| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Campbell, HOU | 373 | 1934 | 5.2 | 13 |
| Walter Payton, CHI | 317 | 1460 | 4.6 | 6 |
| Ottis Anderson, STL | 301 | 1352 | 4.5 | 9 |
| William Andrews, ATL | 265 | 1308 | 4.9 | 4 |
| Billy Sims, DET | 313 | 1303 | 4.2 | 13 |
| Joe Cribbs, BUF | 306 | 1185 | 3.9 | 11 |
| Mike Pruitt, CLE | 249 | 1034 | 4.2 | 6 |
| Lynn Cain, ATL | 235 | 914 | 3.9 | 8 |
| Ted Brown, MIN | 219 | 912 | 4.2 | 8 |
| Mark van Eeghen, OAK | 222 | 838 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Eddie Lee Ivery, GB | 202 | 831 | 4.1 | 3 |
| Chuck Muncie, NO/SD | 175 | 827 | 4.7 | 6 |
| Vagas Ferguson, NE | 211 | 818 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Cullen Bryant, LAM | 183 | 807 | 4.4 | 3 |
| Curtis Dickey, BAL | 176 | 800 | 4.5 | 11 |
| Franco Harris, PIT | 208 | 789 | 3.8 | 4 |
| Don Calhoun, NE | 200 | 787 | 3.9 | 9 |
| Wilbert Montgomery, PHI | 193 | 778 | 4.0 | 8 |
| Elvis Peacock, LAM | 164 | 777 | 4.7 | 7 |
| Kenny King, OAK | 172 | 761 | 4.4 | 4 |
| Pete Johnson, CIN | 186 | 747 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Earl Cooper, SF | 171 | 720 | 4.2 | 5 |
| Dexter Bussey, DET | 145 | 720 | 5.0 | 3 |
| Wilbur Jackson, WAS | 176 | 708 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Charles Alexander, CIN | 169 | 702 | 4.2 | 2 |
| Ted McKnight, KC | 206 | 693 | 3.4 | 3 |
| Del Williams, MIA | 187 | 671 | 3.6 | 2 |
| Jim Jodat, SEA | 155 | 632 | 4.1 | 5 |
| Ricky Bell, TB | 174 | 599 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Billy Taylor, NYG | 147 | 580 | 3.9 | 4 |
| Scott Dierking, NYJ | 156 | 567 | 3.6 | 6 |
| Curtis Brown, BUF | 153 | 559 | 3.7 | 3 |
| Gerry Ellis, GB | 126 | 545 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Jerry Eckwood, TB | 149 | 504 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Joe Washington, BAL | 144 | 502 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Clarence Harmon, WAS | 128 | 484 | 3.8 | 4 |
| Jim Jensen, DEN | 101 | 476 | 4.7 | 2 |
| Otis Armstrong, DEN | 106 | 470 | 4.4 | 4 |
| Wayne Morris, STL | 11 | 456 | 41.5 | 6 |
| Mike Thomas, SD | 118 | 454 | 3.8 | 3 |
| Robert Newhouse, DAL | 118 | 451 | 3.8 | 6 |
| Jewerl Thomas, LAM | 65 | 427 | 6.6 | 2 |
| Mike Guman, LAM | 100 | 410 | 4.1 | 4 |
| Roland Harper, CHI | 113 | 404 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Dave Preston, DEN | 111 | 385 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Doug Williams, TB | 58 | 370 | 6.4 | 4 |
| Jimmy Rogers, NO | 80 | 366 | 4.6 | 1 |
| John Cappelletti, SD | 101 | 364 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Louie Giammona, PHI | 97 | 361 | 3.7 | 4 |
| Larry Heater, NYG | 111 | 360 | 3.2 | 3 |
| Rob Carpenter, HOU | 97 | 359 | 3.7 | 3 |
| Kevin Long, NYJ | 115 | 355 | 3.1 | 6 |
| Rickey Young, MIN | 130 | 351 | 2.7 | 3 |
| Dan Doornink, SEA | 100 | 344 | 3.4 | 3 |
| Leroy Harris, PHI | 104 | 341 | 3.3 | 3 |
| Lenvil Elliott, SF | 76 | 341 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Rocky Bleier, PIT | 78 | 340 | 4.4 | 1 |
| Richard Todd, NYJ | 49 | 330 | 6.7 | 5 |
| Tony Nathan, MIA | 60 | 327 | 5.5 | 1 |
| Ron Springs, DAL | 89 | 326 | 3.7 | 6 |
| Sidney Thornton, PIT | 78 | 325 | 4.2 | 3 |
| Tony Galbreath, NO | 81 | 308 | 3.8 | 3 |
| Vince Evans, CHI | 60 | 306 | 5.1 | 8 |
| Art Whittington, OAK | 91 | 299 | 3.3 | 3 |
| Tom Newton, NYJ | 59 | 299 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer, SF | 60 | 293 | 4.9 | 1 |
| Charles White, CLE | 86 | 279 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Steve Fuller, KC | 60 | 274 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Horace Belton, KC | 68 | 273 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Leon Perry, NYG | 59 | 272 | 4.6 | 1 |
| Bob Hammond, WAS | 45 | 265 | 5.9 | 0 |
| Cleveland Franklin, BAL | 83 | 264 | 3.2 | 2 |
| Archie Griffin, CIN | 85 | 260 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Clarence Williams, SD | 97 | 258 | 2.7 | 3 |
| Tim Wilson, HOU | 66 | 257 | 3.9 | 1 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon, DEN/SEA | 520 | 254 | 0.5 | 3 |
| Terry Robiskie, MIA | 78 | 250 | 3.2 | 2 |
| Jim Hadnot, KC | 76 | 244 | 3.2 | 2 |
| Don Woods, SD/SF | 54 | 239 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson, DET | 48 | 232 | 4.8 | 2 |
| Greg Hawthorne, PIT | 63 | 226 | 3.6 | 4 |
| Rob Lytle, DEN | 57 | 223 | 3.9 | 1 |
| Roosevelt Leaks, BUF | 67 | 219 | 3.3 | 2 |
| Steve Atkins, GB | 67 | 216 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Rickey Claitt, WAS | 57 | 215 | 3.8 | 1 |
| David Woodley, MIA | 55 | 214 | 3.9 | 3 |
| Jim Zorn, SEA | 44 | 214 | 4.9 | 1 |
| Steve Howell, MIA | 60 | 206 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Jeff Moore, SEA | 60 | 202 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett, NYJ/MIA | 46 | 200 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Phil Simms, NYG | 36 | 190 | 5.3 | 1 |
| Wayne Wilson, NO | 63 | 188 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Marvin Sims, BAL | 54 | 186 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Theotis Brown, STL | 40 | 186 | 4.7 | 1 |
| Tony Reed, KC | 68 | 180 | 2.6 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews, NYG | 64 | 180 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann, WAS | 29 | 175 | 6.0 | 3 |
| Bert Jones, BAL | 27 | 175 | 6.5 | 2 |
| Clark Gaines, NYJ | 36 | 174 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Will Harrell, STL | 42 | 170 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Perry Harrington, PHI | 32 | 166 | 5.2 | 1 |
| Archie Manning, NO | 23 | 166 | 7.2 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler, LAM | 30 | 157 | 5.2 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton, GB | 56 | 155 | 2.8 | 2 |
| Jim Plunkett, OAK | 28 | 141 | 5.0 | 2 |
| Cleo Miller, CLE | 28 | 139 | 5.0 | 3 |
| James Jones, DAL | 41 | 135 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Don McCauley, BAL | 35 | 133 | 3.8 | 1 |
| Buddy Hardeman, WAS | 40 | 132 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Russell Davis, PIT | 33 | 132 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Rick Berns, TB | 39 | 131 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Johnny Davis, TB | 39 | 130 | 3.3 | 1 |
| Deacon Turner, CIN | 30 | 130 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth, DEN | 38 | 127 | 3.3 | 1 |
