who led the nfl in rushing in 1972

O.J. Simpson had the most rushing yards in 1972, with 1,251 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM 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
1,251
1972
BUF BUF
14
292
4.3
89.4
6
198
27
7.3
14.1
0
2 Larry Brown
L. Brown
1,216
1972
WAS WAS
12
285
4.3
101.3
8
473
32
14.8
39.4
4
3 Ron Johnson
R. Johnson
1,182
1972
NYG NYG
14
298
4.0
84.4
9
451
45
10.0
32.2
5
4 Larry Csonka
L. Csonka
1,117
1972
MIA MIA
14
213
5.2
79.8
6
48
5
9.6
3.4
0
5 Marv Hubbard
M. Hubbard
1,100
1972
OAK OAK
14
219
5.0
78.6
4
103
22
4.7
7.4
0
6 Franco Harris
F. Harris
1,055
1972
PIT PIT
14
188
5.6
75.4
10
180
21
8.6
12.9
1
7 Calvin Hill
C. Hill
1,036
1972
DAL DAL
14
245
4.2
74.0
6
364
43
8.5
26.0
3
8 Mike Garrett
M. Garrett
1,031
1972
SD SD
14
272
3.8
73.6
6
245
31
7.9
17.5
1
9 John Brockington
J. Brockington
1,027
1972
GB GB
14
274
3.7
73.4
8
243
19
12.8
17.4
1
10 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
1,000
1972
MIA MIA
14
190
5.3
71.4
12
168
15
11.2
12.0
0
11 Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
995
1972
ATL ATL
13
230
4.3
76.5
6
244
23
10.6
18.8
1
12 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
968
1972
CHI CHI
14
141
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
13 John Riggins
J. Riggins
944
1972
NYJ NYJ
12
207
4.6
78.7
7
230
21
11.0
19.2
1
14 Floyd Little
F. Little
859
1972
DEN DEN
14
216
4.0
61.4
9
367
28
13.1
26.2
4
15 Essex Johnson
E. Johnson
825
1972
CIN CIN
14
212
3.9
58.9
4
420
29
14.5
30.0
2
16 MacArthur Lane
M. Lane
821
1972
GB GB
14
177
4.6
58.6
3
285
26
11.0
20.4
0
17 Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
811
1972
CLE CLE
14
224
3.6
57.9
4
204
23
8.9
14.6
1
18 Art Malone
A. Malone
798
1972
ATL ATL
14
180
4.4
57.0
8
585
50
11.7
41.8
2
19 Walt Garrison
W. Garrison
784
1972
DAL DAL
14
167
4.7
56.0
7
390
37
10.5
27.9
3
20 Willie Ellison
W. Ellison
764
1972
LA LA
13
170
4.5
58.8
5
141
23
6.1
10.8
1
21 Charlie Smith
C. Smith
686
1972
OAK OAK
14
170
4.0
49.0
8
353
28
12.6
25.2
2
22 Cid Edwards
C. Edwards
679
1972
SD SD
12
157
4.3
56.6
5
557
40
13.9
46.4
2
23 Don McCauley
D. McCauley
675
1972
BAL BAL
14
178
3.8
48.2
2
256
30
8.5
18.3
2
24 John Fuqua
J. Fuqua
665
1972
PIT PIT
13
150
4.4
51.2
4
152
18
8.4
11.7
0
25 Altie Taylor
A. Taylor
658
1972
DET DET
13
154
4.3
50.6
4
250
29
8.6
19.2
2
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131.2

9th

PASS YDS/G

231.6

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