who led the nfl in rushing in 1996

Barry Sanders had the most rushing yards in 1996, with 1,553 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 Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
1,553
1996
DET DET
16
307
5.1
97.1
11
147
24
6.1
9.2
0
2 Terrell Davis
T. Davis
1,538
1996
DEN DEN
16
345
4.5
96.1
13
310
36
8.6
19.4
2
3 Jerome Bettis
J. Bettis
1,431
1996
PIT PIT
16
320
4.5
89.4
11
122
22
5.5
7.6
0
4 Ricky Watters
R. Watters
1,411
1996
PHI PHI
16
353
4.0
88.2
13
444
51
8.7
27.8
0
5 Eddie George
E. George
1,368
1996
HOU HOU
16
335
4.1
85.5
8
182
23
7.9
11.4
0
6 Terry Allen
T. Allen
1,353
1996
WAS WAS
16
347
3.9
84.6
21
194
32
6.1
12.1
0
7 Adrian Murrell
A. Murrell
1,249
1996
NYJ NYJ
16
301
4.1
78.1
6
81
17
4.8
5.1
1
8 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
1,204
1996
DAL DAL
15
327
3.7
80.3
12
249
47
5.3
16.6
3
9 Curtis Martin
C. Martin
1,152
1996
NE NE
16
316
3.6
72.0
14
333
46
7.2
20.8
3
10 Anthony Johnson
A. Johnson
1,120
1996
CAR CAR
16
300
3.7
70.0
6
192
26
7.4
12.0
0
11 Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar
A. al-Jabbar
1,116
1996
MIA MIA
16
307
3.6
69.8
11
139
23
6.0
8.7
0
12 Jamal Anderson
J. Anderson
1,055
1996
ATL ATL
16
232
4.5
65.9
5
473
49
9.7
29.6
1
13 Thurman Thomas
T. Thomas
1,033
1996
BUF BUF
15
281
3.7
68.9
8
254
26
9.8
16.9
0
14 Edgar Bennett
E. Bennett
899
1996
GB GB
16
222
4.0
56.2
2
176
31
5.7
11.0
1
15 Napoleon Kaufman
N. Kaufman
874
1996
OAK OAK
16
150
5.8
54.6
1
143
22
6.5
8.9
1
16 Chris Warren
C. Warren
855
1996
SEA SEA
14
203
4.2
61.1
5
273
40
6.8
19.5
0
17 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
847
1996
CIN CIN
16
225
3.8
52.9
0
131
12
10.9
8.2
1
18 Marcus Allen
M. Allen
830
1996
KC KC
16
206
4.0
51.9
9
270
27
10.0
16.9
0
19 Rodney Hampton
R. Hampton
827
1996
NYG NYG
15
254
3.3
55.1
1
82
15
5.5
5.5
0
20 Raymont Harris
R. Harris
748
1996
CHI CHI
12
194
3.9
62.3
4
296
32
9.3
24.7
1
21 Bam Morris
B. Morris
737
1996
BAL BAL
11
172
4.3
67.0
4
242
25
9.7
22.0
1
22 James Stewart
J. Stewart
723
1996
JAX JAX
13
190
3.8
55.6
8
177
30
5.9
13.6
2
23 Leonard Russell
L. Russell
713
1996
SD SD
15
219
3.3
47.5
7
180
13
13.8
12.0
0
24 Robert Smith
R. Smith
692
1996
MIN MIN
8
162
4.3
86.5
3
39
7
5.6
4.9
0
25 Lamar Smith
L. Smith
680
1996
SEA SEA
16
153
4.4
42.5
8
58
9
6.4
3.6
0
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Team Rankings

PPG

32.1

1st

OPP PPG

18.0

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

151.1

4th

PASS YDS/G

258.0

5th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
Packers Packers
9
4
0
.692
Bears Bears
4
9
0
.308
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Mon
12/30
DET DET
@
SF SF
8:15 PM
Sun
12/22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/15
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
4:25 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

12 - 1 - 0

34

Final

31

GB Packers

9 - 4 - 0

Thu 5 Dec 2024

NFL 2024 Leaders

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NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
7
6
0
.538
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
30-18

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM