| 1997 NFL Rushing
| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD | | Barry Sanders, DET | 335 | 2053 | 6.1 | 11 | | Terrell Davis, DEN | 369 | 1750 | 4.7 | 15 | | Jerome Bettis, PIT | 375 | 1665 | 4.4 | 7 | | Dorsey Levens, GB | 329 | 1435 | 4.4 | 7 | | Eddie George, TEN | 357 | 1399 | 3.9 | 6 | | Napoleon Kaufman, OAK | 272 | 1294 | 4.8 | 6 | | Robert Smith, MIN | 232 | 1266 | 5.5 | 6 | | Curtis Martin, NE | 274 | 1160 | 4.2 | 4 | | Corey Dillon, CIN | 233 | 1129 | 4.8 | 10 | | Ricky Watters, PHI | 285 | 1110 | 3.9 | 7 | | Adrian Murrell, NYJ | 300 | 1086 | 3.6 | 7 | | Emmitt Smith, DAL | 261 | 1074 | 4.1 | 4 | | Marshall Faulk, IND | 264 | 1054 | 4.0 | 7 | | Raymont Harris, CHI | 275 | 1033 | 3.8 | 10 | | Garrison Hearst, SF | 234 | 1019 | 4.4 | 4 | | Jamal Anderson, ATL | 290 | 1002 | 3.5 | 7 | | Warrick Dunn, TB | 224 | 978 | 4.4 | 4 | | Gary Brown, SD | 253 | 945 | 3.7 | 4 | | Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, MIA | 283 | 892 | 3.2 | 15 | | Chris Warren, SEA | 200 | 847 | 4.2 | 4 | | Antowain Smith, BUF | 194 | 840 | 4.3 | 8 | | Natrone Means, JAC | 244 | 823 | 3.4 | 9 | | Fred Lane, CAR | 182 | 809 | 4.4 | 7 | | Bam Morris, BAL | 204 | 774 | 3.8 | 4 | | Terry Allen, WAS | 210 | 724 | 3.4 | 4 | | Charles Way, NYG | 151 | 698 | 4.6 | 4 | | Lawrence Phillips, STL/MIA | 201 | 677 | 3.4 | 8 | | Steve McNair, TEN | 101 | 674 | 6.7 | 8 | | Mike Alstott, TB | 176 | 665 | 3.8 | 7 | | Thurman Thomas, BUF | 154 | 643 | 4.2 | 1 | | Tyrone Wheatley, NYG | 152 | 583 | 3.8 | 4 | | Stephen Davis, WAS | 141 | 567 | 4.0 | 3 | | James Stewart, JAC | 136 | 555 | 4.1 | 8 | | Ray Zellars, NO | 156 | 552 | 3.5 | 4 | | Greg Hill, KC | 157 | 550 | 3.5 | 0 | | Charlie Garner, PHI | 116 | 547 | 4.7 | 3 | | Tiki Barber, NYG | 136 | 511 | 3.8 | 3 | | Marcus Allen, KC | 124 | 505 | 4.1 | 11 | | Kordell Stewart, PIT | 88 | 476 | 5.4 | 11 | | Sherman Williams, DAL | 121 | 468 | 3.9 | 2 | | Ki-Jana Carter, CIN | 128 | 464 | 3.6 | 7 | | Mario Bates, NO | 119 | 440 | 3.7 | 4 | | Leeland McElroy, ARZ | 135 | 424 | 3.1 | 2 | | Terry Kirby, SF | 125 | 418 | 3.3 | 6 | | Steve Broussard, SEA | 70 | 418 | 6.0 | 5 | | Kimble Anders, KC | 79 | 397 | 5.0 | 0 | | Lamar Smith, SEA | 91 | 392 | 4.3 | 2 | | Jerald Moore, STL | 104 | 380 | 3.7 | 3 | | Donnell Bennett, KC | 94 | 369 | 3.9 | 1 | | Anthony Johnson, CAR | 97 | 358 | 3.7 | 0 | | Byron Hanspard, ATL | 53 | 335 | 6.3 | 0 | | Darnell Autry, CHI | 112 | 319 | 2.8 | 1 | | Earnest Byner, BAL | 84 | 313 | 3.7 | 0 | | Rodney Thomas, TEN | 67 | 310 | 4.6 | 3 | | Zack Crockett, IND | 95 | 300 | 3.2 | 1 | | Jay Graham, BAL | 81 | 299 | 3.7 | 2 | | Tshimanga Biakabutuka, CAR | 75 | 299 | 4.0 | 2 | | Ron Moore, STL/ARZ | 81 | 278 | 3.4 | 1 | | Larry Centers, ARZ | 101 | 276 | 2.7 | 1 | | Troy Davis, NO | 75 | 271 | 3.6 | 0 | | Mark Brunell, JAC | 48 | 257 | 5.4 | 2 | | Leroy Hoard, MIN | 80 | 235 | 2.9 | 4 | | George Jones, PIT | 72 | 235 | 3.3 | 1 | | Jeff Blake, CIN | 45 | 234 | 5.2 | 3 | | William Floyd, SF | 78 | 231 | 3.0 | 3 | | Vaughn Hebron, DEN | 49 | 222 | 4.5 | 1 | | John Elway, DEN | 50 | 218 | 4.4 | 1 | | Jake Plummer, ARZ | 39 | 216 | 5.5 | 2 | | Jim Harbaugh, IND | 36 | 206 | 5.7 | 0 | | Steve Young, SF | 50 | 199 | 4.0 | 3 | | Brett Favre, GB | 58 | 187 | 3.2 | 1 | | Tony Banks, STL | 47 | 186 | 4.0 | 1 | | Irving Spikes, MIA | 63 | 180 | 2.9 | 2 | | Elvis Grbac, KC | 30 | 168 | 5.6 | 1 | | Ron Rivers, DET | 29 | 166 | 5.7 | 1 | | Terrell Fletcher, SD | 51 | 161 | 3.2 | 0 | | Leon Johnson, NYJ | 48 | 158 | 3.3 | 2 | | Chris Chandler, ATL | 43 | 158 | 3.7 | 0 | | Scott Greene, CAR | 45 | 157 | 3.5 | 1 | | Chuck Evans, MIN | 43 | 157 | 3.7 | 2 | | Aaron Hayden, GB | 32 | 148 | 4.6 | 1 | | Jerris McPhail, MIA | 17 | 146 | 8.6 | 1 | | Brad Johnson, MIN | 35 | 139 | 4.0 | 0 | | Vinny Testaverde, BAL | 34 | 138 | 4.1 | 0 | | Randall Cunningham, MIN | 19 | 127 | 6.7 | 0 | | Derek Loville, DEN | 25 | 124 | 5.0 | 1 | | Tommy Vardell, DET | 32 | 122 | 3.8 | 6 | | Tim Hall, OAK | 23 | 120 | 5.2 | 0 | | William Henderson, GB | 31 | 113 | 3.6 | 0 | | Rashaan Salaam, CHI | 31 | 112 | 3.6 | 0 | | Rich Gannon, KC | 33 | 109 | 3.3 | 2 | | Brian Mitchell, WAS | 23 | 107 | 4.7 | 1 | | Darick Holmes, BUF | 22 | 106 | 4.8 | 2 | | Amp Lee, STL | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 0 | | Derrick Cullors, NE | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 0 | | Larry Bowie, WAS | 28 | 100 | 3.6 | 2 | | Trent Dilfer, TB | 33 | 99 | 3.0 | 1 | | Kenny Bynum, SD | 30 | 97 | 3.2 | 0 | | Eric Bieniemy, CIN | 21 | 97 | 4.6 | 1 | | Errict Rhett, TB | 31 | 96 | 3.1 | 3 | | Kevin Turner, PHI | 18 | 96 | 5.3 | 0 | | Erric Pegram, SD/NYG | 28 | 95 | 3.4 | 2 | | Chuck Levy, SF | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 0 | | Craig Heyward, STL | 34 | 84 | 2.5 | 1 | | Reidel Anthony, TB | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 0 | | Scott Mitchell, DET | 37 | 83 | 2.2 | 1 | | Erik Kramer, CHI | 27 | 83 | 3.1 | 2 | | Rodney Hampton, NYG | 23 | 81 | 3.5 | 1 | | LeShon Johnson, ARZ | 23 | 81 | 3.5 | 0 | | Lamont Warren, IND | 28 | 80 | 2.9 | 2 | | Troy Aikman, DAL | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 0 | | Harold Green, ATL | 36 | 78 | 2.2 | 1 | | Rick Mirer, CHI | 20 | 78 | 3.9 | 1 | | Bobby Hoying, PHI | 16 | 78 | 4.9 | 0 | | Todd Collins, BUF | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 0 | | Marrio Grier, NE | 33 | 75 | 2.3 | 1 | | Joey Galloway, SEA | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 0 | | Aaron Craver, SD | 20 | 71 | 3.6 | 0 | | Richie Anderson, NYJ | 21 | 70 | 3.3 | 0 | | Harvey Williams, OAK | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 3 | | Clif Groce, IND | 10 | 66 | 6.6 | 0 | | Kerry Collins, CAR | 26 | 65 | 2.5 | 1 | | Gus Frerotte, WAS | 25 | 65 | 2.6 | 2 | | Dave Meggett, NE | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 1 | | Moe Williams, MIN | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 1 | | Bernie Parmalee, MIA | 18 | 59 | 3.3 | 0 | | Eric Moulds, BUF | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | | Tony Carter, CHI | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | | Drew Bledsoe, NE | 28 | 55 | 2.0 | 0 | | Ray Lucas, NYJ | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | | Tamarick Vanover, KC | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | | Ty Detmer, PHI | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 1 | | Jeff George, OAK | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 0 | | Billy Joe Hobert, BUF/NO | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 0 | | Charlie Jones, SD | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | | Fred McAfee, PIT | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | | Warren Moon, SEA | 17 | 40 | 2.4 | 1 | | Heath Shuler, NO | 22 | 38 | 1.7 | 1 | | Rodney Peete, PHI | 8 | 37 | 4.6 | 0 | | Neil O'Donnell, NYJ | 32 | 36 | 1.1 | 1 | | David Palmer, MIN | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 1 | | Ronnie Harmon, TEN/CHI | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | | Jerald Sowell, NYJ | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 0 | | Andre Hastings, NO | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | | Terance Mathis, ATL | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | | Jermaine Lewis, BAL | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | | Rob Johnson, JAC | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 1 | | Howard Griffith, DEN | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | | Alex Van Pelt, BUF | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 1 | | Johnnie Morton, DET | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | | Brian Milne, CIN | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 2 | | Raghib Ismail, CAR | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | | Steve Beuerlein, CAR | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | | Keith Crawford, STL | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | | David Thompson, STL | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 1 | | Doug Nussmeier, NO | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | | Dave Brown, NYG | 17 | 29 | 1.7 | 1 | | Craig Whelihan, SD | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 0 | | Duce Staley, PHI | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | | Jeff Hostetler, WAS | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 0 | | Lorenzo Neal, NYJ | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | | Leslie Shepherd, WAS | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | | Kevin Bouie, ARZ | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 | | Danny Wuerffel, NO | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | | Dedric Ward, NYJ | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | | Stan Humphries, SD | 13 | 24 | 1.8 | 0 | | Keith Byars, NE | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 0 | | Derrick Fenner, OAK | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | | Kent Graham, ARZ | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 2 | | Rae Carruth, CAR | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | | Robert Green, MIN | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | | Ty Hallock, JAC | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | | Carwell Gardner, SD | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | | Herschel Walker, DAL | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | | Aaron Bailey, IND | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | | Tim Brown, OAK | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | | Tony Graziani, ATL | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | | Robert Brooks, GB | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | | Eric Zeier, BAL | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 0 | | Courtney Hawkins, PIT | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | | Marc Edwards, SF | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | | Curtis Conway, CHI | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | | Rod Smith, DEN | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | | Fred McCrary, NO | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | | Chris Gedney, ARZ | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Michael Hicks, CHI | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | | Willie Jackson, JAC | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | | Will Blackwell, PIT | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | | Antonio Freeman, GB | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Mike Pritchard, SEA | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Mike Tomczak, PIT | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | | Eric Lane, NYG | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | Eddie Kennison, STL | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | | Charles Jordan, MIA | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | | Eric Smith, CHI | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Reggie Roby, TEN | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Boomer Esiason, CIN | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | | Cory Schlesinger, DET | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | | Jon Witman, PIT | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | | Jeff Brohm, SF | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | | Andre Reed, BUF | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | | Tony Richardson, KC | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | | Louie Aguiar, KC | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | | Greg Montgomery, BAL | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Randal Hill, NO | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Joe Aska, OAK | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | 0 | | Sam Gash, NE | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 | | Detron Smith, DEN | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | | Jerry Ellison, TB | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Steve Matthews, JAC | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | Jon Kitna, SEA | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 1 | | Wes Bender, NO | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | | Tim Lester, PIT | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Stoney Case, ARZ | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 1 | | Bob Christian, ATL | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | | Craig Erickson, MIA | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | | Mack Strong, SEA | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | | Todd Sauerbrun, CHI | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Billy Joe Tolliver, ATL/KC | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 0 | | Stanley Pritchett, MIA | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | | Jim Everett, SD | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | | James Ritchey, TEN | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Anthony Miller, DAL | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Darnay Scott, CIN | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Steve Stenstrom, CHI | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Lonnie Johnson, BUF | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Kelly Holcomb, IND | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | | Marc Logan, WAS | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | | Cedric Smith, ARZ | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 1 | | Karl Williams, TB | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Frank Sanders, ARZ | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Damion Shelton, JAC | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | | Jerone Davison, OAK | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Roosevelt