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← All-time rushing yards
1981 NFL Season Leaders
Rushing Yards
Top 25 of 146 qualifiers · regular season.
1
George Rogers
RB
·
NO
1,674 yds
2
Tony Dorsett
RB
·
DAL
1,646 yds
3
Billy Sims
RB
·
DET
1,437 yds
4
Earl Campbell
RB
·
HOU
1,376 yds
5
Walter Payton
RB
·
CHI
1,222 yds
6
Chuck Muncie
RB
·
SD
1,144 yds
7
Joe Delaney
RB
·
KC
1,121 yds
8
Joe Cribbs
RB
·
BUF
1,097 yds
9
Franco Harris
RB
·
PIT
987 yds
10
Joe Washington
RB
·
WAS
916 yds
11
Tony Collins
RB
·
NE
873 yds
12
Gerry Ellis
RB
·
GB
860 yds
13
Curtis Dickey
RB
·
IND
779 yds
14
John Riggins
RB
·
WAS
714 yds
15
Andra Franklin
RB
·
MIA
711 yds
16
Jerry Eckwood
RB
·
TB
651 yds
17
Dave Preston
RB
·
DEN
640 yds
18
Freeman McNeil
RB
·
NYJ
623 yds
19
Randy McMillan
RB
·
BAL
597 yds
20
Frank Pollard
RB
·
PIT
570 yds
21
Lynn Cain
RB
·
ATL
542 yds
22
James Brooks
RB
·
SD
525 yds
23
Matt Suhey
RB
·
CHI
521 yds
24
Dexter Bussey
RB
·
DET
446 yds
25
Cullen Bryant
RB
·
LAR
436 yds