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | | Charle Young, PHI | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | | Randy Johnson, NYG | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | | Joe Gilliam, PIT | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | | Odell Lawson, NO | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | | Gary Huff, CHI | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 0 | | Oliver Ross, DEN | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | | Ray Guy, OAK | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Bob Griese, MIA | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 0 | | Herb Mul-Key, WAS | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | | Pete Van Valkenberg, BUF | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | | Dave Atkins, SF | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 1 | | Pat Sullivan, ATL | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | | Bobby Scott, NO | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 0 | | Herman Weaver, DET | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | | Larry Robinson, DAL | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | | Ken Burrow, ATL | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | | Pete Beathard, KC | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 1 | | John Brodie, SF | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 1 | | Cyril Pinder, DAL | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 0 | | Bob McCall, NE | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 | | Dick Gordon, LAM/GB | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | Paul Warfield, MIA | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Jack Mildren, BAL | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | | Bo Cornell, BUF | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | | Norm Snead, NYG | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | | Mack Alston, HOU | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | | Earl McCullouch, DET | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | Gary Hammond, STL | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | | Reece Morrison, CIN | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | | Steve Preece, LAM | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | | Paul Staroba, GB | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Roman Gabriel, PHI | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 1 | | Billy Kilmer, WAS | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | | Randy Jackson, SF | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | | Bob Davis, NO | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | | Lincoln Minor, NO | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | | Gary Butler, KC | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Pettis Norman, SD | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | Lynn Dickey, HOU | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | | Steve Jones, BUF | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | Sam Havrilak, BAL | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Lem Barney, DET | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Earl Morrall, MIA | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Reggie Sanderson, CHI | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | | Tom Myers, NO | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Larry Krause, GB | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | George Farmer, CHI | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Don Highsmith, GB | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | | Sonny Jurgensen, WAS | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | | Bob Adams, NE | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | Lewis Jolley, HOU | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 0 | | Greg Oliver, PHI | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Bob Newland, NO | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | John Hadl, LAM | 14 | 5 | 0.4 | 0 | | Rocky Thompson, NYG | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | | Warren McVea, KC | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | | Bob Berry, MIN | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | | Barry Smith, GB | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Earl Thomas, CHI | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Henry Matthews, NO/ATL | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | | Bob Brunett, WAS | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Bob Tucker, NYG | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Scott Hunter, GB | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | | Bob Hudson, OAK | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | | Jubilee Dunbar, NO | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | | Jack Rizzo, NYG | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Dennis Nelson, BAL | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | | Dennis Shaw, BUF | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | | Bob Parsons, CHI | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | John Reaves, PHI | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Billy Joe DuPree, DAL | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Golden Richards, DAL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Stu Voigt, MIN | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Jerome Barkum, NYJ | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Jim Del Gaizo, GB | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | | Ron Shanklin, PIT | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | | Leroy Keyes, KC | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | | Ray Chester, BAL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Roy Jefferson, WAS | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Cotton Speyrer, BAL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Terry Hanratty, PIT | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Rocky Bleier, PIT | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Dave Chapple, LAM | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bill Bradley, PHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Spike Jones, BUF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Bobby Walden, PIT | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Craig Morton, DAL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Paul Gipson, NE | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | | Bill Demory, NYJ | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | | Steve O'Neal, NO | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | | Reggie Rucker, NE | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | | Charlie Sanders, DET | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Frank Lewis, PIT | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Charley Johnson, DEN | 7 | -2 | -0.3 | 0 | | Dick Shiner, ATL/NE | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | | Eddie Hinton, HOU | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Claxton Welch, NE | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Joe Namath, NYJ | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Bill Cappleman, DET | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Jim Hart, STL | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | | Mike Hull, WAS | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | | Tom Geredine, ATL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Ollie Smith, BAL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Don Cockroft, CLE | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Al Johnson, HOU | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Jerry Simmons, DEN | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | | Marlin Briscoe, MIA | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | | Bob Windsor, NE | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | | John Isenbarger, SF | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | | Daryle Lamonica, OAK | 5 | -7 | -1.4 | 0 | | Dave Lewis, CIN | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | | Charley Taylor, WAS | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | Harold Jackson, LAM | 2 | -8 | -4.0 | 0 | | Rich Caster, NYJ | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | | Bill Masters, DEN | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | | Gloster Richardson, CLE | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 0 | | Mike Montgomery, DAL | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | | Bob Grim, NYG | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | | Isaac Curtis, CIN | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 | | Bob Chandler, BUF | 5 | -14 | -2.8 | 0 | | Otis Taylor, KC | 4 | -14 | -3.5 | 0 | | Ike Hill, CHI | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 0 | | Jackie Smith, STL | 1 | -14 | -14.0 | 0 | | Randy Vataha, NE | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 | | David Lee, BAL | 2 | -16 | -8.0 | 0 |
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