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| Year | Player | Team | Att | Yards | Avg. | TD |
| 2003 | Jamal Lewis | Baltimore Ravens | 387 | 2066 | 5.3 | 14 |
| 2002 | Ricky Williams | Miami Dolphins | 383 | 1853 | 4.8 | 16 |
| 2001 | Priest Holmes | Kansas City Chiefs | 327 | 1555 | 4.8 | 8 |
| 2000 | Edgerrin James | Indianapolis Colts | 387 | 1709 | 4.4 | 13 |
| 1999 | Edgerrin James | Indianapolis Colts | 369 | 1553 | 4.2 | 13 |
| 1998 | Terrell Davis | Denver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a National Football League team based in Denver, Colorado. A charter member of the American Football League, they were a backwater small-market team that met with little success in their early years but have since become one of the | 392 | 2008 | 5.1 | 21 |
| 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t | Barry SandersBarry David Sanders (born July 16, 1968) was a running back in the National Football League who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions. He was the seventh of eleven children born to William and Shirley Ann Sanders in Wichita, Kansas. | Detroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a National Football League team based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded 1930 in Portsmouth, Ohio Formerly known as: Portsmouth Spartans, 1930-1933. Moved to Detroit prior to the 1934 season. Home stadium Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan (Pr | 335 | 2053 | 6.1 | 11 |
| 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan | Barry SandersBarry David Sanders (born July 16, 1968) was a running back in the National Football League who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions. He was the seventh of eleven children born to William and Shirley Ann Sanders in Wichita, Kansas. | Detroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a National Football League team based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded 1930 in Portsmouth, Ohio Formerly known as: Portsmouth Spartans, 1930-1933. Moved to Detroit prior to the 1934 season. Home stadium Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan (Pr | 307 | 1553 | 5.1 | 11 |
| 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja | Emmitt Smith | Dallas Cowboys | 377 | 1773 | 4.7 | 25 |
| 1994 | Barry Sanders | Detroit Lions | 331 | 1883 | 5.7 | 7 |
| 1993 | Emmitt Smith | Dallas Cowboys | 283 | 1486 | 5.3 | 9 |
| 1992 | Emmitt Smith | Dallas Cowboys | 373 | 1713 | 4.6 | 18 |
| 1991 | Emmitt Smith | Dallas Cowboys | 365 | 1563 | 4.3 | 12 |
| 1990 | Barry Sanders | Detroit Lions | 255 | 1304 | 5.1 | 13 |
| 1989 | Christian Okoye | Kansas City Chiefs | 370 | 1480 | 4 | 12 |
| 1988 | Eric Dickerson | Indianapolis Colts | 388 | 1659 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 1987 | Charles White | Los Angeles Rams | 324 | 1374 | 4.2 | 11 |
| 1986 | Eric Dickerson | Los Angeles Rams | 404 | 1821 | 4.5 | 11 |
| 1985 | Marcus Allen | Los Angeles Raiders | 380 | 1759 | 4.6 | 11 |
| 1984 | Eric Dickerson | Los Angeles Rams | 379 | 2105 | 5.6 | 14 |
| 1983 | Eric Dickerson | Los Angeles Rams | 390 | 1808 | 4.6 | 18 |
| 1982 | Freeman McNeil | New York Jets | 151 | 786 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 1981 | George Rogers | New Orleans Saints | 378 | 1674 | 4.4 | 13 |
| 1980 | Earl Campbell | Houston Oilers | 373 | 1934 | 5.2 | 13 |
| 1979 | Earl Campbell | Houston Oilers | 368 | 1697 | 4.6 | 19 |
| 1978 | Earl Campbell | Houston Oilers | 302 | 1450 | 4.8 | 13 |
| 1977 | Walter Payton | Chicago Bears | 339 | 1852 | 5.5 | 14 |
| 1976 | O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Bills | 290 | 1503 | 5.2 | 8 |
| 1975 | O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Bills | 329 | 1817 | 5.5 | 16 |
| 1974 | Otis Armstrong | Denver Broncos | 263 | 1407 | 5.3 | 9 |
| 1973 | O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Bills | 332 | 2003 | 6 | 12 |
| 1972 | O.J. Simpson | Buffalo Bills | 292 | 1251 | 4.3 | 6 |
| 1971 | Floyd Little | Denver Broncos | 284 | 1133 | 4 | 6 |
| 1970 | Larry Brown | Washington Redskins | 237 | 1125 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 1969 | Gale Sayers | Chicago Bears | 236 | 1032 | 4.4 | 8 |
| 1968 | Leroy Kelly | Cleveland Browns | 248 | 1239 | 5 | 16 |
| 1967 | Leroy Kelly | Cleveland Browns | 235 | 1205 | 5.1 | 11 |
| 1966 | Gale Sayers | Chicago Bears | 229 | 1231 | 5.4 | 8 |
| 1965 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 289 | 1544 | 5.3 | 17 |
| 1964 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 280 | 1446 | 5.2 | 7 |
| 1963 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 291 | 1863 | 6.4 | 12 |
| 1962 | Jim Taylor | Green Bay Packers | 272 | 1474 | 5.4 | 19 |
| 1961 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 305 | 1408 | 4.6 | 8 |
| 1960 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 215 | 1257 | 5.8 | 9 |
| 1959 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 290 | 1329 | 4.6 | 14 |
| 1958 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 257 | 1527 | 5.9 | 17 |
| 1957 | Jim Brown | Cleveland Browns | 202 | 942 | 4.7 | 9 |
| 1956 | Rick Casares | Chicago Bears | 234 | 1126 | 4.8 | 12 |
| 1955 | Alan Ameche | Baltimore Colts | 213 | 961 | 4.5 | 9 |
| 1954 | Joe Perry | San Francisco 49ers | 173 | 1049 | 6.1 | 8 |
| 1953 | Joe Perry | San Francisco 49ers | 192 | 1018 | 5.3 | 10 |
| 1952 | Dan Towler | Los Angeles Rams | 156 | 894 | 5.7 | 10 |
| 1951 | Eddie Price | New York Giants | 271 | 971 | 3.6 | 7 |
| 1950 | Marion Motley | Cleveland Browns | 140 | 810 | 5.8 | 3 |
| 1949 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | 263 | 1146 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 1948 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | 201 | 945 | 4.7 | 10 |
| 1947 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | 217 | 1008 | 4.6 | 13 |
| 1946 | Bill Dudley | Pittsburgh | 146 | 604 | 4.1 | 3 |
| 1945 | Steve Van Buren | Philadelphia Eagles | 143 | 832 | 5.8 | 15 |
| 1944 | Bill Paschal | New York Giants | 196 | 737 | 3.8 | 9 |
| 1943 | Bill Paschal | New York Giants | 147 | 572 | 3.9 | 10 |
| 1942 | Bill Dudley | Pittsburgh | 162 | 696 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 1941 | Clarence (Pug) Manders | Brooklyn Dodgers | 111 | 486 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 1940 | Byron (Whizzer) White | Detroit Lions | 146 | 514 | 3.5 | 5 |
| 1939 | Bill Osmanski | Chicago Bears | 121 | 699 | 5.8 | 7 |
| 1938 | Byron (Whizzer) White | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 567 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 1937 | Cliff Battles | Washington Redskins | 216 | 874 | 4 | 5 |
| 1936 | Alphonse (Tuffy) Leemans | New York Giants | 206 | 830 | 4 | 2 |
| 1935 | Doug Russell | Chicago Cardinals | 140 | 499 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 1934 | Beattie Feathers | Chicago Bears | 119 | 1004 | 8.4 | 8 |
| 1933 | Jim Musick | Boston Redskins | 173 | 809 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 1932 | Cliff Battles | Boston Braves | 148 | 576 | 3.9 | 3 |