who led the nfl in rushing in 1981

George Rogers had the most rushing yards in 1981, with 1,674 yards in his rookie season.

NAME RUSH YDS SEASON TM GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 George Rogers
G. Rogers
1,674
1981
NO NO
16
378
4.4
104.6
13
126
16
7.9
7.9
0
2 Tony Dorsett
T. Dorsett
1,646
1981
DAL DAL
16
342
4.8
102.9
4
325
32
10.2
20.3
2
3 Billy Sims
B. Sims
1,437
1981
DET DET
14
296
4.9
102.6
13
451
28
16.1
32.2
2
4 Wilbert Montgomery
W. Montgomery
1,402
1981
PHI PHI
15
286
4.9
93.5
8
521
49
10.6
34.7
2
5 Ottis Anderson
O. Anderson
1,376
1981
STL STL
16
328
4.2
86.0
9
387
51
7.6
24.2
0
6 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
1,376
1981
HOU HOU
16
361
3.8
86.0
10
156
36
4.3
9.8
0
7 William Andrews
W. Andrews
1,301
1981
ATL ATL
16
289
4.5
81.3
10
735
81
9.1
45.9
2
8 Walter Payton
W. Payton
1,222
1981
CHI CHI
16
339
3.6
76.4
6
379
41
9.2
23.7
2
9 Chuck Muncie
C. Muncie
1,144
1981
SD SD
15
251
4.6
76.3
19
362
43
8.4
24.1
0
10 Joe Delaney
J. Delaney
1,121
1981
KC KC
15
234
4.8
74.7
3
246
22
11.2
16.4
0
11 Mike Pruitt
M. Pruitt
1,103
1981
CLE CLE
16
247
4.5
68.9
7
442
63
7.0
27.6
1
12 Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,097
1981
BUF BUF
15
257
4.3
73.1
3
603
40
15.1
40.2
7
13 Pete Johnson
P. Johnson
1,077
1981
CIN CIN
16
274
3.9
67.3
12
320
46
7.0
20.0
4
14 Wendell Tyler
W. Tyler
1,074
1981
LA LA
15
260
4.1
71.6
12
436
45
9.7
29.1
5
15 Ted Brown
T. Brown
1,063
1981
MIN MIN
16
274
3.9
66.4
6
694
83
8.4
43.4
2
16 Franco Harris
F. Harris
987
1981
PIT PIT
16
242
4.1
61.7
8
250
37
6.8
15.6
1
17 Joe Washington
J. Washington
916
1981
WAS WAS
14
210
4.4
65.4
4
558
70
8.0
39.9
3
18 Tony Collins
T. Collins
873
1981
NE NE
16
204
4.3
54.6
7
232
26
8.9
14.5
0
19 Gerry Ellis
G. Ellis
860
1981
GB GB
16
196
4.4
53.8
4
499
65
7.7
31.2
3
20 Kenny King
K. King
828
1981
OAK OAK
14
170
4.9
59.1
0
216
27
8.0
15.4
0
21 Rob Carpenter
R. Carpenter
822
1981
TOT
14
208
4.0
58.7
5
281
37
7.6
20.1
1
22 Tony Nathan
T. Nathan
782
1981
MIA MIA
13
147
5.3
60.2
5
452
50
9.0
34.8
3
23 Curtis Dickey
C. Dickey
779
1981
BAL BAL
15
164
4.8
51.9
7
419
37
11.3
27.9
3
24 Rick Parros
R. Parros
749
1981
DEN DEN
16
176
4.3
46.8
2
216
25
8.6
13.5
1
25 John Riggins
J. Riggins
714
1981
WAS WAS
15
195
3.7
47.6
13
59
6
9.8
3.9
0
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