| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith, DAL | 373 | 1713 | 4.6 | 18 |
| Barry Foster, PIT | 390 | 1690 | 4.3 | 11 |
| Thurman Thomas, BUF | 312 | 1487 | 4.8 | 9 |
| Barry Sanders, DET | 312 | 1352 | 4.3 | 9 |
| Lorenzo White, HOU | 265 | 1226 | 4.6 | 7 |
| Terry Allen, MIN | 266 | 1201 | 4.5 | 13 |
| Reggie Cobb, TB | 310 | 1171 | 3.8 | 9 |
| Harold Green, CIN | 265 | 1170 | 4.4 | 2 |
| Rodney Hampton, NYG | 257 | 1141 | 4.4 | 14 |
| Cleveland Gary, LAM | 279 | 1125 | 4.0 | 7 |
| Herschel Walker, PHI | 267 | 1070 | 4.0 | 8 |
| Chris Warren, SEA | 223 | 1017 | 4.6 | 3 |
| Ricky Watters, SF | 206 | 1013 | 4.9 | 9 |
| Earnest Byner, WAS | 262 | 998 | 3.8 | 6 |
| Mark Higgs, MIA | 256 | 915 | 3.6 | 7 |
| Marion Butts, SD | 218 | 809 | 3.7 | 4 |
| Johnny Johnson, PHO | 178 | 734 | 4.1 | 6 |
| Eric Dickerson, LAI | 187 | 729 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Brad Baxter, NYJ | 152 | 698 | 4.6 | 6 |
| Gaston Green, DEN | 161 | 648 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Vince Workman, GB | 159 | 631 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Kenneth Davis, BUF | 139 | 613 | 4.4 | 6 |
| Barry Word, KC | 163 | 607 | 3.7 | 4 |
| Anthony Johnson, IND | 178 | 592 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Heath Sherman, PHI | 112 | 583 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Neal Anderson, CHI | 156 | 582 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Vaughn Dunbar, NO | 154 | 565 | 3.7 | 3 |
| Randall Cunningham, PHI | 87 | 549 | 6.3 | 5 |
| Kevin Mack, CLE | 169 | 543 | 3.2 | 6 |
| Steve Young, SF | 76 | 537 | 7.1 | 4 |
| Jarrod Bunch, NYG | 104 | 501 | 4.8 | 3 |
| Derrick Fenner, CIN | 112 | 500 | 4.5 | 7 |
| Rod Bernstine, SD | 106 | 499 | 4.7 | 4 |
| Ricky Ervins, WAS | 151 | 495 | 3.3 | 2 |
| Bobby Humphrey, MIA | 102 | 471 | 4.6 | 1 |
| Jon Vaughn, NE | 113 | 451 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Christian Okoye, KC | 144 | 448 | 3.1 | 6 |
| Dalton Hilliard, NO | 115 | 445 | 3.9 | 3 |
| Blair Thomas, NYJ | 97 | 440 | 4.5 | 0 |
| Roger Craig, MIN | 105 | 416 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Craig Heyward, NO | 104 | 416 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Brad Muster, CHI | 98 | 414 | 4.2 | 3 |
| Leonard Russell, NE | 123 | 390 | 3.2 | 2 |
| Darren Lewis, CHI | 90 | 382 | 4.2 | 4 |
| Tommy Vardell, CLE | 99 | 369 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Nick Bell, LAI | 81 | 366 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Steve Broussard, ATL | 84 | 363 | 4.3 | 1 |
| Amp Lee, SF | 91 | 362 | 4.0 | 2 |
| John L. Williams, SEA | 114 | 339 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Tony Smith, ATL | 87 | 329 | 3.8 | 2 |
| Rodney Culver, IND | 121 | 321 | 2.7 | 7 |
| Eric Metcalf, CLE | 73 | 301 | 4.1 | 1 |
| Marcus Allen, LAI | 67 | 301 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Reggie Rivers, DEN | 74 | 282 | 3.8 | 3 |
| Keith Jones, ATL | 79 | 278 | 3.5 | 0 |
| John Stephens, NE | 75 | 277 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Jim Harbaugh, CHI | 47 | 272 | 5.8 | 1 |
| Greg Lewis, DEN | 73 | 268 | 3.7 | 4 |
| Eric Bieniemy, SD | 74 | 264 | 3.6 | 3 |
| Harvey Williams, KC | 78 | 262 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Darrell Thompson, GB | 76 | 254 | 3.3 | 2 |
| Leroy Hoard, CLE | 54 | 236 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon, SD | 55 | 235 | 4.3 | 3 |
| Johnny Bailey, PHO | 52 | 233 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Edgar Bennett, GB | 61 | 214 | 3.5 | 0 |
| David Lang, LAM | 33 | 203 | 6.2 | 5 |
| Brett Favre, GB | 47 | 198 | 4.2 | 1 |
| Vinny Testaverde, TB | 36 | 197 | 5.5 | 2 |
| Ivory Lee Brown, PHO | 68 | 194 | 2.9 | 2 |
| Tom Rathman, SF | 57 | 194 | 3.4 | 5 |
| Gary Anderson, TB | 55 | 194 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Rich Gannon, MIN | 45 | 187 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Pat Chaffey, NYJ | 27 | 186 | 6.9 | 1 |
| Curvin Richards, DAL | 49 | 176 | 3.6 | 1 |
| Keith Byars, PHI | 41 | 176 | 4.3 | 1 |
| Jeff Hostetler, NYG | 35 | 172 | 4.9 | 3 |
| Freeman McNeil, NYJ | 43 | 170 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett, NYG | 32 | 167 | 5.2 | 0 |
| Carwell Gardner, BUF | 40 | 166 | 4.2 | 2 |
| Harry Sydney, GB | 51 | 163 | 3.2 | 2 |
| Scott Lockwood, NE | 35 | 162 | 4.6 | 0 |
| Jay Schroeder, LAI | 28 | 160 | 5.7 | 0 |
| Leroy Thompson, PIT | 35 | 157 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Keith Henderson, SF/MIN | 44 | 150 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Merril Hoge, PIT | 41 | 150 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Chris Chandler, PHO | 36 | 149 | 4.1 | 1 |
| Warren Moon, HOU | 27 | 147 | 5.4 | 1 |
| Larry Centers, PHO | 37 | 139 | 3.8 | 0 |
| Ken Clark, IND | 40 | 134 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Jim Everett, LAM | 32 | 133 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Steve Smith, LAI | 44 | 129 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Todd McNair, KC | 21 | 124 | 5.9 | 1 |
| Andre Ware, DET | 20 | 124 | 6.2 | 0 |
| Dwight Stone, PIT | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 0 |
| Robert Delpino, LAM | 32 | 115 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee, NO | 39 | 114 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Donald Hollas, CIN | 20 | 109 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Hugh Millen, NE | 17 | 108 | 6.4 | 0 |
| Mark Green, CHI | 23 | 107 | 4.7 | 2 |
| Troy Aikman, DAL | 37 | 105 | 2.8 | 1 |
| Bobby Hebert, NO | 32 | 95 | 3.0 | 0 |
| John Elway, DEN | 34 | 94 | 2.8 | 2 |
| Sammie Smith, DEN | 23 | 94 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Chris Miller, ATL | 23 | 89 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Erric Pegram, ATL | 21 | 89 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Gary Brown, HOU | 19 | 87 | 4.6 | 1 |
