| Rushing | Rush | Yds | Avg | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Payton, CHI | 339 | 1852 | 5.5 | 14 |
| Mark van Eeghen, OAK | 324 | 1273 | 3.9 | 7 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon, LAM | 294 | 1238 | 4.2 | 7 |
| Franco Harris, PIT | 300 | 1162 | 3.9 | 11 |
| Lydell Mitchell, BAL | 301 | 1159 | 3.9 | 3 |
| Chuck Foreman, MIN | 270 | 1112 | 4.1 | 6 |
| Greg Pruitt, CLE | 236 | 1086 | 4.6 | 3 |
| Sam Cunningham, NE | 270 | 1015 | 3.8 | 4 |
| Tony Dorsett, DAL | 208 | 1007 | 4.8 | 12 |
| Del Williams, SF | 268 | 931 | 3.5 | 7 |
| Haskel Stanback, ATL | 247 | 873 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Chuck Muncie, NO | 201 | 811 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Mike Thomas, WAS | 228 | 806 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Clarence Davis, OAK | 194 | 787 | 4.1 | 5 |
| Wilbur Jackson, SF | 179 | 780 | 4.4 | 7 |
| Sherman Smith, SEA | 163 | 763 | 4.7 | 4 |
| Cleo Miller, CLE | 163 | 756 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Terry Metcalf, STL | 149 | 739 | 5.0 | 4 |
| Don Calhoun, NE | 198 | 727 | 3.7 | 4 |
| Robert Newhouse, DAL | 180 | 721 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Wayne Morris, STL | 165 | 661 | 4.0 | 8 |
| Ronnie Coleman, HOU | 185 | 660 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Rob Carpenter, HOU | 144 | 652 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath, NO | 168 | 644 | 3.8 | 3 |
| Benny Malone, MIA | 129 | 615 | 4.8 | 5 |
| John Cappelletti, LAM | 178 | 598 | 3.4 | 5 |
| Clark Gaines, NYJ | 158 | 595 | 3.8 | 3 |
| Pete Johnson, CIN | 153 | 585 | 3.8 | 4 |
| Bob Hammond, NYG | 154 | 577 | 3.7 | 3 |
| O. J. Simpson, BUF | 126 | 557 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Barty Smith, GB | 166 | 554 | 3.3 | 2 |
| Ed Podolak, KC | 133 | 550 | 4.1 | 5 |
| Archie Griffin, CIN | 137 | 549 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Mike Hogan, PHI | 155 | 546 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Rickey Young, SD | 157 | 543 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Gary Davis, MIA | 126 | 533 | 4.2 | 2 |
| Keith Krepfle, PHI | 27 | 530 | 19.6 | 3 |
| Horace King, DET | 155 | 521 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Tony Reed, KC | 126 | 505 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Roland Hooks, BUF | 128 | 497 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong, DEN | 130 | 489 | 3.8 | 4 |
| Doug Kotar, NYG | 132 | 480 | 3.6 | 2 |
| Woody Thompson, ATL | 132 | 478 | 3.6 | 1 |
| Rocky Bleier, PIT | 135 | 465 | 3.4 | 4 |
| Larry Csonka, NYG | 134 | 464 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Don Testerman, SEA | 119 | 459 | 3.9 | 1 |
| Roland Harper, CHI | 120 | 457 | 3.8 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin, DEN | 110 | 456 | 4.1 | 3 |
| Ricky Bell, TB | 148 | 436 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Rick Kane, DET | 124 | 421 | 3.4 | 4 |
| Leroy Harris, MIA | 91 | 417 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Norm Bulaich, MIA | 91 | 416 | 4.6 | 4 |
| Rob Lytle, DEN | 104 | 408 | 3.9 | 1 |
| Don Woods, SD | 118 | 405 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Jim Braxton, BUF | 113 | 372 | 3.3 | 1 |
| David Sims, SEA | 99 | 369 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Tom Sullivan, PHI | 125 | 363 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Ron Lee, BAL | 84 | 346 | 4.1 | 3 |
| Tim Wilson, HOU | 99 | 343 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Preston Pearson, DAL | 89 | 341 | 3.8 | 1 |
| Dexter Bussey, DET | 85 | 338 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Jim Otis, STL | 99 | 334 | 3.4 | 2 |
| Brent McClanahan, MIN | 95 | 324 | 3.4 | 1 |
| Steve Grogan, NE | 61 | 324 | 5.3 | 1 |
| Wendell Tyler, LAM | 61 | 317 | 5.2 | 3 |
| Scott Dierking, NYJ | 79 | 315 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth, DEN | 83 | 311 | 3.7 | 1 |
| Clarence Harmon, WAS | 94 | 310 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson, GB | 103 | 309 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Anthony Davis, TB | 95 | 297 | 3.1 | 1 |
| Jimmy DuBose, TB | 71 | 284 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson, BUF | 41 | 279 | 6.8 | 2 |
| Monroe Eley, ATL | 97 | 273 | 2.8 | 1 |
| Mike Strachan, NO | 55 | 271 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Archie Manning, NO | 39 | 270 | 6.9 | 5 |
| Lenvil Elliott, CIN | 65 | 269 | 4.1 | 0 |
| Mark Bailey, KC | 66 | 266 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Calvin Hill, WAS | 69 | 257 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks, BAL | 59 | 237 | 4.0 | 3 |
| Don McCauley, BAL | 83 | 234 | 2.8 | 6 |
| James Betterson, PHI | 62 | 233 | 3.8 | 1 |
| Robin Earl, CHI | 56 | 233 | 4.2 | 1 |
| Herb Lusk, PHI | 52 | 229 | 4.4 | 2 |
| Boobie Clark, CIN | 68 | 226 | 3.3 | 1 |
| Joe Washington, SD | 62 | 217 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson, MIN | 55 | 217 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Clarence Williams, SD | 50 | 215 | 4.3 | 2 |
| Pete Banaszak, OAK | 67 | 214 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Don Nottingham, MIA | 44 | 214 | 4.9 | 2 |
| Jerry Latin, STL | 56 | 208 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Mike Pruitt, CLE | 47 | 205 | 4.4 | 1 |
| Nate Simpson, GB | 60 | 204 | 3.4 | 0 |
| John Riggins, WAS | 68 | 203 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Ed Williams, TB | 63 | 198 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper, NYJ | 44 | 198 | 4.5 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews, SD | 43 | 193 | 4.5 | 0 |
| John Brockington, GB/KC | 65 | 186 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Willie Spencer, NYG | 62 | 184 | 3.0 | 3 |
| Wilbert Montgomery, PHI | 45 | 183 | 4.1 | 2 |
| Rod Phillips, LAM | 37 | 183 | 4.9 | 1 |
| Al Hunter, SEA | 32 | 179 | 5.6 | 1 |
| Carl Garrett, OAK | 53 | 175 | 3.3 | 1 |
| Reggie Harrison, PIT | 36 | 175 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach, DAL | 51 | 171 | 3.4 | 3 |
| Terry Bradshaw, PIT | 31 | 171 | 5.5 | 3 |
| Kevin Long, NYJ | 56 | 170 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman, HOU | 42 | 162 | 3.9 | 2 |
| Bob Ferrell, SF | 41 | 160 | 3.9 | 1 |
| Ike Forte, NE | 62 | 157 | 2.5 | 2 |
| Robert Miller, MIN | 46 | 152 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Charlie White, NYJ | 50 | 151 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Marv Hubbard, DET | 38 | 150 | 3.9 | 1 |
