who led the nfl in rushing in 1991

Emmitt Smith had the most rushing yards in 1991, with 1,563 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 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,563
1991
DAL DAL
16
365
4.3
97.7
12
258
49
5.3
16.1
1
2 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,548
1991
DET DET
15
342
4.5
103.2
16
307
41
7.5
20.5
1
3 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,407
1991
BUF BUF
15
288
4.9
93.8
7
631
62
10.2
42.1
5
4 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
1,059
1991
NYG NYG
14
256
4.1
75.6
10
283
43
6.6
20.2
0
5 Earnest Byner
E. Byner
1,048
1991
WAS WAS
16
274
3.8
65.5
5
308
34
9.1
19.3
0
6 Gaston Green
G. Green
1,037
1991
DEN DEN
13
261
4.0
79.8
4
78
13
6.0
6.0
0
7 Christian Okoye
C. Okoye
1,031
1991
KC KC
14
225
4.6
73.6
9
34
3
11.3
2.4
0
8 Leonard Russell
L. Russell
959
1991
NE NE
16
266
3.6
59.9
4
81
18
4.5
5.1
0
9 Mark Higgs
M. Higgs
905
1991
MIA MIA
14
231
3.9
64.6
4
80
11
7.3
5.7
0
10 Marion Butts
M. Butts
834
1991
SD SD
16
193
4.3
52.1
6
91
10
9.1
5.7
1
11 Herschel Walker
H. Walker
825
1991
MIN MIN
15
198
4.2
55.0
10
204
33
6.2
13.6
0
12 Rod Bernstine
R. Bernstine
766
1991
SD SD
13
159
4.8
58.9
8
124
11
11.3
9.5
0
13 Reggie Cobb
R. Cobb
752
1991
TB TB
16
196
3.8
47.0
7
111
15
7.4
6.9
0
14 Neal Anderson
N. Anderson
747
1991
CHI CHI
13
210
3.6
57.5
6
368
47
7.8
28.3
3
15 John L. Williams
J. L. Williams
741
1991
SEA SEA
16
188
3.9
46.3
4
499
61
8.2
31.2
1
16 Harold Green
H. Green
731
1991
CIN CIN
14
158
4.6
52.2
2
136
16
8.5
9.7
0
17 Blair Thomas
B. Thomas
728
1991
NYJ NYJ
16
189
3.9
45.5
3
195
30
6.5
12.2
1
18 Kevin Mack
K. Mack
726
1991
CLE CLE
14
197
3.7
51.9
8
255
40
6.4
18.2
2
19 Allen Pinkett
A. Pinkett
720
1991
HOU HOU
16
171
4.2
45.0
9
228
29
7.9
14.3
1
20 Robert Delpino
R. Delpino
688
1991
RAM RAM
16
214
3.2
43.0
9
617
55
11.2
38.6
1
21 Barry Word
B. Word
684
1991
KC KC
16
160
4.3
42.8
4
13
2
6.5
0.8
0
22 Ricky Ervins
R. Ervins
680
1991
WAS WAS
15
145
4.7
45.3
3
181
16
11.3
12.1
1
23 Brad Baxter
B. Baxter
666
1991
NYJ NYJ
16
184
3.6
41.6
11
124
12
10.3
7.8
0
24 Johnny Johnson
J. Johnson
666
1991
PHX PHX
15
196
3.4
44.4
4
225
29
7.8
15.0
2
25 Kenneth Davis
K. Davis
624
1991
BUF BUF
16
129
4.8
39.0
4
118
20
5.9
7.4
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