| Rodney Peete, DET | 21 | 83 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Anthony McDowell, TB | 14 | 81 | 5.8 | 0 |
| Stan Humphries, SD | 28 | 79 | 2.8 | 4 |
| Stan Gelbaugh, SEA | 16 | 79 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Vince Evans, LAI | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 0 |
| Cody Carlson, HOU | 27 | 77 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Ernest Givins, HOU | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 0 |
| Dave Krieg, KC | 37 | 74 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Reuben Mayes, SEA | 28 | 74 | 2.6 | 0 |
| Scott Zolak, NE | 18 | 71 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Brian Mitchell, WAS | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 |
| Anthony Morgan, CHI | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 |
| Johnny Hector, NYJ | 24 | 67 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Boomer Esiason, CIN | 21 | 66 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Dan Marino, MIA | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Anthony Carter, MIN | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 1 |
| Anthony Thompson, PHO/LAM | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Andre Reed, BUF | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 0 |
| Wade Wilson, ATL | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston, DAL | 17 | 61 | 3.6 | 0 |
| Jerry Rice, SF | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 1 |
| Browning Nagle, NYJ | 24 | 57 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Arthur Marshall, DEN | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 0 |
| Eric Ball, CIN | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Tommie Agee, DAL | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Jim Kelly, BUF | 31 | 53 | 1.7 | 1 |
| David Klingler, CIN | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Mark Rypien, WAS | 36 | 50 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Robert Green, WAS | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 |
| Art Monk, WAS | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 |
| James Brooks, CLE/TB | 18 | 44 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Marc Logan, SF | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 1 |
| A. B. Brown, NYJ | 24 | 42 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Wendell Davis, CHI | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 |
| Troy Stradford, LAM/DET | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Kevin Turner, NE | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Mike Tomczak, CLE | 24 | 39 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Shawn Moore, DEN | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Eddie Fuller, BUF | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Bernie Parmalee, MIA | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Kelly Stouffer, SEA | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Mike Pritchard, ATL | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 |
| Kent Graham, NYG | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Erik Kramer, DET | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Don Majkowski, GB | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Jeff Carlson, NE | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson, NYG | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Randy Baldwin, CLE | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Todd Marinovich, LAI | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Scottie Graham, NYJ | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Joe Montana, SF | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 |
| Emile Harry, KC/LAM | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 |
| Jeff George, IND | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 1 |
| Joe Johnson, MIN | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Tracy Johnson, SEA | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 |
| Stanford Jennings, TB | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis, NYJ | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 |
| Steve Bono, SF | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Alonzo Highsmith, TB | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Jim McMahon, PHI | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 |
| Ricky Proehl, PHO | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 |
| Ostell Miles, CIN | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Ed Tillison, DET | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Michael Jackson, CLE | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 |
| Rob Moore, NYJ | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 |
| Tommy Maddox, DEN | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Webster Slaughter, HOU | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Ernie Mills, PIT | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 |
| Buford McGee, GB | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Gary Clark, WAS | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Phil Simms, NYG | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Bubby Brister, PIT | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Tolliver, ATL | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 |
| Cris Carter, MIN | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Lawyer Tillman, CLE | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 |
| Alvin Harper, DAL | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 |
| Desmond Howard, WAS | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 |