| Joe Theismann, WAS | 29 | 149 | 5.1 | 1 |
| Bert Jones, BAL | 28 | 146 | 5.2 | 2 |
| Jim Jensen, DEN | 40 | 143 | 3.6 | 1 |
| Jim Zorn, SEA | 25 | 141 | 5.6 | 1 |
| Will Harrell, GB | 60 | 140 | 2.3 | 1 |
| Johnny Musso, CHI | 37 | 132 | 3.6 | 2 |
| Ken Anderson, CIN | 26 | 128 | 4.9 | 2 |
| Ron Jaworski, PHI | 40 | 127 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Craig Morton, DEN | 30 | 125 | 4.2 | 4 |
| Larry Poole, CLE | 38 | 118 | 3.1 | 1 |
| Louis Carter, TB | 59 | 117 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Mike Collier, BUF | 31 | 116 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Bob Avellini, CHI | 37 | 109 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Paul Hofer, SF | 34 | 106 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Pat Haden, LAM | 29 | 106 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Sidney Thornton, PIT | 27 | 103 | 3.8 | 2 |
| Billy Johnson, HOU | 6 | 102 | 17.0 | 1 |
| Mike Esposito, ATL | 34 | 101 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Terry Robiskie, OAK | 22 | 100 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Greg Landry, DET | 25 | 99 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton, GB | 35 | 97 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson, DET | 31 | 91 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Nat Moore, MIA | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 1 |
| Tony Davis, CIN | 27 | 81 | 3.0 | 2 |
| MacArthur Lane, KC | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 1 |
| Mike Livingston, KC | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 1 |
| Steve Jones, STL | 24 | 77 | 3.2 | 3 |
| Mike Rae, OAK | 13 | 75 | 5.8 | 1 |
| Ted McKnight, KC | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett, SF | 28 | 71 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Larry Watkins, NYG | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Scott Hunter, ATL | 28 | 70 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Larry Barnes, SD | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Secdrick McIntyre, ATL | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell, NYG | 16 | 63 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Gary Danielson, DET | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison, DAL | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Joe Pisarcik, NYG | 27 | 57 | 2.1 | 2 |
| Alvin Maxson, PIT | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Norris Weese, DEN | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 1 |
| David Whitehurst, GB | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 1 |
| Laverne Smith, PIT | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Jim Culbreath, GB | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Ray Burks, KC | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 0 |
| Tony Benjamin, SEA | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 0 |
| John Stallworth, PIT | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 |
| Richard Todd, NYJ | 24 | 46 | 1.9 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson, NYJ | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Johnny Rodgers, SD | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon, MIA | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant, LAM | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini, HOU | 18 | 39 | 2.2 | 2 |
| Tom Newton, NYJ | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 0 |
| Randy Hedberg, TB | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown, BUF | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Billy Waddy, LAM | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 |
| Darryl Stingley, NE | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 |
| Terry Nelson, LAM | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 |
| Bob Griese, MIA | 16 | 30 | 1.9 | 0 |
| Cliff Olander, SD | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Lawrence Williams, KC/CLE | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 |
| Frank LeMaster, PHI | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 |
| Larry Brinson, DAL | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Jess Phillips, NE | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 |
| Jeb Blount, TB | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker, NYJ | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 |
| Larry Keller, NYJ | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 |
| Lynn Dickey, GB | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Craig Penrose, DEN | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Kim Jones, NO | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Marty Domres, NYJ | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass, NO | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson, DAL | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 |
| Tony Adams, KC | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 |
| George Ragsdale, TB | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer, WAS | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Mike Voigt, HOU | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Art Best, CHI | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Scott Bull, SF | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova, CIN | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli, STL | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch, DEN | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 |
| Jim Hart, STL | 11 | 18 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Brian Duncan, CLE | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Shelton Diggs, NYJ | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw, DAL | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 0 |
| Mark Kellar, MIN | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison, SF | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Jim Jodat, LAM | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Brian Sipe, CLE | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Steve Bartkowski, ATL | 18 | 13 | 0.7 | 0 |
| James Harris, SD | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 2 |
| Dan Fouts, SD | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton, CLE/DET | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Charlie Smith, PHI | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Arnold Morgado, KC | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Jack Dolbin, DEN | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall, KC | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 |