| Bruce Harper, NYJ | 45 | 126 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Rick Kane, DET | 31 | 125 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson, CIN | 16 | 122 | 7.6 | 0 |
| Arnold Morgado, KC | 47 | 120 | 2.6 | 4 |
| Billy Campfield, PHI | 44 | 120 | 2.7 | 1 |
| Eddie Hill, LAM | 39 | 120 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Jack Holmes, NO | 38 | 119 | 3.1 | 2 |
| Roland Hooks, BUF | 25 | 118 | 4.7 | 1 |
| Greg Pruitt, CLE | 40 | 117 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer, MIN | 31 | 115 | 3.7 | 1 |
| Danny White, DAL | 27 | 114 | 4.2 | 1 |
| Steve Grogan, NE | 30 | 112 | 3.7 | 1 |
| Horace Ivory, NE | 42 | 111 | 2.6 | 2 |
| Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 36 | 111 | 3.1 | 2 |
| Robert Miller, MIN | 27 | 98 | 3.6 | 1 |
| Mosi Tatupu, NE | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 3 |
| Matt Cavanaugh, NE | 19 | 97 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett, DAL | 278 | 96 | 0.3 | 11 |
| Ron Jaworski, PHI | 27 | 95 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Sherman Smith, SEA | 23 | 94 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Mike Hogan, PHI/NYG | 34 | 90 | 2.6 | 1 |
| James Mayberry, ATL | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Willie McClendon, CHI | 10 | 88 | 8.8 | 1 |
| Freddie Scott, DET | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 1 |
| Jack Thompson, CIN | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 1 |
| Ronnie Coleman, HOU | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome, DAL | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 2 |
| Joe Montana, SF | 32 | 77 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Joe Ferguson, BUF | 31 | 65 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Sammy White, MIN | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 |
| Chuck Foreman, NE | 23 | 63 | 2.7 | 1 |
| Leonard Thompson, DET | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 |
| Dave Williams, CHI | 26 | 57 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Horace King, DET | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Larry Brinson, SEA | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 1 |
| Allan Clark, NE | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 1 |
| Freddie Solomon, SF | 8 | 56 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Brian Sipe, CLE | 20 | 55 | 2.8 | 1 |
| John Skibinski, CHI | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal, MIN | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Ike Forte, WAS | 30 | 51 | 1.7 | 1 |
| Eddie Hicks, NYG | 19 | 50 | 2.6 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch, DEN | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson, DEN | 21 | 47 | 2.2 | 3 |
| Matt Suhey, CHI | 22 | 45 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Ray Strong, ATL | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 1 |
| Mike Strachan, NO | 20 | 41 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Booker Russell, SD | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Carlos Carson, KC | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 |
| Mike Phipps, CHI | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 2 |
| Ray Guy, OAK | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson, NE | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 |
| Phil Francis, SF | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan, NE | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski, ATL | 25 | 35 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Terry Miller, BUF | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Cliff Stoudt, PIT | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Vince Ferragamo, LAM | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 1 |
| Hank Bauer, SD | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Charlie Smith, PHI | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 |
| Earl Gant, KC | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Kevin House, TB | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 |
| Alvin Garrett, NYG | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Derrick Jensen, OAK | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson, DAL | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 |
| Craig Morton, DEN | 21 | 29 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Dan Manucci, BUF | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 |
| Tony Hill, DAL | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson, NE | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Greg Landry, BAL | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 1 |
| Steve Dils, MIN | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 |
| Dino Hall, CLE | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 |
| Tony Davis, TB | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini, OAK | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins, TB | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall, KC | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 |
| Gary Davis, TB | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 |
| David Beverly, GB | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Frank LeMaster, PHI | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard, LAM | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree, DAL | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Victor Hicks, LAM | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 |
| Scott Brunner, NYG | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Sam Adkins, SEA | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Jerry Butler, BUF | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 |
| Ray Williams, DET | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 |
| Craig Colquitt, PIT | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 |
| Lydell Mitchell, LAM | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Nick Giaquinto, MIA | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Frank Pollard, PIT | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 |
| John Jefferson, SD | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts, SD | 23 | 15 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Eddie Payton, MIN | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Paul Darby, NYJ | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 |
| Scott Fitzkee, PHI | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 |
| Al Hunter, SEA | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Chuck Fusina, TB | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome, CLE | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 |
| John James, ATL | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 |
| Pat Haden, LAM | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro, HOU | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Cleo Montgomery, CIN | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey, GB | 19 | 11 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Jim Hart, STL | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Harian Huckleby, GB | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 1 |
| Ira Matthews, OAK | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 |
| John Sciarra, PHI | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill, CLE | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw, NYG | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler, NO | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Bill Kenney, KC | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Dave Casper, OAK/HOU | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Zachary Dixon, PHI/BAL | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad, MIN | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Mark Brammer, BUF | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead, DEN | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Willis Adams, CLE | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole, CIN | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Glenn Carano, DAL | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson, DAL | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Rod Phillips, STL | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Mike Levenseller, CIN | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Mike Kruczek, WAS | 9 | 5 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Anthony Anderson, ATL | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson, GB | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Vickey Ray Anderson, GB | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Ed Luther, SD | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Lam Jones, NYJ | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Don Testerman, MIA | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| David Humm, BUF | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg, SF | 6 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Bobby Batton, NYJ | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Jim Walsh, SEA | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons, CHI | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Drew Hill, LAM | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Paul Coffman, GB | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Barty Smith, GB | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Boobie Clark, HOU | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Randy Love, STL | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Nat Moore, MIA | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Marc Wilson, OAK | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Jim Culbreath, PHI/NYG | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Bo Robinson, DET | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Steve Largent, SEA | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Keith Krepfle, PHI | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti, NO | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis, ATL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson, HOU | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Cliff Branch, OAK | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton, SF | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Mike Barber, HOU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Knapple, DEN | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rick Partridge, SD | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tom Clements, KC | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller, SD | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nolan Cromwell, LAM | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bob Griese, MIA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Pat McInally, CIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| M. L. Harris, CIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Hubach, NE | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen, HOU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Billy Waddy, LAM | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Joe Senser, MIN | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Bob Lee, LAM | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Jim Smith, PIT | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Paul McDonald, CLE | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 |
| Junior Miller, ATL | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson, SF | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Willie Miller, LAM | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik, PHI | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Mel Gray, STL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Don Strock, MIA | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Jesse Thompson, DET | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann, PIT | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 |
| Gordon Banks, NO | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 |
| Johnny Evans, CLE | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 |
| LaRue Harrington, SD | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman, NYG | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 |
| Roger Carr, BAL | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 |
| Rick Walker, WAS | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie, BUF | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 |
| Greg Cater, BUF | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 0 |
| Gordon Jones, TB | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison, WAS | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | 0 |
| Jim Miller, SF | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 |
| Bob Grupp, KC | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 0 |
| Chuck Ramsey, NYJ | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 |
| Rickey Watts, CHI | 1 | -16 | -16.0 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler, HOU | 15 | -22 | -1.5 | 0 |