| Bill Brooks, IND | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Vernon Turner, LAM | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Robert Brooks, GB | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Lewis Tillman, NYG | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Dan McGwire, SEA | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Kelvin Martin, DAL | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Bernie Kosar, CLE | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Jesse Solomon, ATL | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Timm Rosenbach, PHO | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Tony Paige, MIA | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 1 |
| Tom Hodson, NE | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Dexter McNabb, GB | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Scott Mitchell, MIA | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Derrick Gainer, LAI/DAL | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Corey Harris, HOU/GB | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 |
| John Taylor, SF | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Dexter Carter, SF | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon, IND | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Tom Tupa, IND | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Aaron Craver, MIA | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien, NYJ | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Sterling Sharpe, GB | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Leonard Harris, HOU | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Al Edwards, BUF | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 |
| Sam Gash, NE | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 |
| James Saxon, MIA | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Doug Thomas, SEA | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Reggie Johnson, DEN | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Nate Lewis, SD | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Jack Trudeau, IND | 13 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Willie Gault, LAI | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Irving Fryar, NE | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Neil O'Donnell, PIT | 27 | 5 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Darrin Nelson, MIN | 10 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Brian Blades, SEA | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Randal Hill, PHO | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg, TB | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Greg McMurtry, NE | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry, CHI | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Vai Sikahema, PHI | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley, CLE | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Ben Coates, NE | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Peter Tom Willis, CHI | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter, NYJ | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Kelly Goodburn, WAS | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Hassan Jones, MIN | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Spencer Tillman, HOU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Query, CIN | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Kimble Anders, KC | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Sean Salisbury, MIN | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Klaus Wilmsmeyer, SF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Warren Williams, PIT | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Pagel, LAM | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Scott Fulhage, ATL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Quinn Early, NO | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 |
| Bob Perryman, DEN | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson, DEN | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 |
| Dave Brown, NYG | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 |
| Bucky Richardson, HOU | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller, SD | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Robb Thomas, SEA | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Eric Blount, PHO | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Craig Erickson, TB | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Mark Herrmann, IND | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 |
| Jeff Blake, NYJ | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Tony Martin, MIA | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones, PHO | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 |
| Tim Brown, LAI | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 |
| Bob Gagliano, SD | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 |
| Mike Buck, NO | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 |
| Cary Conklin, WAS | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 |
| Deion Sanders, ATL | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 |
| Ricky Sanders, WAS | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | 0 |
| Shannon Sharpe, DEN | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Don Beebe, BUF | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 |
| Steve Beuerlein, DAL | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 |
| Reggie Langhorne, IND | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 |
| Frank Reich, BUF | 9 | -9 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin, DAL | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 |
| Shawn McCarthy, NE | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 0 |
| Willie Davis, KC | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Gossett, LAI | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | 0 |
| Fred Barnett, PHI | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 |