| Bobby Scott, NO | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 |
| John Hadl, HOU | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 1 |
| Glenn Doughty, BAL | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Terry Anderson, MIA | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 |
| Gary Huff, TB | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough, HOU | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 |
| David Hill, DET | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Horace Ivory, NE | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Stanley Morgan, NE | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree, DAL | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Tony Dungy, PIT | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson, KC | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Bo Rather, CHI | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Billy Pritchett, ATL | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 |
| Alfred Jenkins, ATL | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Jack Deloplaine, PIT | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller, SD | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 |
| Fran Tarkenton, MIN | 15 | 6 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Hubert Ginn, OAK | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Wallace Francis, ATL | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Bob Brunett, WAS | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Sam Adkins, SEA | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Lynn Swann, PIT | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Reggie Rucker, CLE | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Dave Williams, SF | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Lou Piccone, BUF | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Harold Jackson, LAM | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Steve Odom, GB | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Joe Namath, LAM | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead, NYG | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Hank Bauer, SD | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Andy Bolton, DET | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Pat McInally, CIN | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Glenn Bujnoch, CIN | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Karl Farmer, ATL | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer, MIN | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Neil Graff, PIT | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Artie Owens, SD | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Ed Beckman, KC | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Joe Reed, DET | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Dave Mays, CLE | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Bill Munson, SD | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins, TB | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield, CLE | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Pat Curran, SD | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Steve Myer, SEA | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick, DEN/WAS | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Larry Jones, WAS | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| John Reaves, CIN | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Vince Ferragamo, LAM | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dave Green, TB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Marv Bateman, BUF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb, CIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Vince Evans, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Franklin, PHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brian Baschnagel, CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bobby Walden, PIT | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Kruczek, PIT | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bucky Dilts, DEN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mike Franckowiak, BUF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Wilbur Summers, DET | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Haven Moses, DEN | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 |
| Kim McQuilken, ATL | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 |
| Jim Corbett, CIN | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Mel Gray, STL | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Terry Luck, CLE | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 |
| Morris Owens, TB | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 |
| David Lee, BAL | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Herman Weaver, SEA | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Danny White, DAL | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Wally Henry, PHI | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Mike Michel, MIA | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler, OAK | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 |
| David Beverly, GB | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 |
| Walter White, KC | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson, DAL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Willie McGee, SF | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Jim Thaxton, NO | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Greg Coleman, CLE | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Jerry Golsteyn, NYG | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 |
| Billy Brooks, CIN | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell, ATL | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 |
| Luther Blue, DET | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 |
| Bob Lee, MIN | 12 | -8 | -0.7 | 0 |
| Bill Troup, BAL | 7 | -8 | -1.1 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin, NO | 5 | -9 | -1.8 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles, HOU | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | 0 |
| Terry Joyce, STL | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | 0 |
| Rich Caster, NYJ | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 |
| Duane Carrell, NYJ/STL | 2 | -15 | -7.5 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann, NO | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | 0 |