Potts, IND/MIA | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | John Kidd, MIA | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Chad Levitt, OAK | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | | Daryl Johnston, DAL | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | | Ronald McKinnon, ARZ | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Tyrone Hughes, CHI | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Todd Philcox, SD | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Albert Connell, WAS | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Yancey Thigpen, PIT | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Danny Kanell, NYG | 15 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | | Paul Justin, IND | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | | Jeff Lewis, DEN | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | | Bubby Brister, DEN | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | | Kenyon Cotton, BAL | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | | Andre Rison, KC | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Randy Jordan, JAC | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | David Patten, NYG | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Curtis Marsh, PIT | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Ray Nealy, MIA | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Mark Rypien, STL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Patrick Hape, TB | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Bryan Barker, JAC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Mitch Berger, MIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Chris Mohr, BUF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Derrick Alexander, BAL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | John Friesz, SEA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Eric Swann, ARZ | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Lee Johnson, CIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Matt Turk, WAS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Leo Araguz, OAK | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | David Klingler, OAK | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Winslow Oliver, CAR | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Harper Le Bel, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Tom Hutton, PHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Kyle Richardson, MIA/SEA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Chris Penn, CHI | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Scottie Graham, CIN | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Chris Calloway, NYG | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Wade Wilson, DAL | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 0 | | Dave Krieg, TEN | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | | Kevin Williams, ARZ | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Eric Guliford, NO | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Mike Cherry, NYG | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | | Steve Bono, GB | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | | Scott Zolak, NE | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | | Chuck Clements, NYJ | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | | Mike Horan, STL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | | Steve Walsh, TB | 6 | -4 | -0.7 | 0 | | Frank Reich, DET | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | | Doug Pederson, GB | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | | Glenn Foley, NYJ | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | | Eric Metcalf, SD | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | | Ken Walter, CAR | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | | Jim Druckenmiller, SF | 10 | -6 | -0.6 | 0 | | Carl Pickens, CIN | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | | Marvin Harrison, IND | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | | Josh Miller, PIT | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | Derrick Mason, TEN | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | | Chris Sanders, TEN | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | | Jerry Rice, SF | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 | | Michael Westbrook, WAS | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 0 | | Deion Sanders, DAL | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | | Dan Marino, MIA | 18 | -14 | -0.8 | 0 | | Troy Brown, NE | 1 | -18 | -18.0 | 0 |
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